About Guilherme

Hey! I'm Guilherme, software engineer and product engineering leader, based in Berlin.

I help software product companies become more productive by communicating clearly, prioritizing aggressively and treating their teams like professionals. I approach software engineering as the practice of building products that go live within real world constraints of cost and time.

By leveraging my knowledge across management, engineering and operations, I guide teams and organizations in making critical decisions that set them up for long-term success. Before working as a consultant, I built and led teams in large organizations like Klarna and Zalando, as well as smaller startups like Passbase (acquired) and Midlane.

First time I built and sold a project was back in 1999, when I started building websites for local businesess in my hometown. Since then, I specialized on backend and distributed systems development, before moving into management. I'm still a coder at heart and explore new technologies for fun on my free time.

Current interests include web accessibility and performance, modern CSS and LISPs. Permanent interests include distributed systems, platform engineering, security, privacy and compliance.