About
Staff Engineer focused on distributed systems, platform modernisation, and technical strategy. I lead complex migrations, improve reliability and cost posture, and align architecture with business priorities across complex environments.
I am a Staff Engineer focused on modernising complex systems and helping organisations make better technical decisions under real-world constraints. My work sits at the intersection of distributed systems, migration strategy, reliability, and technical leadership.
I tend to operate where systems are large, estates are messy, and progress depends on aligning multiple teams around clear architecture, sequencing, and trade-offs. I bring a commercial lens as well as a technical one, shaped by experience across software, operations, and running a business.
My career has taken me from early engineering and technical leadership roles at companies like NTS Radio and Palace Skateboards, to critical platforms and products in energy, payments, and public services including Kaluza, Tesco, and HMRC.
Impact
- Kaluza: Staff Engineer leading modernisation of complex energy operations platforms across multiple domains, with a focus on migration strategy, event architecture, and cross-team alignment.
- Hopin: Staff Engineer focused on reliability, observability, and cost efficiency during hyper-growth; co-inventor of adaptive streaming infrastructure for virtual events (Patent US-11522934-B1).
- Statsd C# Client: Built an early open-source StatsD client for C# that was adopted by Datadog.
Commercial Perspective
Co-founded and ran Antipode, a specialty coffee business in London, building practical experience in operations, margins, supply chains, and how technical decisions connect to business reality.
Beyond Engineering
Active in music through releases, production, and radio; more at goncalopereira.com/music.
Feel free to get in touch.