Gustavo Tondello
Software Engineer at Google
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGustavo Tondello is a software engineer at Google and co-founder of MotiviUX, blending product engineering with a decade-long specialization in gamification and HCI. He works on Google Chat extensibility and APIs while advising companies, delivering workshops, and building web apps across PHP, Node.js, Angular, React and Ionic. His PhD-backed research in gamification informs practical product decisions, and he has experience automating large undergraduate CS courses and mentoring engineering teams. Gustavo has delivered technical leadership in enterprise settings—designing architectures, cloud solutions and data warehouses with millions of records for systems serving 1,000+ users. He has introduced Scrum and Kanban in production teams and consistently translates behavioral-science insights into tangible product features. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, he pairs academic depth with hands-on full-stack development and gamification strategy.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Information Systems at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor in Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor in Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (36)
google-workspace10
apps-script10
google-api10
javascript10
google-apps-script10
node-js10
google-docs10
python10
drive10
workspace10
app-engine10
google-chat10
java10
chat10
google10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gtondello/test-app-repo
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Everything here is for for tests.
Contributions:6 reviews, 29 PRs, 57 pushes in 6 months
gtondello/google-chat-samples
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
Chat Bot Samples for Google Chat.
Contributions:1 PR, 39 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 5 months
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