fael.tech
Portrait of Rafael (Fael) Goulart
Software Engineer · Former CTO · DPO & InfoSec

Welcome! You can call me Fael.

I am a software engineer and technology strategist with 15+ years of experience across front-end, full stack, architecture, leadership, research, and innovation. I connect programming, product, information security, UX, and agentic engineering to build sustainable solutions. My executive background broadens how I think about people, risk, and strategy without erasing a technical, hands-on identity.

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Technology in service of people

I want to reduce the friction between human intent, organizational complexity, and technological capability. I connect engineering, product, design, security, and AI through principles and systems.

01 · Clarity

Clarity over haste

Before building, I make the problem, the context, and the outcome that truly matters explicit.

02 · Systems

Systems before heroes

Architecture and execution must connect with product, people, risk, and business strategy.

03 · Simplicity

Simplicity as an outcome

The best technology reduces the distance between intent, decision, and execution without transferring complexity to people.

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Where I add value

Front-end Engineering

Front-end interfaces and architectures with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and micro-frontends, combining engineering quality with user experience.

Full Stack and architecture

End-to-end products and systems, from modeling to operations, with experience in Go, Python, PHP, MySQL, and the JavaScript ecosystem.

AI Engineering

AI applied to products and software development, including agentic systems, multi-agent architectures, and AgentOps.

Strategy, security, and DPO

Technical leadership, data, information security, cybersecurity, risk management, business continuity, and privacy.

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Experience in practice

A new professional chapter

After more than ten years as a technology director and executive, I am beginning a chapter that combines three complementary lines of work.

01 · Build

Products and open source

Digital micro-products and open-source projects, using AI in development and in the products themselves.

02 · Transform

Consulting

Digital transformation, technology organizations and teams, maturity transitions, and AI adoption roadmaps.

03 · Contribute

Engineering and leadership

Possibilities in software engineering as an individual contributor, technical or organizational leadership, and executive roles.

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