# Ana Paula Silva

Ana Paula Silva is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead at UKG, based in Uruguay.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@anapaulasilva

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I build resilient payroll and payments systems that operate at global scale.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Uruguay |
| Authorized to work in | Uruguay |
| Salary expectations | 85k+ USD |
| Job categories | Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Architect |
| Skills | .NET, C#, Kafka, RabbitMQ, REST APIs, OAuth, Token Based Authentication, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, Grafana, NUnit, Testing Automation, Test Driven Development, Distributed Systems, Event Driven Architecture, Microservices, Claude, Claude Code, Gemini, System Architecture, Technical Leadership, Mentorship |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/apsilvac |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm looking to lead architecture and delivery for mission-critical distributed systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams on scalable payroll, fintech, payments, and integration platforms.
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## About

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At UKG, I lead the design and delivery of real-time payroll data pipelines serving thousands of customers and millions of reads per hour. Our platform moves more than USD $11.6 billion in payroll funds weekly while maintaining 99.98% availability.

I help an eight-person engineering team make sound architectural and delivery decisions, while mentoring through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance. I’ve also separated critical monolithic payroll modules into independently scalable Kafka-based components and strengthened reliability with NUnit automation.

Previously at Quaris Soluciones, I led points and discount systems for debit and credit card transactions, including integrations for Uruguayan banks. I enjoy designing secure REST integrations, reliable RabbitMQ event flows, and distributed systems that turn complex product needs into durable technology.
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## Experience

### Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead (current)

[UKG](https://himalayas.app/companies/ukg). Nov 2023 - Present

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Led the design and delivery of a real-time data pipeline consolidating payroll data from thousands of customers, supporting millions of reads per hour. Drove separation of critical payroll-pipeline modules from a monolithic application using Apache Kafka, and provided technical leadership to an eight-person engineering team.
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Skills: .NET, C#, SQL-Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, Kafka, Grafana, NUnit, Distributed-Systems, Event-Driven-Architecture, Microservices, Technical-Leadership, Mentorship

### Senior Software Developer, Technical Lead

Quaris Soluciones. Feb 2018 - Nov 2023

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Technically led the design and development of points and discount systems for debit and credit card transactions, serving clients such as Uruguayan banks. Designed and consumed REST APIs for external integrations, implemented OAuth/token-based authentication, and designed asynchronous messaging flows with RabbitMQ.
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Skills: .NET, SQL-Server, RabbitMQ, REST-APIs, OAuth, Technical-Leadership, Mentorship, Client-Communication

## Education

### Itapúa Consultores

Data Science & Business Intelligence Fundamentals, Data Science & Business Intelligence. 2022 - 2022

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Completed Data Science & Business Intelligence Fundamentals training at Itapúa Consultores in June 2022.
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### Coderhouse

Data Science, Data Science. 2022 - 2022

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Completed a Data Science course at Coderhouse in January 2022.
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### Escuela de Sistemas y Tecnologías Bios

Systems Analysis, Systems Analysis. 2016 - 2018

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Completed Systems Analysis training at Escuela de Sistemas y Tecnologías Bios in Uruguay from 2016 to 2018.
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## Tech stack

- Kubernetes
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- .NET
- C#
- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Grafana
- Gemini
- Claude Code
- Apache Kafka

To contact Ana Paula, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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