YSYuri Fernando Wanderley Silva
@yurifernandows
Senior Java backend engineer specializing in high-performance AWS, Spring Boot, Kafka systems.
BrazilWhat I'm looking for
Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable, high-availability financial systems in fintech, fraud detection, and insurance domains.
Expert in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS-based distributed architectures. Strong background in event-driven systems, domain-driven design, and cloud-native modernization of legacy platforms.
Proven ability to lead architectural initiatives, improve system performance at scale (up to 90% latency reduction), and drive engineering standards adopted across organizations.
Experienced in mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
Quod
Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)
Leading backend development for fraud detection and core systems; architected event-driven Spring Boot microservices with Kafka achieving 99.9% uptime and mentored 5+ developers while reducing deployment time by 60%.
ABOptimized and modernized cloud infrastructure for a major financial client's insurance platform, delivering 90% response time reduction and cutting infrastructure costs by 35% via AWS migrations with Terraform.
ABLed cloud migration and modernization of legacy insurance systems to AWS, migrating 8 applications, improving uptime to 99.5% and reducing deployment time by 50% through containerization and CI/CD.
ABModernized legacy insurance systems, improved database query performance by 50%, migrated VB.NET modules to Java/Spring Boot reducing maintenance costs by 40%, and introduced unit testing practices.
ABDelivered full-stack solutions for a foreign exchange trading platform, built JSF interfaces for 500+ daily traders and reduced transaction processing time by 30% through backend optimizations.
Software Developer Intern
SYSTI - SS Tecnologia da Informação
Sep 2016 - Jan 2018 (1 year 4 months)
Contributed to ERP development, delivering 15+ web features using VB.NET and ASP.NET and collaborating on mobile UI/UX improvements that raised user satisfaction by 25%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Nova Roma College
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2014 - 2018
Grade: 8.68
Activities and societies: Coding Student
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science completed from 2014 to 2018.
Availability
Location
BrazilAuthorized to work in
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