About

Hey! 👋

I’m Ana, a 31 years old Software Engineer, born, raised and living in Brazil.

TL;DR: I’ve been a developer for 13 years, working mostly with Javascript/Typescript and NodeJS. Currently, I’m working as a Senior Software Engineer at PicPay, one of the biggest fintechs in Brazil, working with Golang, AWS and microservices architecture. TS is my main stack, but I’m learning Go and really liking it so far.

I’ve been a developer since I was 18 years old, when I had my first intership while still in college. At this intership, I worked with C# and the .NET framework ecosystem, which I worked for 8 years, along with other stacks like Javascript (only with html and css, not in the server yet) and a little bit of Angular. After that, I started working more with Javascript in the backend, using Typescript and NodeJS, which has been my main focus for the last 5 years. I’ve also been working with GraphQL (and REST, of course), AWS as the main cloud provider, which I’ve learned a lot by working mostly with DynamoDB, SQS and Lambdas.

I’ve worked as a Tech Lead from Oct-2023 to Feb-2025 for a fintech company, with a 5 people team, including: 2 backend developers, 1 mobile developer, 1 product manager and 1 product designer. I work very close to the PM and the PD, since we decided together what were the team’s next steps, along with the company’s big picture. I’ve learned A LOT about this role and about myself during this time. It was quite a journey.

Now, I’m currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at PicpPay, one of the biggest fintechs in Brazil, where I work with a very talented team, building PicPay’s chat platform, using Golang, AWS and microservices architecture. It’s been a great experience so far, and I’m learning a lot with this new stack.

I started this blog after I watched NetworkChuck’s video about why he started a blog and why should we. It’s also a way to put myself out there in the web and a way to share what I learn. Besides, it’ll probably make me learn things in a different way, since I need to write what I’m learning and what I’m thinking at the moment.

Feel free to reach out :)