Tech Lead | Senior .NET Software Engineer | Cloud & AI Systems
I design and deliver scalable backend platforms with C#/.NET, AWS, microservices, distributed systems, and applied AI.
- 12+ years in software engineering
- Tech Lead experience in enterprise and fintech contexts
- Strong track record in backend architecture, cloud-native systems, and engineering excellence
- PhD-level background in recommender systems and applied AI
- C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, distributed backend services
- AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudWatch)
- Microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, cloud-native design
- Clean Architecture, SOLID, CI/CD, automated tests
- NTT DATA Europe & Latam - Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer
- DQR Tech (BTG Pactual projects) - Senior Software Developer
- Blite Tecnologia - Senior Software Developer
- UFBA - PhD Researcher (Recommender Systems, IR, Applied AI)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pauloprsdesouza
- Website: paulosouza.me
- Email: paulo.prsdesouza@gmail.com
- 12+ years delivering software systems across enterprise, fintech, and research environments
- Tech leadership in backend and cloud-native initiatives with focus on scalability, reliability, and maintainability
- Hands-on delivery of .NET and AWS-based distributed systems in high-reliability financial contexts
- Combination of software architecture and applied AI to improve product intelligence and decision quality
- RecTwitter: A Rule-Based Semantic Recommender System for Twitter Users
- Exploiting Linked Open Data for a Collaborative Filtering Recommendation System
- HSLD: A Hybrid Similarity Measure for Linked Data Resources
- Exploiting social capital for improving personalized recommendations in online social networks
For publications list and citations: Google Scholar