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BSBruno Salgado
Experience

Banking foundations. Fintech delivery. Technical leadership.

8+ years across regulated banking and fintech, progressing from software development to hands-on leadership in payment systems.

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  1. Jan 2025 - Present

    EU / UK initiatives

    Current role

    Cloud Payments

    Software Engineering Tech Lead

    Technical direction and hands-on delivery across payments initiatives, with responsibility for architecture review, integration boundaries and delivery risk.

    • Align service ownership and implementation sequencing across concurrent initiatives so dependencies are explicit before development starts.
    • Review designs for failure handling, data consistency and maintainability, connecting architecture decisions to delivery constraints.
    • Work through technical escalations with engineers and external partners, bringing implementation findings back into the design.

    Java · Spring Boot · AWS · Kubernetes · Payment integrations

  2. Jul 2022 - Dec 2024

    United States

    Cloud Payments

    Java Developer

    Java and Spring Boot APIs for a fintech platform connecting banking, crypto and card providers.

    • Implemented provider integrations with Circle, Fireblocks and Ibanera across financial workflows.
    • Worked with architects and engineers to identify failure paths and improve error handling around external services.
    • Supported reliable releases through automated testing, code review and CI/CD in Kubernetes environments.

    Java · Spring Boot · Kafka · PostgreSQL · Kubernetes

  3. Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

    United States

    PROFIT Business Bank

    Java Spring Developer

    Backend services for business-banking financial reporting.

    • Built services supporting cash flow statements and reporting workflows for business customers.
    • Implemented APIs and asynchronous processing with attention to consistency and correctness of financial output.

    Java · Spring Boot · REST APIs · Financial reporting

  4. Feb 2019 - Dec 2021

    Brazil

    Itau Unibanco

    Software Engineer

    Backend services, market-risk tooling and modernization in a regulated banking environment.

    • Developed backend services and REST APIs supporting risk and regulatory workflows.
    • Contributed to on-premises to AWS modernization and supported delivery through cloud and on-premises CI/CD pipelines.
    • Worked with Kafka and AWS messaging, SQL and financial reporting systems where traceability and controlled changes mattered.

    Java · AWS · Kafka · SQS / SNS · SQL · CI/CD

  5. Jul 2017 - Jan 2019

    Brazil

    Itau Unibanco

    Intern

    Software development supporting risk metrics and regulatory reporting.

    • Helped build a C# system for risk metrics required by the Brazilian Central Bank.
    • Optimized SQL queries, procedures and functions, and built internal automations in Visual Basic.

    C# · SQL · Visual Basic

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Building a backend team?

I'm interested in senior backend and Tech Lead roles across fintech, payments, SaaS and platform engineering in Canada.

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