Guilherme Da Silva Alves
Senior Software Engineer at Gusto
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolGuilherme Da Silva Alves is a Senior Software Engineer based in Calgary with over a decade of hands-on experience delivering cloud-native SaaS and API-driven systems. He blends backend expertise in Python and PHP with DevOps and IaC practices—having modernized .NET apps, implemented CI/CD across AWS and Azure, and used Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS services to boost reliability and security. At product companies like Top Hat and Bold Commerce he shipped features spanning FastAPI/Django backends to React frontends, integrated AI into question generation, and authored architecture decisions to align teams. A committed mentor, he routinely pairs with teammates and supported Lighthouse Labs students, translating complex technical requirements for non-technical stakeholders. Known for moving legacy systems to modern pipelines and improving observability and least-privilege practices, he balances delivery velocity with long-term operational health.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at ExpovestEspecialista em Redes e Segurança de Sistemas, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Especialista em Redes e Segurança de Sistemas, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Universidade Federal de GoiásTecnólogo em Redes de Comunicação, Telecommunications Engineering, Tecnólogo em Redes de Comunicação, Telecommunications Engineering at Instituto Federal Goiano
English
Github Skills (71)
docker-compose9
nerdctl9
mojo9
modular8
runtimes8
docker8
curio8
k3s8
django7
k8s7
async-await7
mypy7
containerd7
k3d7
staging7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gpsa/gerenciador-igrejas-api
Apr 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
gpsa/cartredirectfix
Mar 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch, 2 tags in 1 year
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