Juan Arana
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Mercado Libre
Uruguay
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Top SchoolJuan Arana is a Senior Software Engineering Manager based in Uruguay with a decade of experience building and leading high-throughput, transactional backend systems for commerce and payments. At Mercado Libre he has grown from senior developer to manager, overseeing teams of up to 30 engineers responsible for Money settlement, Pricing, Taxes and Debts—systems that demand scalability, reliability and strong domain knowledge. He combines hands-on architecture and coding experience in Java, Golang and distributed systems with people leadership focused on team development and product-centric delivery. His background spans full-stack and telecom projects, giving him practical insight into operational constraints and legacy integration. Juan studies machine learning and electronic engineering, reflecting a curiosity for data-driven solutions and systems thinking beyond pure backend engineering. He’s passionate about democratizing commerce and payments across Latin America, blending technical depth with strategic hiring to scale impact.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería, Ingeniería informática, Ingeniería, Ingeniería informática at Universidad Nacional de La MatanzaJava Standard Programming, -, Java Standard Programming, - at EducacionITProgramador .NET Junior, Programador .NET Junior at CessiProgramador en lenguaje C++, Programador en lenguaje C++ at Universidad Tecnológica NacionalMachine Learning, -, Machine Learning, - at Coursera - online
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Github Skills (14)
mailbox9
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smtp-server9
mikrotik8
golang6
e-mail6
access-token6
nodejs6
smtp5
go5
home-assistant5
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atlassian1
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aranajuan/joplin-plugin-timetagger
Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:4 reviews, 15 commits, 1 PR in 7 months
aranajuan/whatsappAudioAutoPlay
Jan 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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