DanielaPersia

Hi, I’m Daniela, a software engineer based in Vienna. I studied Computer Science at the University of Trento, and today I work in fintech, building the software behind payments and banking.

In my work, I like knowing where I want to go, and then getting there. When something doesn’t make sense, I can’t let it go until I understand why.

Away from the screen, music is a big part of my life: I play the violin in orchestras. The rest of my free time goes to sport and crafts.

Right now, a core banking platform for credit unions in the U.S., in C++ and Delphi. In January I start my next chapter at Riverty, on fintech products for flexible payments.

Because in payments everything has to add up. Every transaction has one right answer, and I like work where getting it right really matters to someone on the other side.

The Musikverein in Vienna. The Golden Hall sounds the way it looks: warm, gilded, a little unreal. You feel every note travel all the way to the back row.

Cima d’Asta (2847 m, graded EE: Italian for “experienced hikers only,” and also roughly the sound my legs made on the way down), in the Alps of Trentino-Alto Adige, up to a bivacco: a tiny unstaffed hut left open for anyone who needs shelter. A logbook to sign, no signal, and a sunrise over the peaks.

Something out of wood. I cut, carve and sand by hand, until the shape in my head is something I can hold.

Movie: A Clockwork Orange. Kubrick at his most unsettling, and you’ll never hear Beethoven the same way again. Book: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse. I’ve just finished it and I’m still thinking about it.