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WorkExperience
My professional journey building scalable systems and solving complex engineering problems.
Software Architect
A Regulated Gaming Operator · 2021 – Present · Italy (Hybrid)
Led architecture and delivery of a large-scale cloud migration — moving a high-volume gaming platform from on-premise monolith to event-driven microservices on Kubernetes.
Key Achievements:
- › Designed and implemented 30+ microservices with Spring Boot and Kafka, reducing end-to-end transaction latency by ~40%
- › Drove zero-downtime migration strategy using strangler-fig pattern across live production traffic
- › Established observability standards (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) across the engineering org
- › Mentored a team of 8 engineers on microservices design patterns and cloud-native practices
Technologies:
Java Spring Boot Apache Kafka Kubernetes Azure PostgreSQL Docker OpenTelemetry
Senior Backend Engineer
A National Transportation Group · 2019 – 2021 · Italy (On-site)
Core engineer on a national logistics platform serving millions of shipments per year. Focused on distributed systems reliability and data pipeline performance.
Key Achievements:
- › Re-architected the shipment tracking service, improving throughput by 3× under peak load
- › Built a real-time event sourcing pipeline using Kafka for audit and analytics requirements
- › Led the adoption of Docker and GitLab CI/CD, cutting deployment cycle from days to hours
Technologies:
Java Spring Cloud Apache Kafka Oracle Docker GitLab CI
Full-Stack / Backend Developer
Freelance · 2013 – 2019 · Remote
Delivered web applications, REST APIs, and back-office systems for clients across retail, e-commerce, and professional services sectors.
Key Achievements:
- › Completed 30+ client projects across e-commerce, SaaS, and content platforms
- › Built a multi-tenant CMS adopted by several regional news outlets
- › Introduced automated testing and CI pipelines to multiple client codebases
Technologies:
Java PHP Node.js MySQL PostgreSQL React Docker