Experience

SideChef

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Engineering

  • Sep 2022 - Present

• Software Engineering Manager

  • May 2020 - Aug 2022

  I manage a team of engineers working on:- mobile development and hardware integration for kitchen smart appliances- web applications for content management- back-end development and operations- test automation, continuous integration and code quality

• Principal Software Engineer

  • Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

  I led the adoption of React Native for app development, which in turn halved the amount of code required to implement new features. We also migrated existing core features from native Android/iOS code into React Native.I also lead the development of the Sharp SuperSteam Oven, completely written in React Native.

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2019

  I joined the development team and helped migrating the existing backend infrastructure from a Windows/.NET/SQLServer to Linux/Django/MySQL stack.I set up the continuous integration process and established the internal standard development process including automated testing, code review and periodical engineering meetings. Monitoring the number of tests and the code coverage dramatically helped the team reducing the number of bugs.I also completely rewrote an internal recipe upload tool using React/Redux, improving the efficiency of the content team. Show less



hashtag.be

• Switzerland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Architect Manager

  • Mar 2014 - Nov 2016

  I managed the development process of #be, an innovative content marketing platform powered by user profiling. I fully developed and maintained the platform using Ruby on Rails, MySQL and ElasticSearch stack. Main responsibilities: - analyze business requirements and define software specifications - design the software architecture and identify behavioral targeting algorithms - manage development and operations I managed the development process of #be, an innovative content marketing platform powered by user profiling. I fully developed and maintained the platform using Ruby on Rails, MySQL and ElasticSearch stack. Main responsibilities: - analyze business requirements and define software specifications - design the software architecture and identify behavioral targeting algorithms - manage development and operations



iZENEsoft (shanghai) Co., Ltd

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Senior Software Engineer

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

  I worked in the R&D team exploring new technologies supporting the company’s website www.b5m.com.Main activities:- implementation of a web crawler for Chinese social network websites used to gather product information from KOL- research on image content-based information retrieval- implementation of an automatic image labeling system and a visual image search system allowing to search for products by taking pictures- analysis and implementation of a DMP for user profiling and advertisement targeting Show less

• Software Engineer

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2013

  I joined the R&D team supporting the company’s main product "Search Formula-1", an intelligent search engine powering some Chinese e-commerce web sites, including the company's website www.b5m.com.Main activities:- development of a custom Nginx module implementing an active reverse proxy to our backend cluster managed by Zookeeper- evaluation, performance analysis, tuning and optimization of data mining algorithms- analysis and prototyping of a web analytics tool



SIA S.p.A.

• Italy
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst and Software Engineer

  • May 2008 - Jan 2011

  I was member of the Capital Market business unit, working on analysis and development of trading and post-trading software systems. We developed a post-trading matching service and a collateral management system for Milan and London Stock Exchanges. I served as web developer, continuous integration and release manager. I was also in charge of writing the software architecture documentation to be delivered to the client. I was member of the Capital Market business unit, working on analysis and development of trading and post-trading software systems. We developed a post-trading matching service and a collateral management system for Milan and London Stock Exchanges. I served as web developer, continuous integration and release manager. I was also in charge of writing the software architecture documentation to be delivered to the client.



Infront Sports & Media AG

• Switzerland
• Spectator Sports
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Graphic Operator

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2009

  Multimedia processing for TV live broadcasting of sport events, in particular for the Italian Soccer Major League (Serie A) and the Minor League (Serie B). Multimedia processing for TV live broadcasting of sport events, in particular for the Italian Soccer Major League (Serie A) and the Minor League (Serie B).