Luca Carangella
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Roksolana Diachuk
Luca always showed care for the teams he managed at Captify and his experience allowed him to propose important technical and process improvements. Luca has made an impact on the engineering team by building a career framework and supporting a set of other initiatives. He also supported me in my growth to Engineering manager by mentoring and coaching which was an extremely valuable experience.
Artem Kryvchun
Luca is an exceptional engineering manager who has greatly contributed to the success of our team at Captify. He consistently sets clear expectations and provides the necessary support to help me succeed. Their guidance and mentorship have been invaluable to our team, allowing us to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. One of the standout qualities is their excellent communication skills. They have a remarkable ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and concise manner, ensuring that the entire team is aligned and working towards a common goal. I wholeheartedly recommend Luca as an engineering manager. Their technical prowess, exceptional leadership abilities, and commitment to excellence make them a valuable asset to any organization. It has been an absolute pleasure working under Luca's guidance
Roksolana Diachuk
Luca always showed care for the teams he managed at Captify and his experience allowed him to propose important technical and process improvements. Luca has made an impact on the engineering team by building a career framework and supporting a set of other initiatives. He also supported me in my growth to Engineering manager by mentoring and coaching which was an extremely valuable experience.
Artem Kryvchun
Luca is an exceptional engineering manager who has greatly contributed to the success of our team at Captify. He consistently sets clear expectations and provides the necessary support to help me succeed. Their guidance and mentorship have been invaluable to our team, allowing us to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. One of the standout qualities is their excellent communication skills. They have a remarkable ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and concise manner, ensuring that the entire team is aligned and working towards a common goal. I wholeheartedly recommend Luca as an engineering manager. Their technical prowess, exceptional leadership abilities, and commitment to excellence make them a valuable asset to any organization. It has been an absolute pleasure working under Luca's guidance
Roksolana Diachuk
Luca always showed care for the teams he managed at Captify and his experience allowed him to propose important technical and process improvements. Luca has made an impact on the engineering team by building a career framework and supporting a set of other initiatives. He also supported me in my growth to Engineering manager by mentoring and coaching which was an extremely valuable experience.
Artem Kryvchun
Luca is an exceptional engineering manager who has greatly contributed to the success of our team at Captify. He consistently sets clear expectations and provides the necessary support to help me succeed. Their guidance and mentorship have been invaluable to our team, allowing us to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. One of the standout qualities is their excellent communication skills. They have a remarkable ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and concise manner, ensuring that the entire team is aligned and working towards a common goal. I wholeheartedly recommend Luca as an engineering manager. Their technical prowess, exceptional leadership abilities, and commitment to excellence make them a valuable asset to any organization. It has been an absolute pleasure working under Luca's guidance
Roksolana Diachuk
Luca always showed care for the teams he managed at Captify and his experience allowed him to propose important technical and process improvements. Luca has made an impact on the engineering team by building a career framework and supporting a set of other initiatives. He also supported me in my growth to Engineering manager by mentoring and coaching which was an extremely valuable experience.
Artem Kryvchun
Luca is an exceptional engineering manager who has greatly contributed to the success of our team at Captify. He consistently sets clear expectations and provides the necessary support to help me succeed. Their guidance and mentorship have been invaluable to our team, allowing us to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. One of the standout qualities is their excellent communication skills. They have a remarkable ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and concise manner, ensuring that the entire team is aligned and working towards a common goal. I wholeheartedly recommend Luca as an engineering manager. Their technical prowess, exceptional leadership abilities, and commitment to excellence make them a valuable asset to any organization. It has been an absolute pleasure working under Luca's guidance
Experience
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Tenzo - Restaurant PerformanceOps
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Software Engineering
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May 2023 - Present
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Captify®
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Software Engineering Manager
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Jul 2021 - May 2023
- Led and successfully managed 2 cross-functional teams of talented software, QA, data, and ML engineers with a proven high satisfaction rate. The total number is now 18 people. - Redesigned from scratch a new architecture for Sense, Captify's SaaS product (https://www.captifytechnologies.com/for-advertisers/) and its APIs improving performance, and reducing the TCO of its infrastructure - Led the largest project in automation that Captify has ever achieved moving 100% of Sense's infrastructure to IaC using Terraform Show less
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Wunderman Thompson Commerce & Technology
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Software Engineering
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Apr 2020 - Jul 2021
Responsible for leading and managing the FE software development team (60 people) and overseeing the development of software projects for clients. Responsible for leading and managing the FE software development team (60 people) and overseeing the development of software projects for clients.
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Publicis Sapient
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Engineering Manager
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Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
Tasked with leading the development of a large and ambitious program called TAMM (the equivalent of gov.uk) for the Abu Dhabi government.Lead a team of 15 software developers in the design, development, and testing of multiple user journeys
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Senior Engineering Manager (Experience Technology)
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Sep 2018 - Jul 2019
- Worked at Tesco where I achieved multiple goals- Helped as a senior member of the Experience Technology team with setting the technical direction and vision for the engineering team
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Haymarket Media Group
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United Kingdom
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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Tech Lead
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Oct 2016 - Aug 2018
Led the development of the most important and ambitious project in Haymarket's history of re-designing their most lucrative applications (PistonsHeads, WhatCar, etc.) in their automotive branch. Led the development of the most important and ambitious project in Haymarket's history of re-designing their most lucrative applications (PistonsHeads, WhatCar, etc.) in their automotive branch.
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The Stage Media Company Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Full Stack Developer
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Aug 2015 - Sep 2016
Worked on the development and maintenance of new features of the TheStage application, and the other smaller applications in the company using technologies such as JS, PHP, Ruby, etc. Worked on the development and maintenance of new features of the TheStage application, and the other smaller applications in the company using technologies such as JS, PHP, Ruby, etc.
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WildWest Design
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United Kingdom
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Full Stack Developer
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May 2014 - Aug 2015
Built a complex, responsive, coding appealing cross-browser compliant, and scalable range of projects using mainly HTML, CSS (Sass), JavaScript, React.js, PHP, MODX, etc. Built a complex, responsive, coding appealing cross-browser compliant, and scalable range of projects using mainly HTML, CSS (Sass), JavaScript, React.js, PHP, MODX, etc.
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TFO Group
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United Kingdom
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Full Stack Developer
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Sep 2013 - May 2014
Designed and implemented a web application in PHP, javascript (Reactjs), HTML, CSS that streamlined the storing, retrieving and managing of data, information, documents and deadlines Designed and implemented a web application in PHP, javascript (Reactjs), HTML, CSS that streamlined the storing, retrieving and managing of data, information, documents and deadlines
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Soluzio Quinto Finanziaria Spa Gruppo AGOSDUCATO
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Milano, Italia
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Software Developer
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Apr 2010 - Jan 2012
Developed multiple tools in Cobol Developed multiple tools in Cobol
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Visiant arcares
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Milano, Italia
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Software Developer
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Apr 2008 - Apr 2010
Initially collaborated, but eventually led the migration from a Mainframe platform software product (Uptown) written in Cobol, internally designed and developed by the internal R&D team, to a more modern JAVA alternative. Initially collaborated, but eventually led the migration from a Mainframe platform software product (Uptown) written in Cobol, internally designed and developed by the internal R&D team, to a more modern JAVA alternative.
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Education
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2010 - 2011
University of Milan - Bicocca
Second level Master, ICT Management -
2006 - 2008
Università degli Studi di Milano
Master’s degree, Information and Communication Technologies -
2003 - 2006
Università degli Studi di Milano
Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science -
2013 - 2014
CAE city lit
Certificate in Advanced English
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