I'm Luca, a software developer with a backend focus.

I'm an individual contributor willing to keep that professional track. I work remotely since 2020.

I love following and chatting about software engineering practices like DDD and DevOps. Both involve customer-oriented thinking, attention to quality and constraints.

Typical duties and abilities

• analyzing to understand the business value, the why behind a stakeholder need
  • ROI driven approach to my daily work
• discussing ideas and solutions with non-technical people, keeping the discussion in the "problem space"
• being proactive in incrementally improving the product and platform for the long-term
• collaborating with the team\peers
  • discussing business priorities
  • organizing work incrementally for a better time-to-market
  • aligning on common technical and non-technical goals
  • reviewing code
• writing code aiming at readability and maintainability
  • trunk-based\short-lived branches approach
  • CI/CD pipelines optimized for quick feedback
  • test-first, outside-in
  • simple design, KISS
  • domain-driven
• designing applications to improve resiliency and reduce coupling
  • event-driven
  • messaging
  • domain-oriented modules\services

I've worked mainly with Kotlin, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Grafana, Prometheus, MySQL and Postgres. I've applied architectures and techniques in cloud-native applications like CI, CD, CQRS, Hexagonal Architecture, Test-Driven Development, Contract Testing, Infrastructure as code, and Event Sourcing.

📫 How to reach me: a DM it's absolutely fine, or via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucagentile-eu/