GAETANO PIAZZOLLA
Tech Lead
📧 gae.piaz@gmail.com
📱 +39 328 662 5975
📍 Trani BT, Italy
📅 03/12/1987 (37 years old)
💼 linkedin.com/in/gaetano-piazzolla-0387a19b
💻 github.com/gaetanopiazzolla
Tech Lead with solid experience in designing enterprise software architectures. Specialized in Java, Spring,
and Cloud infrastructures. Certified CKAD and SAFe. Extensive experience in technical interviews. Passionate about mentoring and innovation.
Professional Experience
Tech Lead @ Strategy In Action
Feb 2024 - Present
Strategic platform for CEOs and business leaders.
"Strategy Copilot" development by supporting the team with AI agent orchestration patterns and KG RAG
Hands-on experimentation and integration of cutting-edge AI tools to optimize development and orchestration
Participation in architectural decisions
Definition of Way of Working and Planning
Conducting technical interviews and evaluating candidates
Introduction of Spec-Driven Development
Stack: Java 24, Spring Modulith, Kubernetes, GCP, PostgreSQL, Firebase, GitHub Actions
Senior Developer & Technical Interviewer @ EPAM Systems
Feb 2022 - Feb 2024
Client: SoFi - Fintech with 12 million users.
Technical Interviewer: ~200 technical interviews conducted in 2 years
Skill Advisor and Talent Manager: ~100 skill advisory sessions
Definition of SLOs and SLAs for mission-critical systems
Restructuring of CI/CD Pipeline
Stack: Java 17, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Datadog, AWS
Senior Dev II - Technical & Team Leader @ DXC Italy
Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
COVID-19 vaccination portal for Campania Region (Italy).
Technical and project management of the team
Organization of Agile process
Stack: Spring Boot, Angular, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Kong, Elastic Stack, Grafana
Software Developer @ Dedalus SPA
May 2014 - Jan 2020
Electronic Health Record (EHR) - National Health System.
Senior Analyst Programmer for healthcare software
Mentoring junior developers and knowledge transfer
Process optimization and performance testing
Stack: Java EE, AngularJS, Docker, Oracle, Wildfly
Technical Skills
Leadership & Management
Team Building, Agile/Scrum, SAFe, Technical Interviewing, Mentoring, Talent Management
Backend & Architecture
Java (7-25), Spring, Microservices, API Design, System Architecture
Cloud & DevOps
Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, AWS, CI/CD (GitLab/GitHub)
Database & Messaging
PostgreSQL, Oracle, Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, Snowflake
Frontend & Testing
Angular, React, TypeScript, JUnit, JMeter, K6
AI & Agents
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, CodeRabbit, Spec-Driven Development
Certifications
CKAD (2021)
SAFe5 Agilist (2022)
AWS Cloud Practitioner (2022)
CompTIA Security+ (2010)
Education
Master's Degree - Computer Engineering
Extra Activities
Technical Blogger
Open Source Contributor