Riccardo Forzan
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Hey there 👋

I'm Riccardo Forzan

MSc Computer Engineering


CV 🇬🇧
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About me 🤔
Hey 👋

I'm a Computer Engineering graduate passionate about solving problems and exploring new tech 💻
Outside of coding, I’m into "power-building", challenging myself and pushing my limits
I love to recharge by walking in nature 🏔️
Skills 🔧
Programming Languages Python, Java, Kotlin, Javascript, PHP, C, currently learning Rust
Web APIs & Web Development REST API, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Laravel
Data Management & Pipelines Apache Spark, Apache Kafka (including the Connect framework and Streams), Apache Airflow
Database SQL, MongoDB, SPARQL, Neo4J, RDF
Search Engines Apache Lucene, Elasticsearch
DevOps Linux, Bash, Git, Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform
Machine Learning scikit-learn, PyTorch
Experience 📈

Software Engineer @ XTN Cognitive Security

From 12/2024 onward

Working on event-driven, data-intensive backend systems.

IT Consultant @ Blue Reply

From 10/2023 to 12/2024

Backend development within a distributed monolith architecture. Contributed to the construction of CI/CD pipelines and overseeing, as configuration manager, all the major deployment through the year.

Research Staff @ University of Padua

From 06/2021 to 05/2024

Development of web based tools to store real time data and machine learning models

Education 🎓

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering

2021 to 2023 at University of Padua, Italy

  • Specialization in Web Information and Data Engineering
  • Courses included: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Big Data Computing, Non Relational Databases, Search Engines, Web Applications

Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering

2018 to 2021 at University of Padua, Italy

Comprehensive foundation in mathematics, physics, algorithms, electronics, and software engineering.

Diploma in Computer Technology

2013 to 2018 at ITI Francesco Severi, Padua, Italy

Languages 💬
Italian 🇮🇹🍕 Native
English 🇬🇧 Competent
Interests 🚀
DevOps
Like engineers, I appreciate software that just works (not only on my machine).
I came across Docker during my Master's and I was drawn into its rabbit hole: it freed me from environment setup headaches.
As a hobby, I’m into homelabbing: I've spent countless hours into building my (almost fanless) single node K8s (well, K3s) cluster.
Back-End Development

I aim to build systems that are efficient, scalable, self-healing, and simple to operate.

Rust 🦀

I’m diving into Rust and following Luca Palmieri’s Zero To Production in Rust to build real-world, production-ready projects.