Riccardo Forzan
Full Stack Software Engineer and MSc Computer Engineering
Experience
Full Stack Software EngineerJetHR
Backend EngineerXTN Cognitive Security
Worked on event-driven, data-intensive backend systems for real-time fraud detection.
Backend & Platform EngineerBlue Reply
Worked on backend and DevOps across distributed systems and cloud.
- Built Java and Spring Boot services during a monolith-to-services migration, covering Docker, CI/CD, and deployments.
- Managed Azure and Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform, OpenTelemetry, and scalable CI/CD pipelines.
Research StaffUniversità degli Studi di Padova
Developed web-based tools for real-time data collection and machine learning workflows.
Education
Master Degree in Computer EngineeringUniversità degli Studi di Padova
Focused on algorithms, architectures, and large-scale data management on the web, with expertise in information linking and retrieval.
Bachelor Degree in Computer EngineeringUniversità degli Studi di Padova
Comprehensive curriculum focused on computer science, mathematics, physics, and electronics.
High School DegreeITI Francesco Severi
Specialization in computer science, including operating systems, programming, and networks.
Skills
| Programming Languages | Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Rust, C, Kotlin |
| Web Dev | Spring Boot, Laravel, Django, OpenAPI, Vue, FastAPI |
| Data Platforms | Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, Airflow, Superset, Spark |
| Databases | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SPARQL, Neo4j, RDF, Redis |
| Search Engines | Apache Lucene, Elasticsearch |
| DevOps | Linux, Bash, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform |
| Machine Learning | scikit-learn, PyTorch |
Interests
Interested in back-end development, DevOps, and concurrent programming, with a focus on efficient and resilient cloud-native systems.
Spoken Languages
| Italian | Native |
| English | Competent |
Hobbies
Mountain hiking, powerlifting, dogs, and homelabbing with a nearly fanless single-node Kubernetes setup.