Massimo Calderoni · Platform Engineer

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I build practical systems at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI, with deep experience in Java/Scala, distributed systems, and platform engineering. This site is a living resume, with a chat assistant trained on my background and project history.

Location Heidelberg, Germany
Focus Distributed Systems · Microservices · Applied AI
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Resume

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Experience

  • Freelance Platform/Backend Consultant — Self-employed (Oct 2025–Present)
  • Sr Consultant — Akka (Mar 2021–Sep 2025)
  • Sr. Software Engineer — VMware (May 2019–Mar 2021)
  • Sr. Backend Engineer — Wrap Media LLC (Dec 2015–Nov 2016)
  • Sr. Platform Engineer — Nitro, Inc. (Feb 2017–Apr 2019)
  • Sr. Member of Technical Staff — VMware (Jun 2011–Mar 2015)
  • Earlier — SenSage (2008–2011), Streamsim Technologies (2003–2008)

Core Skills

  • Akka
  • Java, Scala, C++, Python
  • Microservices, Distributed Systems
  • AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux
  • Postgres, Cassandra, Kafka

Selected Projects

  • Distributed object store for cloud apps at VMware
  • High-throughput backend at Wrap Media (Akka, Kafka)
  • Nitro Cloud microservices (Scala Play, Akka, AWS)
  • Cloud infra automation for TKGi at VMware (Python/Celery)

Education

  • Laurea, Electrical and Electronics Engineering — Universita degli Studi di Padova (1994)

Projects & Code

Open-source work and example repos.