Alessandro Vetere
Sr. Software Engineer at MariaDB Corporation
Treviglio, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolAlessandro Vetere is a senior software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in machine learning, embedded systems, and high-performance C/C++ development. He has built radar and satellite control software, simulation tools, and embedded FPGA drivers at MetaSensing, and now advances database technology at MariaDB Corporation. Alessandro combines low-level optimization — exemplified by his performance work on the popular PCSX2 PlayStation 2 emulator, where he refactored texture cache containers and implemented a software sprite renderer — with higher-level data and visualization stacks from prior roles. Comfortable across Python, CUDA, Qt/QML, and cloud-native tooling, he bridges research-grade algorithms and production engineering. Trained at Politecnico di Milano, he brings an engineer’s rigor and a curiosity for efficient systems design that often reveals subtle performance bottlenecks others miss.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering - Ingegneria informatica, M.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering - Ingegneria informatica at Politecnico di MilanoQualification to the profession of Information Engineer, Politecnico di Milano - Year 2018 - 1st Session - 2nd Commission, Qualification to the profession of Information Engineer, Politecnico di Milano - Year 2018 - 1st Session - 2nd Commission at Esame di StatoHigh School Diploma, Science High School, High School Diploma, Science High School at Liceo Statale Galilei Galilei of Caravaggio (BG)
italiana, English
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Github Skills (17)
algorithm10
algorithms10
c-language10
data-structure10
performance-optimization10
data-structures10
cprogramming-language10
emulation10
pcx9
cpp9
heap-memory6
glew6
deserialization6
dom6
opengl6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PCSX2/pcsx2
May 2017 - Aug 2022
PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Performance Engineer
Back-end Developer & Performance EngineerContributions:14 reviews, 90 commits, 49 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Alessandro primarily focused on optimizing and refactoring the texture cache system within the PCSX2 emulator, specifically targeting the GSdx plugin. Their contributions involved replacing `std::list` with a custom `FastList` container and implementing various other performance improvements. They also addressed and resolved unsigned integer warnings and other minor code tweaks while improving efficiency. Furthermore, they implemented a new Software Sprite Renderer and modified existing code for better palette management.
playstation-2cppemulatorps2emulation
AIRLab-POLIMI/PhysicalMetaverse
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Contributions:128 pushes, 6 branches in 3 months
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