Summary
Alessio Palumbo is a Senior Cloud Engineer with nine years of experience building cloud-native systems using Go, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP and AWS, currently driving IoT platform reliability and scalability at LIFX. He has a strong backend pedigree—migrating legacy APIs to high-performance Go services, designing microservices for AML/KYC workflows, and working with Spanner, Postgres and Bazel in production. Alessio pairs hands-on engineering with developer experience improvements, shipping internal libraries and tooling that simplify secure data handling and CI workflows. His background spans full-stack bootcamp training and an early career in hospitality and international trade, which fuels his practical, team-oriented approach and attention to operational detail. Curious and self-directed, he frequently tackles performance optimization and pragmatic automation to turn brittle systems into maintainable platforms.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Fast Track Bootcamp (Diploma of Information Technology), Information Technology, Fast Track Bootcamp (Diploma of Information Technology), Information Technology at Coder Academy
Certificate, Chinese Language, Certificate, Chinese Language at Capital Normal University
BA in Culture and Language Mediation (Mandarin Chinese - English), Mandarin Chinese, English, Economics, Interpreting and Translation, 102/110, BA in Culture and Language Mediation (Mandarin Chinese - English), Mandarin Chinese, English, Economics, Interpreting and Translation, 102/110 at Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Certificate III - Commercial Cookery, Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant, Qualified Cook, Certificate III - Commercial Cookery, Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant, Qualified Cook at Academia International
English, Italian, Chinese