Summary
Antonio Cavestro is a senior software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building scalable web and e-commerce systems across startups and established companies. He designs architectures and implements solutions from serverless APIs and microservices to headless Shopify Hydrogen storefronts, with notable expertise in Rust, Elixir, Node.js, Go, and AWS-based platforms. Antonio has a strong track record of improving performance and efficiency—examples include video optimization with FFmpeg and Go that cut CDN costs and resolving memory leaks in microservices—while also delivering integrations across social platforms, Salesforce, and analytics pipelines. Grounded in a computer science education from Università di Padova, he values curiosity and collaborative teams, and brings a long-standing personal passion for computing that dates back to tinkering with a Commodore 64. Based in Padua, Italy, he combines practical full-stack experience with an appreciation for older technologies and thoughtful engineering trade-offs.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Computer Science at Università degli Studi di Padova
Diploma Informatica ABACUS, Diploma Informatica ABACUS at ITIS Euganeo
Italian, English