Summary
Danilo Cianfrone is a Staff Engineer based in Rotterdam with 11 years of experience designing and modernizing backend systems, specializing in monolith extraction, architectural refactoring, and domain modeling using DDD and event-driven patterns. He has driven impactful platform work at companies including HelloFresh, Hurdle, and now Picnic Technologies, turning complex legacy codebases into modular, maintainable services. Known as a pragmatic problem solver, he combines hands-on engineering with mentoring and public speaking to elevate team practices and architecture decisions. His career shows a steady progression from backend developer to senior technical lead and staff-level architect, reflecting deep operational experience in production systems. Comfortable across the full backend stack, he brings a strong academic foundation from Università di Pisa and a knack for translating domain complexity into clear, testable boundaries.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Liceo Scientifico
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at Università di Pisa
Italian, English