Federico Leoni
IoT Developer at Self-employed
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Summary
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RockstarFederico Leoni is an IoT developer and multilingual maker with 11 years of professional experience, blending deep embedded-software skills with hands-on hardware prototyping for home automation. Based in Rio Grande do Sul after relocating from Italy, he contributes to prominent open-source projects such as Tasmota and Home Assistant, focusing on localization, device integrations, and ESP8266/ESP32 firmware. His background spans manufacturing, production planning and ERP/MRP systems, giving him a rare combination of field-tested production optimization and cloud/container expertise (Docker). Entrepreneurial by nature, he runs his own IoT consultancy while also operating a family restaurant, and his career shows a consistent pattern of rebuilding systems—technical and organizational—to deliver practical, localized solutions.
11 years of coding experience
Italian, Portuguese, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
c-language10
firmware10
tasmota10
iot10
localization10
cprogramming-language10
arduino10
esp82669
sys9
home-assistant9
esp329
embedded9
automations8
automation8
mqtt8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
arendst/Tasmota
Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at
Role in this project:
Localization/Internationalization Specialist & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Localization/Internationalization Specialist & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 83 commits, 76 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Federico's commits primarily focus on updating language files (e.g., Italian, Portuguese, and others) within the Tasmota firmware, suggesting a role in localization and internationalization. The changes involve translating and modifying text strings used in the user interface. Further commits demonstrate work on a `xdrv_12_home_assistant.ino`, indicating involvement with the Home Assistant integration, which aligns with the project's IoT and smart-home focus. They also update user configuration files.
serialhome-automationwebuiesp32esp8266
effelle/Tasmota-Mesh
Apr 2021 - May 2021
Alternative firmware for ESP8266 with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
serialhome-automationwebuiesp32esp8266
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