Federico Lorenzi
CTO at SkillUp Tutors
Cape Town Area, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolFederico Lorenzi is a CTO based in Cape Town with 13 years of hands-on experience building scalable web and security-focused tooling. He progressed from internships building monitoring dashboards and SQL change-tracking systems to developer roles at TravelGround and now leads technology at SkillUp Tutors. Federico combines an electrical and computer engineering background with practical DevOps expertise, notably contributing to the popular pyupio/safety project by creating a GitHub Action that automates Python dependency vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows. He’s comfortable across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and security automation, and brings a pragmatic focus on observability and auditability to product engineering.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BScEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, BScEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Cape Town
Github Skills (14)
dependency-management10
devsecops10
github-ci10
docker10
vulnerability-detection10
githubaction-workflow10
package-management10
python10
dockers10
cicd10
security10
automated-tests9
bash9
jq8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pyupio/safety
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
Safety checks Python dependencies for known security vulnerabilities and suggests the proper remediations for vulnerabilities detected.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 27 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Federico primarily focused on enhancing the project's CI/CD capabilities and integrating with GitHub Actions. They developed a custom GitHub Action to scan Python dependencies for security vulnerabilities, incorporating features for autodetecting the scanning environment (Docker, CI environment, or file) and generating pull requests or issues for remediation. Furthermore, the user introduced functionalities for auditing and monitoring the project on pyup.io, expanding the project's security automation and reporting mechanisms.
dependenciespythonsecurity-toolsvulnerabilitiessecurity
cb22/tigerbeetle
Oct 2022 - Aug 2024
A distributed financial accounting database designed for mission critical safety and performance.
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 1 PR in 1 year 10 months
financialaccountingcriticalfinancial-accountingmission-critical
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