Federico Ruggi is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in Amsterdam with a strong theoretical foundation and a practical focus on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs and backends. He has progressed from hands-on firmware and backend work to technical leadership roles across European and US companies, including Staff/Lead positions at Docker, Stream, Framer and currently Shopify. Known for shipping high-performance, concurrent systems—often in Go—he has deep experience bridging embedded, mobile and cloud domains, and has driven performance, SDKs, automation and developer-facing APIs. Federico’s background includes leading Android and cloud projects, and he brings a rare blend of low-level networking/firmware expertise and large-scale backend architecture. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex distributed problems into practical, testable solutions while mentoring teams through architecture and delivery trade-offs.
1 year of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Bologna
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at OU
Hydrogen lets you build faster headless storefronts in less time, on Shopify.
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 months
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Federico Ruggi - Senior Staff Software Engineer at Shopify