Federico Squartini
Software Engineer
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolFederico Squartini is a software engineer with 13 years of experience who combines a strong academic foundation in physics and computational biology (Ph.D. from Freie Universität Berlin, magna cum laude) with hands-on software development and entrepreneurship. He champions agile methodologies and focuses on disruptive blockchain applications, particularly self-sovereign distributed digital identity. Comfortable spanning research and product development, he applies quantitative rigor from statistical mechanics and biomathematics to design robust, scalable systems. Based in Rome, he brings a pragmatic, inventor’s mindset to early-stage projects and protocol design. Notably, his background lets him bridge complex theoretical concepts and practical engineering—making him effective at turning novel cryptographic ideas into implementable software.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Magna cum laude at Freie Universität BerlinMaster’s Degree, Statistical mechanics, 110/110, Master’s Degree, Statistical mechanics, 110/110 at Dipartimento di Fisica - Università La Sapienza di Roma
German, Italian, English
Github Skills (102)
cryptocurrency10
rust10
cryptography10
social-share10
uwp9
react9
android9
linux8
mining8
purescript8
elm8
multithreading8
qr-code8
blockchain8
ethereum8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
SpidChain/spidchain-btcr
Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:221 commits, 39 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
PositronicBrain/dotfiles
Jun 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:31 pushes in 3 years
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