Francesco Balestrieri
Senior Engineering Manager, Membership at Baleware
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancesco Balestrieri is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and scaling teams across mobile SDKs, automotive software, and open-source graphics projects. Currently leading Membership engineering at ŌURA and moonlighting as an AI operator, he blends hands-on technical judgment with strategic product delivery. He previously managed Mapbox’s Mobile Maps SDK team, shipping major releases (including a Flutter SDK adopted by BMW) and modern mobile APIs like SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose. At Basemark and Intel he drove product strategy and open-source Linux graphics development, proving he can navigate both startup scrappiness and large-company coordination. Known for nurturing careers and translating customer needs into shipped software, he still keeps a GitHub presence to stay connected to code. Based in Helsinki with an MS in Computer Engineering from Università di Pisa, he’s comfortable at the intersection of embedded graphics, mobile platforms, and developer experience.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering at Università di Pisa
Finnish, English, Italian
Github Skills (83)
crosswalk10
cordova-plugin10
javascript10
chrome-extension10
chrome10
ionic9
maps9
tiles9
webview9
racing9
cordova9
in-scope9
flutter9
dart8
swift8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
baleboy/crosswalk-app-tools
Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 46 pushes, 17 branches in 6 months
command-line-toolcrosswalkcli
baleboy/baleboy
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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