Gabriel Volpe
Lead Scala Developer at SiriusXM
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolGabriel Volpe is a Lead Scala Developer with 11 years of experience building robust backend systems and developer tooling, currently leading Scala efforts at SiriusXM from the UK. He is a functional-programming specialist—active in flagship projects like ZIO (interop with Cats), http4s, and fs2—and blends deep FP knowledge with practical engineering such as Nix-based system configuration and CI/CD automation. An author and speaker fluent in Scala, Haskell, Unison and Nix, he routinely improves library interoperability and developer experience, and has shipped authentication, streaming, and HTTP examples used by the community. His background includes formal FP training at EPFL and hands-on ops work maintaining a personal NixOS configuration, reflecting a rare mix of language-level libraries and production infrastructure expertise.
11 years of coding experience
Reactive Programming Principles, Reactive Programming Principles at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneTSP (Analista Programador), TSP (Analista Programador) at Universidad Tecnológica NacionalBachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science at E.E.M. N° 5 High School
Spanish, English, Italian, Polish
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Github Skills (46)
github-ci10
system-configuration10
interoperability10
nix10
back-end-development10
async10
http10
zio10
sbt10
nixos10
user-authentication10
authentication10
cicd10
http4s10
blaze10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
gvolpe/pfps-shopping-cart
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
:shopping_cart: The Shopping Cart application developed in the book "Practical FP in Scala: A hands-on approach"
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 542 commits, 524 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel's contributions primarily revolve around building and refactoring the authentication routes and services for the shopping cart application. They added the Skunk library for database interaction. They reworked existing auth routes and implemented functionality to manage user accounts and handle login/logout processes, using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). The user updated the dependencies and implemented authentication features, demonstrating a focus on backend development and API design.
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gvolpe/nix-config
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
:space_invader: NixOS configuration
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & System Administrator
DevOps Engineer & System AdministratorContributions:2 reviews, 928 commits, 358 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel's primary contributions revolve around configuring and customizing a NixOS configuration repository. They focused on setting up the system's initial configuration, including installing and configuring key software packages like a terminal emulator, a music player, and a calendar. They also appear to be involved in configuring the system's network, display, and enabling services such as a screen locker and a Bluetooth daemon. In addition, the user added and managed various dotfiles and shell configuration for the system.
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