Summary
Gianluca Bortoli is a senior backend software engineer based in Italy with 11 years of experience building scalable, distributed systems. He currently develops high-throughput data pipelines and observability features at Datadog, and has experience launching products like Error Tracking from scratch. Comfortable in Golang and Python, he has deep practical knowledge of microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD and monitoring stacks (Prometheus/Grafana). Previously he powered SaaS reporting and task scheduling at Qlik and modernized remote desktop tooling early in his career. He favors splitting business logic into composable components, which helps teams iterate reliably at scale. Outside core engineering, his background includes hands-on operational ownership and seasonal roles that reflect a pragmatic, safety-first mindset.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Università di Trento
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Liceo Scientifico Mario Rigoni Stern
Italian, English