Italo Maia is a Senior Software Engineer based in Amsterdam with 16 years of hands-on experience building web and backend systems, currently contributing at Booking.com. He holds a master’s in Computer Science and combines production-grade Python and JavaScript development with system-level responsibilities such as server management, prototyping, and technical guidance. Throughout his career he has driven supply-chain and logistics solutions at scale, led new-product teams, and bridged research and client needs in security-focused environments. An active open-source contributor, he helped evolve the widely used model_mommy test data library (now model_bakery), improving its class-based design and ManyToMany/nullable field handling. Known for curiosity and community-mindedness, he pairs pragmatic engineering with mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.
16 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Degree, EAD, BioInformática, Desenvolvimento Web, Computer Science Degree, EAD, BioInformática, Desenvolvimento Web at Universidade Estadual do Ceará
No longer maintained, please migrate to model_bakery
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:16 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Italo primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the `model_mommy` library, focusing on its core functionality and features. Their work involved refactoring code to use classes, adding support for parameters in the `make_one` function, and introducing features like the ability to handle `ManyToManyField` and nullable fields. They also implemented tests for various field types and generators, and made adjustments to improve the library's overall usability and structure.
Contributions:165 commits, 1 PR, 78 pushes in 9 months
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Italo Maia - Senior Software Engineer at Booking.com