Leonardo Di Giovanna
Open Source Engineer at Sysdig
Sicily, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolLeonardo Di Giovanna is an Open Source Engineer with 7 years of experience specializing in software design, Linux kernel and cloud-native technologies such as eBPF, virtual networking, and Kubernetes. Currently at Sysdig after roles at Rakuten Mobile and a research fellowship at Politecnico di Torino, he blends rigorous academic excellence (dual degrees with highest honors) with hands-on backend contributions to prominent projects like Falco, where he improved metrics, networking stats, and code clarity. Known for a perfectionist drive to continuously improve, he favors clean, maintainable code patterns (early returns, refactors) and pragmatic design principles. Based in Sicily, he pairs systems-level curiosity with practical cloud runtime security experience, and—true to his GitHub bio—approaches engineering with a playful appetite for both code and pizza.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Laurea triennale, Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni, 110/110 e Lode, Laurea triennale, Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni, 110/110 e Lode at Università degli Studi di PalermoDiploma, Diploma at Liceo Classico T. FazelloLaurea Magistrale LM, Ingegneria informatica, Data Analytics, 110/110 e Lode, Laurea Magistrale LM, Ingegneria informatica, Data Analytics, 110/110 e Lode at Politecnico di Torino
Github Skills (13)
falco10
kubernetes10
container10
run-time10
go10
cloud-native10
metric10
kubernetes-pods10
cprogramming-language9
c-language9
docker8
dockers8
ebpf8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
falcosecurity/falco
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
Cloud Native Runtime Security
Role in this project:
Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 7 PRs, 16 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Leonardo primarily contributed to the Falco project by enhancing the metrics functionality. Their work involved refactoring the metrics code, including modifying the output and splitting labels. The user also added networking information stats and removed unused imports to clean up the codebase. Furthermore, they moved actions within the application logic and applied early return patterns for improved code readability.
containersseccompsecurityruntimeebpf
polycube-network/polykube
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
An eBPF-based Disaggregated Network Provider for Kubernetes
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 day
providerebpfsdnvirtual-networkk8s
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