Lorenzo Blasa
Software Engineer at Meta
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLorenzo Blasa is a software engineer with 9 years of professional experience and a track record of delivering robust solutions across mobile, desktop and backend systems for companies like Meta, VMware and BlackBerry. He excels at applying best practices and pragmatic design to projects of varying scale and risk, from short customer-driven features to complex platform work. Lorenzo has contributed significant full‑stack improvements to Facebook’s Flipper debugging platform, including cross‑component refactors and accuracy improvements to the network plugin. With a foundation in both enterprise and embedded mobile tooling and an MSc in Information Systems & Technology, he blends deep technical craftsmanship with customer-focused execution. Based in London, he is comfortable navigating legacy stacks and modern abstractions alike, often surfacing non-obvious infrastructure improvements that improve flexibility and maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Informatics Engineer, BSc Informatics Engineer at UCAB - Universidad Católica Andrés BelloMSc Information Systems & Technology, MSc Information Systems & Technology at City St George’s, University of London
English, Italian, Spanish
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google-maps6
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Github contributions (5)
facebook/flipper
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
A desktop debugging platform for mobile developers.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 188 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Lorenzo made substantial contributions to the Flipper project, focusing on both the iOS and web application components. They modified the Flipper Network Plugin to use timestamps from the system boot time for improved accuracy. Moreover, the user refactored the desktop application's communication layer, including moving server-related code, renaming components, and abstracting the socket implementation for enhanced flexibility. The changes involved substantial code modifications across the iOS, web application (desktop), and general core Flipper components.
windowsdebuggingdebugcross-platformdesktop
lblasa/flipper
Oct 2021 - May 2024
A desktop debugging platform for mobile developers.
Contributions:40 pushes, 20 branches in 2 years 6 months
debuggingcross-platformwindowsdesktop
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