Summary
Lorenzo Ferrara is a DevOps manager based in Rome with 14 years of experience building and operating cloud-native infrastructure and developer platforms. He progressed through multiple technical and leadership roles at Hootsuite, growing from hands-on DevOps engineer to Manager, DevOps, and has prior startup CTO experience guiding product-focused engineering teams. Lorenzo combines practical systems engineering—CI/CD, observability, and scalable deployments—with team leadership and cross-border collaboration across European and remote teams. He has a track record of taking ownership in fast-paced environments, moving from PHP-based product development to modern DevOps practices. Colleagues know him for turning operational complexity into repeatable, automated workflows and for preferring clear, minimal solutions over unnecessary tooling. Fluent in both strategic planning and day-to-day incident response, he balances long-term platform direction with shipping reliable, production-grade systems.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
English, Italian