Luca Falsina is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building and scaling data and machine learning platforms at Booking.com, where he led IAM strategy and cloud migrations that now support thousands of employees and ETL workloads. He combines systems design, security and cryptography interests with hands-on engineering to remove scalability bottlenecks and enable large-scale ML adoption across the organization. A pragmatic technical leader and fast learner, he influences cross-functional teams—data scientists, product owners and engineers—to deliver governed, production-ready solutions like FGAC/ABAC for enterprise data access. He frequently shares knowledge at industry conferences, signaling a commitment to community and clear technical communication. Based in Amsterdam with roots in Milan, he brings a rare blend of infrastructure, ML platform experience and practical security-minded engineering.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student (first and second academic quarters) Master Degree in Computer Science, Exchange Student (first and second academic quarters) Master Degree in Computer Science at Aarhus University
Master’s Degree Engineering of Computing Systems, Master’s Degree Engineering of Computing Systems at Politecnico di Milano
High School Diploma Scientifico, High School Diploma Scientifico at Liceo Scientifico
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Luca Falsina - Principal Software Engineer II at Booking.com