Luca Moser
Member Of The Board Of Directors - Leading R&D at IOTA
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolLuca Moser is a seasoned software leader with 13 years of experience, currently serving on IOTA’s Board of Directors and leading R&D from Zurich. He progressed through engineering and management roles at IOTA—from hands-on backend and full-stack development to Director of Engineering for the L1 protocol—demonstrating deep expertise in distributed ledger node software and protocol engineering. His open-source contributions to prominent IOTA projects like HORNET, Trinity Wallet, and the IRI reference implementation show a mix of low-level netcode, database/profile tuning, peer management, and UX-driven frontend fixes. Luca pairs technical breadth with operational focus: shipping reliable production features (cache and DB profiling, white-flag confirmation logic, auto-node switching) while improving test coverage and network resiliency. Trained in Swiss applied software engineering and rising from an IT apprenticeship, he brings pragmatic, systems-level thinking and a track record of moving from implementation to strategic leadership. An understated strength is his ability to bridge protocol internals and user-facing concerns—translating complex consensus and networking challenges into usable, maintainable systems.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl. Techniker HF Informatik / Adv. Federal Diploma of Higher Education Software Engineering, Dipl. Techniker HF Informatik / Adv. Federal Diploma of Higher Education Software Engineering at TEKO Schweizerische Fachschule AGInformatiker EFZ / Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training Information Technology, Informatiker EFZ / Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training Information Technology at TBZ Technische Berufsschule Zürich
German, English, Italian, French
Github Skills (25)
caching10
javascript10
iota10
ui-design10
networking10
data-structure10
java10
javas10
uid10
go10
front-end-development10
data-structures10
database-management10
react10
testing9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
iotaledger/iri
Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
IOTA Reference Implementation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:153 commits, 33 PRs, 3 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Luca focused on implementing and refactoring core back-end features for the IOTA reference implementation. Their work included implementing new netcode features, refactoring and fixing formatting issues within the TransactionViewModel class, and adding tests for neighbor, pipeline, stages, and protocol classes. The contributions also included the removal of shorthand CLI flags and the addition of the coo address into the handshake packet, further indicating core backend logic.
iotareference-implementation
iotaledger/hornet
Dec 2019 - Jun 2022
HORNET is a powerful IOTA fullnode software
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 137 reviews, 268 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Luca primarily focused on enhancing the HORNET fullnode software. Their contributions involved implementing profiles to adjust cache sizes and database options. Further, they added database version checks, cache eviction sizes to profiles, spent address functionality, and code related to the white-flag confirmation process. Moreover, the user made improvements to the management and operation of network peers and stream related aspects.
golanghornetfullnodeiotaiot
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