Luigi Dell'aquila
Senior Software Engineer at Elastic
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Top SchoolLuigi Dell'aquila is a Senior Software Engineer based in Rome with 15 years of experience designing and delivering backend systems and database solutions. He combines hands-on software architecture with project and customer management, having led consulting at OrientDB LTD before joining Elastic where he contributes to SQL capabilities in a major open-source search engine. A long-term open-source contributor, Luigi has deep expertise in database internals—demonstrated by significant bug fixes and storage/index work on OrientDB—and practical experience extending SQL features in Elasticsearch. He prefers cutting-edge technologies and frequently contributes to community projects, blending low-level debugging skill with product-focused delivery. His background in computer engineering from Sapienza and roles spanning architect, project manager, and developer give him a rare mix of technical depth and client-facing leadership.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master degree (Laurea Specialistica), Computer Engineering, Master degree (Laurea Specialistica), Computer Engineering at Sapienza Università di Roma
English, French, Italian
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Github Skills (28)
datetime10
datetime-parsing10
grok10
amazon-elasticsearch10
orientdb10
databases10
date-parsing10
java10
javas10
elasticsearchquery10
aws-elasticsearch10
sql10
elasticsearch10
index-management10
database10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
orientechnologies/orientdb
Jun 2013 - Jan 2022
OrientDB is the most versatile DBMS supporting Graph, Document, Reactive, Full-Text and Geospatial models in one Multi-Model product. OrientDB can run distributed (Multi-Master), supports SQL, ACID Transactions, Full-Text indexing and Reactive Queries.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:73 releases, 18 reviews, 3427 commits in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Luigi's contributions primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements to the OrientDB database, specifically related to SQL parsing and data storage. The commits demonstrate a deep understanding of database internals, including fixing issues related to index management, memory management, and data import/export. Their work spans different areas of the system, including the legacy SQL executor, as well as the more modern implementations. The commits demonstrate strong knowledge of database internals and the ability to debug and fix complex issues within the system.
dbmsrdbmsindexingrelational-databasesreactive
elastic/elasticsearch
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
Free and Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:774 reviews, 38 commits, 495 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Luigi primarily contributed to the SQL CLI functionality within the Elasticsearch repository. Their work involved implementing features like the "DISSECT" command, date and time interval parameters, and handling of multi-value inputs. In addition, the user's contributions included improvements to date format functions, fixes for potential null pointer exceptions, and enhanced the existing "SHOW FUNCTIONS" command. These changes demonstrate a focus on expanding the SQL capabilities within the project.
restfulsearch-engineopensearchelasticsearchjava
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