Marco Palma
Scientist at University of Zurich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMarco Palma is a scientist and software engineer with six years of experience blending industrial research and open-source engineering, currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Zurich while working as an industrial researcher at Hitachi Energy. He has a strong background in AI for software engineering and cloud-native systems, exemplified by contractor work for LocalStack where he migrated multiple AWS service APIs into Apache-style structures and added pytest coverage for SecretsManager. Trained with a First Class MEng in Computer Science with AI from the University of Southampton, Marco pairs rigorous academic methods with production-focused contributions to widely used tooling for local cloud development. Comfortable in back-end and systems work, he brings practical expertise in adapting large codebases to new frameworks and improving testability. Colleagues can expect a researcher-engineer who bridges formal research questions and real-world service engineering, with multilingual roots and an inclination for infrastructure-level problem solving.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, A Levels at All Hallows Sixth Form CollegeMEng Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, First Class Honours, MEng Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, First Class Honours at University of SouthamptonLanguages - International, Languages - International at Liceo Internazionale ArcivescovileSecondaria di Secondo Grado, Secondaria di Secondo Grado at Arcivescovile Dame-Inglesi
English, Italian, Spanish, German
Github Skills (11)
api10
aws10
back-end-development10
python10
apidoc10
localstack10
pytest9
testing9
serverless8
dockers7
docker7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
localstack/localstack
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
💻 A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your cloud & Serverless apps offline
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:216 reviews, 33 commits, 350 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily focused on migrating various AWS service APIs to the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) structure. These migrations involved significant code changes, particularly within the `localstack/aws/api` directory, and the adaptation of the codebase to utilize the ASF framework. Their work encompassed several services, including Support, SSM (Systems Manager), SWF (Simple Workflow Service), SecretsManager, and CloudWatch Logs. The user also contributed to tests for SecretsManager using pytest.
aws-cloudserverlessawslocalstacktesting
MEPalma/HLNN-ReplicationPackage-Ext
Sep 2022 - Jan 2024
Contributions:4 PRs, 81 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
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