Mario Coppola
Backend Engineer at Mario Coppola
Italy
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolMario Coppola is a Backend Engineer with 10 years of experience building SaaS B2B systems focused on webhooks, external events and integrations, currently based in Italy. He has shipped end-to-end web and cloud solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Typescript and PostgreSQL while working across full-stack roles at GELLIFY and earlier training at Boolean Careers. Beyond web services, Mario contributes to embedded and IoT projects—most notably to the Paparazzi open-source autopilot where he added Decawave serial communication and INS-related improvements—bringing low-level sensor integration experience to backend design. His background in management engineering and architecture informs a systems-minded approach to reliability and data flow across distributed integrations.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree LM in Architecture and Building Engineering, Management Engineering, Master's Degree LM in Architecture and Building Engineering, Management Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaMaster, Full Stack Web Develope, Master, Full Stack Web Develope at BooleanBachelor Degree, Management Engineering, Bachelor Degree, Management Engineering at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Github Skills (11)
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embedded10
c1110
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system-integration10
sensor-fusion10
autopilot9
par9
para9
drones9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
paparazzi/paparazzi
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 11 PRs, 15 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Mario primarily contributed to the development of the "paparazzi" software project for unmanned (air) vehicles, focusing on embedded systems and sensor integration. They modified code related to the High-Frequency Filter (HFF) for Inertial Navigation System (INS) data, changing variable names and updating include statements. A significant portion of their work involved adding a module for Decawave serial communication, including related ABI messages, which are used in relative localization. They also contributed to the configuration of the Bebop 2 drone and associated tools.
pprzpaparazziairdroneshardware
coppolam/paparazzi
Mar 2016 - Jul 2019
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
Contributions:15 PRs, 260 pushes, 98 branches in 3 years 4 months
paparazziairvehicleshardwareopen-source-hardware
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