Summary
Massimo Presta is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years' experience delivering backend-first, full-stack solutions across education and health tech. Currently Head of Engineering at Ankor after progressing from Full Stack Engineer, he has driven backend architecture evolution and platform scalability at Pearson and designed Java-based services and Cassandra schemas at Smart Sparrow. Comfortable across Java, JavaScript, Spring, Node.js and modern front-end stacks, he pairs hands-on implementation with mentoring and TDD-led refactoring to boost performance and developer velocity. Based in Sydney with a Bachelor’s in IT from AIT, he has a track record of turning legacy systems into modular microservices and shipping tooling that speeds team delivery—often surfacing non-obvious performance wins through thoughtful schema and API design.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at Academy of Interactive Technology
Spanish, English, Italian