Matteo Muraca
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Top SchoolMatteo Muraca is a versatile backend and systems engineer with 5 years of experience building scalable microservices, serverless functions, and full-stack applications across Rust, Java, Python, and TypeScript. He has shipped production systems integrating PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes, and automated delivery with GitHub Actions and Jenkins. Matteo contributes to high-profile open-source blockchain tooling—adding core storage features to Parity’s Polkadot SDK—bringing hands-on expertise in Substrate and cross-chain messaging. A proactive problem-solver and fast learner, he has led engineering teams at a stealth blockchain startup and optimized legacy systems (one portal became 60x faster), demonstrating both technical depth and a pragmatic focus on impact. Based in Turin, he combines formal CS training with practical R&D experience in NFTs, cryptography-related services, and high-throughput backend engineering.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
1° ciclo - Laurea L-31 Informatica, 1° ciclo - Laurea L-31 Informatica at Università della CalabriaUniversity of MilanGraduate, Graduate at Polkadot Blockchain AcademyHigh School Diploma Liceo Scientifico - Opzione Scienze Applicate, High School Diploma Liceo Scientifico - Opzione Scienze Applicate at Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei
Italian, English
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Github Skills (6)
substrate10
polkadot-js10
rust10
polkadot10
blockchain10
testing9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
paritytech/polkadot-sdk
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
The Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:35 reviews, 17 PRs, 62 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Matteo primarily worked on the Substrate framework, contributing to core storage functionalities. Their work involved implementing `mutate_exists` and `try_mutate_exists` methods for `StorageValue` and `StorageDoubleMap`, enhancing the framework's storage capabilities. They added metadata for storage entries and implemented `contains_prefix` for storage maps, demonstrating proficiency in blockchain development. They also addressed issues within the codebase, such as a bug related to `map_issue_3318`.
blockchaincumuluspolkadotsubstrate
muraca/polkadot-sdk
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
The Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK
Contributions:208 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 6 months
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