Mattia Lavacca
Senior Software Engineer at Kong Inc.
Lanzo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolMattia Lavacca is a Senior Software Engineer with 7 years of experience specializing in cloud-native systems, Kubernetes, and CI/CD, currently at Kong after progressing from Software Engineer roles. An active open-source maintainer for the Kubernetes Gateway API, he contributes conformance tests and integration improvements while also improving multi-cluster tooling like Liqo and container image pipelines across notable projects such as Kubermatic and the Kong Ingress Controller. He blends backend and DevOps expertise—implementing mutating webhooks, ARM image support, and multi-arch build fixes—with a pragmatic focus on reliability and automation. Based in Lanzo Torinese, he shares knowledge through conference talks and brings a curious, community-first approach informed by hands-on research and internships like CNCF’s Falco work. Outside of code he’s an avid cyclist and mountaineer, which mirrors his taste for tackling technical challenges in steep terrain.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer engineering - computer networks, Master's degree Computer engineering - computer networks at Politecnico di Torino
Github Skills (39)
kubernetes10
vsphere10
ingress-controller10
docker10
testing10
ca-api-gateway10
microsoft-azure10
containerization10
dockers10
cicd10
aws-apigateway10
amazon-api-gateway10
automation10
containerd10
go10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
liqotech/liqo
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
Enable dynamic and seamless Kubernetes multi-cluster topologies
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:225 reviews, 127 commits, 150 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Mattia's commits focus on improving and refining the Liqo project's Kubernetes provider, including code linting and refactoring. The user implemented a mutating webhook to manage tolerations for the virtual nodes, which enhances the system's security. They also added features, such as the ability to pass environment variables to the virtual kubelet.
kubernetesmulti-clusterliquid-computingresource-sharingcloud-computing
kubermatic/kubermatic
May 2021 - Apr 2022
Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform - the Central Kubernetes Management Platform For Any Infrastructure
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:71 reviews, 32 commits, 32 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Mattia primarily contributed to the repository by modifying the `hack/release-docker-images.sh` and `hack/ci/` scripts, indicating involvement in the build and deployment process. Their commits focused on integrating and fixing issues related to `docker buildx`, including multi-architecture image builds and the removal of buildx configurations. Furthermore, they also worked on configurations to authenticate with Quay registry. These changes suggest a focus on containerization and CI/CD pipeline improvements.
kubernetescluster-apikubermatic-kubernetes-platform
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