Paolo Basso
Software Engineer at Bending Spoons
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolPaolo Basso is a software engineer based in Milan, currently at Bending Spoons and pursuing a Master's in Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. With a decade of hands-on experience, he combines backend development skills with a background in management engineering and multidisciplinary honors training. He contributes to notable open-source projects like SearxNG, where he implemented and refined multiple search engine integrations (including Torznab and Z-library) and added language and custom filters. His experience spans building developer tooling and monitoring systems in Java and PHP, evidencing a pragmatic approach to automating workflows and improving observability. Comfortable in both research-driven academic settings and fast-moving product teams, he blends engineering depth with a knack for integrating third-party APIs into privacy-focused search platforms.
10 years of coding experience
Exchange semester (Erasmus) Department of Informatics, Exchange semester (Erasmus) Department of Informatics at Technical University of MunichMultidisciplinary honour program Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino, Multidisciplinary honour program Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino at Alta Scuola PolitecnicaIstituto Cavanis "Canova"Bachelor's degree Management engineering, Bachelor's degree Management engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaMaster's degree Computer Science and Engineering, Master's degree Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Italian, English
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Github Skills (20)
python10
apidoc10
metasearch10
searching10
api10
tor10
css9
lxml9
html9
xml9
http8
css-animations6
php6
google-chrome6
dom6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
searxng/searxng
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 2 commits, 3 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Paolo primarily focused on extending the functionality of the SearxNG metasearch engine by integrating new search engine APIs. The contributions include implementing the Torznab WebAPI for torrent search, adding a Z-library engine for book searches, and implementing the Anna's Archive search engine. Furthermore, they refactored and documented the Torznab engine and enhanced the Z-library engine with language filtering and custom filters.
pythonmetasearchmetasearch-engineaggregatessearxng
paolobasso99/where2factors
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
An app to find out which website that you use has two factors authentication
Contributions:1 release, 28 PRs, 83 pushes in 4 years 7 months
authentication
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