Summary
Riccardo Bestetti is a versatile Data Engineer and freelance technical engineer with a decade of hands-on experience across software, networking, embedded systems, and data engineering. He combines low-level system expertise (C, kernel namespaces, FreeRTOS/Zephyr) with practical data stack skills (PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Spark) and a track record of integrating new and legacy systems in heterogeneous deployments. Comfortable in startups and large organizations alike, he consults on ETL, DBMS, and hybrid system integration while shipping pragmatic fixes—once even contributing patches that revealed and resolved a follow-on Linux bug. He holds advanced studies in embedded systems from Università di Trento and KTH and brings a curious generalist mindset that surfaces edge cases and improves robustness. Outside engineering he composes and performs music, runs a technical blog, and pursues niche interests like ultralight flight and low-power wireless.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Embedded systems, 110L, Master's degree, Embedded systems, 110L at Università di Trento
Bachelor's degree, ENGINEERING, Bachelor's degree, ENGINEERING at Politecnico di Torino
Master's degree, Embedded Systems, Master's degree, Embedded Systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Guitar Grade 6, Guitar Grade 6 at ABRSM
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 110L, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 110L at Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale
English, Italian