Riccardo Padovani
Staff Systems Development Engineer at Google
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolRiccardo Padovani is a Staff Systems Development Engineer with 12 years of experience designing and operating cloud and edge infrastructure, currently leading the technical strategy for Google Distributed Cloud air‑gapped to serve sovereign and highly regulated environments. He blends deep Kubernetes and infrastructure engineering with operational design, shifting products from bespoke, high‑touch delivery to scalable, partner‑led ecosystems while insisting systems should never rely on "heroes." With an MS in Computer Science from TU Munich and a background across platform engineering, IoT, and full‑stack roles, he pairs hands‑on coding—evident in UI work on popular Nextcloud Deck and backend contributions to Artemis—with a strong security and teachability mindset. Riccardo is an active open source and security community participant (HackerOne and patching projects), a regular conference speaker and blogger, and focuses on reducing social friction so teams can reliably operate complex systems. Based in Munich, he brings a pragmatic optimism that turns operational friction into systemic architectural fixes.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Technical University of MunichBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Università degli Studi di Ferrara
Italian, English
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Github Skills (27)
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gitlab-ci10
java10
javas10
angularjs10
spring-boot10
rest-api10
database-design9
gitlab9
html9
nextcloud8
decks8
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Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
ls1intum/Artemis
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
Artemis - Interactive Learning with Automated Feedback
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:130 commits, 70 PRs, 165 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Riccardo primarily refactored and updated existing code related to exercises, results, and submissions within the Artemis project. They focused on date management, API calls, and the integration of text and modeling exercises, indicating a strong understanding of the project's backend components and data models. Their work involved refactoring of core services, with a clear emphasis on improving the handling and presentation of data, including the addition of a new complaint list. The user also contributed to code related to example submissions and the tutor dashboard.
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nextcloud/deck
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
🗂 Kanban-style project & personal management tool for Nextcloud, similar to Trello
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 8 days
Contributions summary:Riccardo primarily focused on improving the user interface and functionality of the Nextcloud Deck application. They addressed issues related to tag editing, removing unnecessary event handlers, and updating the document title upon board renaming. The commits demonstrate a focus on modifying the front-end code, particularly within the `templates/` and `js/controller/` directories, indicating their involvement in UI and associated controller logic. The user also simplified some codebase related to the application's color usage and color picking logic.
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