Rosario Di Somma
Principal Software Engineer at DreamHost
Neuheim, Zug, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolRosario Di Somma is a Principal Software Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-native, Kubernetes-driven platforms and distributed systems from Switzerland. At DreamHost he led the architecture and migration of core managed WordPress services to Kubernetes, built large-scale backup and metrics systems, and introduced ML-driven product insights to influence roadmap decisions. He has deep OpenStack expertise—contributing to the openstacksdk by modernizing volume operations, improving test coverage, and fixing critical server handling—which reflects a strong commitment to reliable infrastructure and open-source collaboration. Known for bridging business needs and engineering execution, Rosario specializes in translating complex legacy systems into scalable, automated deployments with minimal downtime. Pragmatic and methodical, he combines hands-on Python/DevOps skills with a track record of mentoring teams and driving measurable operational improvements.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Università di Pisa
English, Italian
Github Skills (5)
openstack-sdk10
rest-api10
development-tools10
web-development-tools10
python10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/openstacksdk
Jul 2015 - Aug 2017
Unified SDK for OpenStack. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:36 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Rosario Di Somma primarily focused on enhancing the OpenStack SDK, addressing critical issues within the shade library. They modified existing methods to correctly pass server IDs and upgraded unit tests to use `requests-mock`, effectively improving test coverage and reliability. Furthermore, they modernized the code base by transitioning to the REST API for volume-related operations such as type access, creation, deletion, and attachment.
opendevsdkopenstackclient-tools
dreamhost/akanda-horizon
Sep 2012 - May 2014
Contributions:84 commits in 1 year 9 months
horizonchanges
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