Salvatore Rotondo
Lead Backend Engineer at Fantaking Interactive
San Pietro Clarenza, Sicily, Italy
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Top SchoolSalvatore Rotondo is a Lead Backend Engineer with 13 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance PHP/Laravel backends for gaming platforms. He specializes in scalable, real-time APIs and complex game logic, with deep experience in modular monoliths, microservices, and multiprocess queue systems. At Fantaking Interactive he coordinates backend teams, mentors developers, and drives cost-optimized AWS operations for mission-critical features. Previously at Softion he built a PHP-FIG–aligned internal framework, integrated game providers and payments, and owned level-3 support in both Italian and English. Known for a pragmatic focus on clean architecture and system optimization, he also builds modern SPAs and has a curious side as a roleplayer and sushi enthusiast. Based in Sicily, he combines hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership to turn technical challenges into smooth player experiences.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
telecommunications technician Electronics for telecommunications digital electronics computer networks Plant Civil, telecommunications technician Electronics for telecommunications digital electronics computer networks Plant Civil at IPSIA Enrico Fermi
Italian, English
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Github Skills (13)
mysql9
php9
chat9
browser8
vbscript6
compose4
docker-image4
javascript3
json3
docker3
docker-compose3
slug2
packagist2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
blancks/GDRCD
Jun 2017 - Jun 2022
Script per la creazione di Giochi di Ruolo "Play by Chat" su browser
Contributions:2 pushes in 5 years 1 month
chatbrowserplay-by-chat
blancks/php-jsonpatch-benchmarks
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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