Simone Locci is a pragmatic software engineer with 11 years of experience building secure, ethical and scalable systems using Python, Go and TypeScript across startups and corporate environments. He specializes in backend and cloud-native platforms, having evolved multi-tenant cybersecurity services, led migrations to modern Python, implemented SSO and introduced CI/CD and observability to improve reliability. Comfortable across frontend, backend and infrastructure layers, Simone consistently proposes architectural improvements and refactors legacy code into reusable packages to reduce technical debt. An active open-source contributor, he has contributed to notable projects such as the zxing-js barcode library, improving decoding logic and tests for real-world formats like EAN-13. Based in Pisa, he pairs hands-on delivery with community engagement—regularly speaking at GoLab Italy, PyCon Italy and other meetups—and prioritizes maintainable, auditable solutions that balance security and user experience.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Università di Pisa
Multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library, usable in JavaScript ecosystem.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:16 commits, 3 PRs, 7 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Simone primarily worked on implementing and improving the functionality of the `zxing-js/library` project, which focuses on processing 1D/2D barcode images in JavaScript. Their contributions include modifying existing code across multiple files, mainly focusing on the core logic of barcode decoding, specifically for formats like EAN-13 and ITF. They also worked on implementing UI examples and tests demonstrating the use of the library, and fixing existing tests.
Contributions:1 review, 11 PRs, 34 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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