Stefano Bonicatti
Senior Software Engineer at Trail of Bits
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolStefano Bonicatti is a Senior Software Engineer based in Milan with 17 years of experience building robust system-level software, kernel modules, and backend infrastructure. He has shipped production filesystems and userspace tooling at companies like Cloudian and Infinity Storage and currently contributes to security-focused engineering at Trail of Bits. Stefano’s open-source work includes stabilizing Krita’s core and improving osquery’s cross-platform build and memory handling, highlighting deep expertise in debugging, pointer/memory management, and build systems. Comfortable across kernel and userland boundaries, he brings a pragmatic focus on reliability and test automation, often tackling elusive crash and lifetime bugs that elude less-experienced engineers.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Informatica, Informatica at Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale 'Amedeo Avogadro'
Italian, English
Github Skills (16)
debugging10
memory-management10
debug10
c-language10
build-system10
cmake10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
architecture9
architectures9
error-handling9
dependency-management9
macos8
linux8
windows8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
osquery/osquery
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 410 reviews, 344 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Stefano primarily contributed to enhancing the osquery codebase by adding and improving build-related features. Their work included incorporating CMake support, refactoring to better handle various operating system specifics, and improving the dependency management and build process. In addition, they addressed issues regarding the handling of memory and the robustness of error handling within the project. The user's commits showcase expertise in build systems and system-level programming.
instrumentationanalyticsoperating-systemsecuritysql
KDE/krita
Dec 2014 - Apr 2016
Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:123 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Stefano primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Krita image editing application. Their work involved fixing memory leaks and addressing crashes related to pointer handling and object lifetime within the codebase. Specific contributions include addressing issues in the KisShapeLayer and KisPNGConverter components and resolving problems with tablet input, thus improving the stability and robustness of the software. The user demonstrated expertise in memory management, pointer handling, and debugging.
artend-to-enddigital-artlinuxgui
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