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I am an Engineering Manager and CTO with extensive experience in DevOps and cloud engineering, specializing in cloud-native architecture, Microservices, and Serverless technologies. Passionate about building high-performing engineering teams through mentorship and leadership, I focus on leveraging AWS for rapid prototyping and scalable deployments. I have a proven track record leading technical teams to success and fostering innovation in startup environments. Beyond technology, computer science is my lifestyle and culture, driving my vision for sustainable and circular digital transformation that can revolutionize traditional economies. I enjoy fantasy, literature, music, sailing, gastronomy, photography, and videography. Additionally, I am deeply interested in blockchain, Web3 evolution, and stock market analysis as part of my broader financial interests.…I am an Engineering Manager and CTO with extensive experience in DevOps and cloud engineering, specializing in cloud-native architecture, Microservices, and Serverless technologies. Passionate about building high-performing engineering teams through mentorship and leadership, I focus on leveraging AWS for rapid prototyping and scalable deployments. I have a proven track record leading technical teams to success and fostering innovation in startup environments. Beyond technology, computer science is my lifestyle and culture, driving my vision for sustainable and circular digital transformation that can revolutionize traditional economies. I enjoy fantasy, literature, music, sailing, gastronomy, photography, and videography. Additionally, I am deeply interested in blockchain, Web3 evolution, and stock market analysis as part of my broader financial interests.

Paolo Cittadini

DevOps Developer, Cloud Developer, App Developer, +4

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I am an Engineering Manager and CTO with extensive experience in DevOps and cloud engineering, specializing in cloud-native architecture, Microservices, and Serverless technologies. Passionate about building high-performing engineering teams through mentorship and leadership, I focus on leveraging AWS for rapid prototyping and scalable deployments. I have a proven track record leading technical teams to success and fostering innovation in startup environments. Beyond technology, computer science is my lifestyle and culture, driving my vision for sustainable and circular digital transformation that can revolutionize traditional economies. I enjoy fantasy, literature, music, sailing, gastronomy, photography, and videography. Additionally, I am deeply interested in blockchain, Web3 evolution, and stock market analysis as part of my broader financial interests.…I am an Engineering Manager and CTO with extensive experience in DevOps and cloud engineering, specializing in cloud-native architecture, Microservices, and Serverless technologies. Passionate about building high-performing engineering teams through mentorship and leadership, I focus on leveraging AWS for rapid prototyping and scalable deployments. I have a proven track record leading technical teams to success and fostering innovation in startup environments. Beyond technology, computer science is my lifestyle and culture, driving my vision for sustainable and circular digital transformation that can revolutionize traditional economies. I enjoy fantasy, literature, music, sailing, gastronomy, photography, and videography. Additionally, I am deeply interested in blockchain, Web3 evolution, and stock market analysis as part of my broader financial interests.

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I am an Engineering Manager and CTO with extensive experience in DevOps and cloud engineering, specializing in cloud-native architecture, Microservices, and Serverless technologies. Passionate about building high-performing engineering teams through mentorship and leadership, I focus on leveraging AWS for rapid prototyping and scalable deployments. I have a proven track record leading technical teams to success and fostering innovation in startup environments.

Beyond technology, computer science is my lifestyle and culture, driving my vision for sustainable and circular digital transformation that can revolutionize traditional economies. I enjoy fantasy, literature, music, sailing, gastronomy, photography, and videography. Additionally, I am deeply interested in blockchain, Web3 evolution, and stock market analysis as part of my broader financial interests.

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Language

Italian

Fluent

English

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Dutch

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Work Experience

Founder & Managing Director at Whereweup

January 1, 2022 - Present

Co-owned an engineering services agency in Amsterdam focusing on end-to-end app development using Flutter, Golang, and AWS. Specialized in e-commerce, tourist services, social, and dating apps. Provided fractional CTO services and project incubation.

Engineering Leader at Queueup

October 1, 2020 - Present

Lead engineering, technical advisor, and hiring manager reporting directly to CTO. Scaled engineering team and established DevOps culture in a fast-growing digital marketing scale-up. Managed Flutter mobile app releases with over 500k users. Implemented SRE culture and started Agile transformation with serverless AWS Lambda using Golang.

Senior Manager at Accenture

October 1, 2020 - August 16, 2025

Head of AWS Cloud Engineering practice at the Liquid Studio group. Promoted AWS solutions for cloud-native and serverless computing. Engineering manager and technical architect. Trusted advisor for SRE and DevOps transformation within organizations across the Netherlands.

Manager Cloud Engineering at VEON

March 1, 2019 - August 16, 2025

Head of DevOps and Cloud Engineering for the digital department at one of Europe's largest telecom groups. Led architecting of a Docker Swarm container platform running hundreds of microservices at scale. Implemented DevOps culture and observability-centric production engineering teams focused on SRE.

Cloud Software Engineer at Bloomreach

October 1, 2016 - August 16, 2025

Developed architecture and software for a complex PaaS system written in Golang deployed on AWS. Designed RESTful API-based system for container orchestration prior to Kubernetes hype.

Senior Systems Engineer at IPZS (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato)

October 1, 2014 - August 16, 2025

System engineering in a mission-critical environment running Italian central systems for electronic passport and residence permits. Operated with high security clearance including physical HSM servers supporting EU PKI infrastructure.

Data Center Engineer at Converger srl | Hewlett Packard Italy

October 1, 2013 - August 16, 2025

On-site 1st level specialist support at an Italian government/military data center for electronic passports and residence permits. Worked as Linux System Engineer.

System Administrator at Colored Lies srl

September 1, 2009 - August 16, 2025

PHP developer and Linux (LAMP) system engineer based in Naples, Italy.