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I'm Valerio Cofano, a Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems and SaaS products. I've earned a track record for driving engineering standards, cross-functional collaboration, and reliable delivery of mission-critical initiatives across regulated environments.\n\nI thrive on solving complex architecture problems, mentoring teams, and shaping product roadmaps with R&D, clinical experts, and product stakeholders. My focus is on scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, leveraging AI-assisted development, TDD, and modern patterns to deliver measurable business impact.…I'm Valerio Cofano, a Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems and SaaS products. I've earned a track record for driving engineering standards, cross-functional collaboration, and reliable delivery of mission-critical initiatives across regulated environments.\n\nI thrive on solving complex architecture problems, mentoring teams, and shaping product roadmaps with R&D, clinical experts, and product stakeholders. My focus is on scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, leveraging AI-assisted development, TDD, and modern patterns to deliver measurable business impact.

Valerio Cofano

Back-End Developer, Full Stack Developer, Architect

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I'm Valerio Cofano, a Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems and SaaS products. I've earned a track record for driving engineering standards, cross-functional collaboration, and reliable delivery of mission-critical initiatives across regulated environments.\n\nI thrive on solving complex architecture problems, mentoring teams, and shaping product roadmaps with R&D, clinical experts, and product stakeholders. My focus is on scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, leveraging AI-assisted development, TDD, and modern patterns to deliver measurable business impact.…I'm Valerio Cofano, a Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems and SaaS products. I've earned a track record for driving engineering standards, cross-functional collaboration, and reliable delivery of mission-critical initiatives across regulated environments.\n\nI thrive on solving complex architecture problems, mentoring teams, and shaping product roadmaps with R&D, clinical experts, and product stakeholders. My focus is on scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, leveraging AI-assisted development, TDD, and modern patterns to deliver measurable business impact.

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I’m Valerio Cofano, a Lead Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling backend systems and SaaS products. I’ve earned a track record for driving engineering standards, cross-functional collaboration, and reliable delivery of mission-critical initiatives across regulated environments.\n\nI thrive on solving complex architecture problems, mentoring teams, and shaping product roadmaps with R&D, clinical experts, and product stakeholders. My focus is on scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, leveraging AI-assisted development, TDD, and modern patterns to deliver measurable business impact.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer at Camarasoft

July 1, 2025 - Present

Led backend development on a global, high-traffic SaaS platform operating in a regulated domain with millions of users. Drove a mission-critical compliance initiative for a key international market. Designed and implemented a multi-media content verification system on a Django-based platform and architected asynchronous event pipelines using Kafka, webhooks, and background workers to reliably process high-throughput workloads. Championed modern architecture patterns, TDD, and AI-assisted development practices; promoted to Lead Software Engineer in July 2025 and owned backend architecture. Led a cross-functional initiative to design a scarce promotion/visibility allocation microservice, coordinating backend, frontend, QA, product, and design with stakeholders.

Senior Software Engineer at Camarasoft

June 1, 2024 - July 1, 2025

Progressed backend engineering and system reliability for a high-traffic SaaS platform; contributed to performance improvements, code quality, and scalability; served as a technical owner for backend components during a major platform evolution.

Senior Software Developer / Database Architect at Harpa Italia

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2019

Designed and built large-scale IoT and data-intensive platforms for public institutions; led data modeling, backend services, and system integrations; influenced architectural decisions for scalability and reliability.

Senior Full-Stack Web Developer at Don't Touch Sagl

January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020

Led full-stack development efforts across front-end and back-end for web applications; delivered robust features, performance improvements, and scalable architectures.

Founder / Web Developer / Full-Stack Developer at Founder / Freelance

January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2017

Provided freelance web development and full-stack services, building client-focused SaaS and web applications; established early product ideas and MVPs; collaborated with clients to translate business needs into scalable software.

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead at Medacta International

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2025

Contributed to architectural evolution of internal platforms and APIs, supporting clinical and surgical workflows. Improved CI/CD pipelines and development practices; collaborated with R&D and clinical teams to align software with medical requirements; led cross-functional initiatives, becoming a technical lead for backend architecture.