I am an AI Engineer and Front-End Developer with a strong foundation in UX/UI design. Since 2021 I have been working at VLK Studio on complex projects in TypeScript/React, with a strong focus on code quality, Test-Driven Development and engineering best practices. Over the past years I have specialized in AI Engineering: LLM integration in production, prompt engineering with structured outputs, generative UI with SSE streaming, agent orchestration with mastra AI, and AI evals — applied in real products such as Foodlista.it, E.INS and PhotoSI. I combine a strong UX sensibility with a technical mindset oriented towards performance, scalability and reliability of AI systems.

Luca Cacciarru

I am an AI Engineer and Front-End Developer with a strong foundation in UX/UI design. Since 2021 I have been working at VLK Studio on complex projects in TypeScript/React, with a strong focus on code quality, Test-Driven Development and engineering best practices. Over the past years I have specialized in AI Engineering: LLM integration in production, prompt engineering with structured outputs, generative UI with SSE streaming, agent orchestration with mastra AI, and AI evals — applied in real products such as Foodlista.it, E.INS and PhotoSI. I combine a strong UX sensibility with a technical mindset oriented towards performance, scalability and reliability of AI systems.

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I am an AI Engineer and Front-End Developer with a strong foundation in UX/UI design. Since 2021 I have been working at VLK Studio on complex projects in TypeScript/React, with a strong focus on code quality, Test-Driven Development and engineering best practices.

Over the past years I have specialized in AI Engineering: LLM integration in production, prompt engineering with structured outputs, generative UI with SSE streaming, agent orchestration with mastra AI, and AI evals — applied in real products such as Foodlista.it, E.INS and PhotoSI. I combine a strong UX sensibility with a technical mindset oriented towards performance, scalability and reliability of AI systems.

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Language

Italian
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Work Experience

Full-stack developer and UX/UI designer at VLK Studio
January 1, 2021 - Present
Lead full-stack development and UX/UI design for multiple projects (Foodlista, E.INS, PhotoSI). Architect scalable front-end architectures (TypeScript, Vue, Nuxt, Tailwind) and robust back-end services (Node.js, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL). Implemented AI-powered features such as automatic translation with structured outputs, EU allergen detection with confidence scoring, and menu generation from images/PDFs/links. Designed human-in-the-loop workflows ensuring AI outputs are proposed but not saved without explicit user confirmation. Built agentic pipelines with mastra AI (conversational agents, multi-step workflows: scraping, extraction, validation, enrichment, save) with PostgreSQL memory and golden-set evaluation (~50 test cases). Emphasized dynamic model selection via Vercel AI SDK and robust error handling with schema validation and retries. Achieved multi-tenant isolation in prompts and context, and AI feature gating for Pro plans. Focused on performance, reliability, and scalable ar
AI Engineer / Front-End Developer / UX/UI Designer at VLK Studio
January 1, 2021 - Present
AI Engineer and Frontend Developer at VLK Studio working on E.INS, Foodlista.it, PhotoSI and other client projects. Responsibilities include LLM integration, prompt engineering with structured outputs, generative UI with SSE streaming, agent orchestration with mastra AI, AI evals, and building robust AI architectures with multi-tenant prompts, deterministic steps, and memory/storage on PostgreSQL. Lead UX/UI design including wireframes, design systems, and accessibility considerations, and ensure code quality with TDD. Collaborated with cross-functional teams on multi-profile flows and safety-sensitive data handling.

Education

Degree in New Technologies of Art at Accademia delle Belle Arti Mario Sironi
January 1, 2023 - May 20, 2026
High School Diploma in Graphics and Communication at IT G. M. Angioj
January 1, 2018 - May 20, 2026
Bachelor's Degree at Accademia delle Belle Arti Mario Sironi
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
High School Diploma at IT G. M. Angioj
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018

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Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services