I'm Marco Zaccara, a Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader based in Milano, Italy, with over 7 years of experience building scalable backend systems and leading high-performance teams. I specialize in turning complex business requirements into robust microservices and batch architectures, using Java, Spring Boot, and modern databases to deliver reliable platforms. I thrive on mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and driving continuous improvement. I enjoy collaborating with business and infrastructure teams to reduce feature lead times and improve code quality, while fostering a collaborative, learning-oriented culture.

Marco Zaccara

I'm Marco Zaccara, a Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader based in Milano, Italy, with over 7 years of experience building scalable backend systems and leading high-performance teams. I specialize in turning complex business requirements into robust microservices and batch architectures, using Java, Spring Boot, and modern databases to deliver reliable platforms. I thrive on mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and driving continuous improvement. I enjoy collaborating with business and infrastructure teams to reduce feature lead times and improve code quality, while fostering a collaborative, learning-oriented culture.

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I’m Marco Zaccara, a Senior Software Engineer and Team Leader based in Milano, Italy, with over 7 years of experience building scalable backend systems and leading high-performance teams. I specialize in turning complex business requirements into robust microservices and batch architectures, using Java, Spring Boot, and modern databases to deliver reliable platforms.

I thrive on mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and driving continuous improvement. I enjoy collaborating with business and infrastructure teams to reduce feature lead times and improve code quality, while fostering a collaborative, learning-oriented culture.

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Language

Italian
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English
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Spanish; Castilian
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Work Experience

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER – TEAM LEADER at INTESA SANPAOLO
June 1, 2023 - Present
Designed and maintained backend architectures (microservices and batches) for investment product platforms using Java (8-11-17), Spring Boot, REST APIs, Oracle DB, MongoDB, DB2, improving availability and reducing maintenance time by 25%. Led a team of 4 engineers, improving release delivery speed by 40%, increasing code quality compliance to 80%, and fostering a collaborative culture through effective delegation and mentoring using Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, GitHub. Delivered scalable software solutions in partnership with business and infrastructure teams, reducing new feature development time by over 65%. Used Splunk, Dynatrace, Jenkins, and SonarQube to monitor performance, automate CI/CD pipelines, and detect issues proactively, reducing production incidents by 30%.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER at ACCENTURE
June 1, 2020 - June 1, 2023
Developed and maintained microservices-based backend systems using Java (8-11), Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Neo4j, helping a major energy client modernize its platform and cut maintenance effort by 30%. Worked in Agile teams of 20+ developers, collaborating with architects and product owner to align technical design with client needs and ensure on-time delivery. Promoted to Consultant, taking ownership of key technical decisions, mentoring junior engineers, and deploying microservices on Platform as a Service environments using Bamboo, SonarQube, Splunk, and Dynatrace, increasing deployment automation and stability by 25%.
JUNIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER at WOLTERS KLUWER
February 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020
Developed data integration features using Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, and PostgreSQL and wrote unit and integration tests with JUnit.

Education

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Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering
January 1, 2023 - February 3, 2026
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering
January 11, 2030 - November 1, 2018

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services

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