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Hi, I’m Mirko Zagami, a seasoned Software Architect and Engineering Leader with over 19 years of experience designing and delivering complex, high-performance systems across gaming, fintech, and enterprise sectors.

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Hi, I’m Mirko Zagami, a seasoned Software Architect and Engineering Leader with over 19 years of experience designing and delivering complex, high-performance systems across gaming, fintech, and enterprise sectors. I combine strategic vision with hands-on engineering leadership to drive architecture, build scalable platforms, and mentor cross-functional teams. I’m passionate about clean code, modern engineering practices, and delivering value through well-structured, cloud-native solutions.

I enjoy solving challenging problems, introducing microservices, CI/CD, and data-driven architectures. I thrive in fast-paced environments, value collaboration across product, design, and ops, and continuously seek opportunities to innovate with new technologies while maintaining robust, maintainable systems.

  • Joined October 2025

Industry experience

  • Gaming
  • Software & Internet
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 7 roles

Software Engineering Consultant · Sports book operatorJan 2025 – Oct 2025 · 10 mos

Designed and implemented Odds Feed, CRM and 3rd-party platform integration. Fostered microservice and event-driven architectural paradigms across the organization’s platform. Led adoption of Kubernetes, Kafka, Grafana and Loki.

Data & Solutions Architecture Consultant · Major Sports Book and Casino OperatorMay 2024 – May 2024 · 1 mo

Designed and documented a new Data Mesh architecture. Served as principal architect for Incentives & Marketing vertical, overseeing four engineering teams. Led the design and implementation of a high-performance Wallet ecosystem to replace legacy systems leveraging .NET and Azure. Led data governance, architecture for data pipelines, and security/compliance.

Solutions Architecture Consultant (Freelance) · Casino OperatorApr 2023 – Apr 2023 · 1 mo

Enhanced gamification and customer retention engineering initiatives. Designed and developed a fully distributed real-time tournament service for both B2C and B2B platforms. Led migration of legacy monoliths to microservice-oriented architecture; introduced CI/CD and cloud-native patterns.

Lead Backend Technical Architect · PixelBetMar 2022 – Mar 2022 · 1 mo
Senior Java Engineer · Ace GroupMay 2018 – May 2018 · 1 mo
Senior Analyst/Developer · Otto Malta LtdMar 2015 – Mar 2015 · 1 mo
Analyst/Developer (Sub-contracted) · Betklass LtdMar 2009 – Mar 2009 · 1 mo

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems · London Metropolitan University2005 – 2009

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