I'm Marta Pancaldi, a full-stack software engineer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS and consumer web applications used by enterprise customers and high-traffic platforms in distributed, remote-first teams. I work across the stack, from API and backend architecture to performant, user-facing interfaces, with a focus on reliability, usability, and maintainability. I value clear design, pragmatic solutions, and strong developer experience to help teams ship features safely and iterate quickly. I thrive in cross-functional environments and enjoy improving systems' reliability, accessibility, and performance while maintaining a strong developer experience.

Marta Pancaldi

I'm Marta Pancaldi, a full-stack software engineer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS and consumer web applications used by enterprise customers and high-traffic platforms in distributed, remote-first teams. I work across the stack, from API and backend architecture to performant, user-facing interfaces, with a focus on reliability, usability, and maintainability. I value clear design, pragmatic solutions, and strong developer experience to help teams ship features safely and iterate quickly. I thrive in cross-functional environments and enjoy improving systems' reliability, accessibility, and performance while maintaining a strong developer experience.

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I’m Marta Pancaldi, a full-stack software engineer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS and consumer web applications used by enterprise customers and high-traffic platforms in distributed, remote-first teams. I work across the stack, from API and backend architecture to performant, user-facing interfaces, with a focus on reliability, usability, and maintainability.

I value clear design, pragmatic solutions, and strong developer experience to help teams ship features safely and iterate quickly. I thrive in cross-functional environments and enjoy improving systems’ reliability, accessibility, and performance while maintaining a strong developer experience.

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Language

Italian
Fluent
English
Fluent
German
Advanced
French
Beginner
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner

Work Experience

Full-Stack Software Engineer at Appetize.io
January 1, 2024 - Present
Led the technical implementation of the new appetize.io marketing website using AstroJS as part of a company-wide rebrand; improved performance, accessibility, and maintainability while collaborating closely with design and content stakeholders. Contributed to the V2 core web application using Next.js, enhancing UI consistency, usability, and performance, and expanded E2E test coverage. Designed and implemented a self-serve SSO configuration flow (SAML & OIDC) with a UI-driven experience, enabling customers to configure identity providers via metadata upload or discovery URLs. Implemented federated authentication via Google and GitHub, modernising the login flow. Built the Share Links feature with UI and CRUD APIs for version-aware links to embedded apps. Integrated AI-assisted development tools (Claude) to accelerate understanding and iteration while maintaining high code quality.
Software Engineer at Resourcify
March 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Joined the Recycler API team to maintain core platform and support business-critical waste management workflows. Led the development of an internal accounting platform using Java (Spring Boot) and Angular, owning the end-to-end solution with a focus on usability, performance, and long-term maintainability. Collaborated with Accounting Operations to refine features based on feedback and translate operational requirements into robust technical solutions. Scaled backend services and data pipelines to support a rapidly growing customer base, optimizing data access and processing to reduce latency and improve overall performance.
Software Engineer at BJSS
November 1, 2020 - March 1, 2022
Maintained and enhanced a large-scale Drupal-based e-commerce web application, delivering changes across the full user journey from product discovery to checkout and payment. Implemented a GDPR-compliant cookie consent solution across nine EU domains, coordinating changes across shared codebases and deployment pipelines. Supported the Platform team as both developer and tester in containerising the application, contributing to improved scalability, portability, and deployment consistency.
Graduate Software Engineer at Booking.com / Rentalcars.com
September 1, 2018 - November 1, 2020
Completed a rotation-based graduate programme, gaining hands-on experience across backend and frontend teams in a large-scale travel platform. Contributed to backend services, including migrating legacy systems to Spring-based APIs and improving integrations with external supplier APIs for automated reservations. Worked on user-facing features for payments and sanctions screening, and helped develop revenue-generating insurance products. Participated in web replatforming, building React-based UI components and search filters integrated into the main application.
Research Assistant at Free University of Bolzano
September 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018
Academic research collaboration across multiple Italian universities; co-authored an IEEE article on cloud service contracts and GDPR compliance guidance for organisational data protection.

Education

MSc in Advanced Computer Science – Software Engineering & Data Science path at The University of Manchester (UK)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
BSc in Computer Science at Free University of Bolzano (Italy)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2017
BSc in Computer Science - Exchange Semester at College of Charleston (USA)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015
MSc in Advanced Computer Science, Software Engineering & Data Science path at The University of Manchester (UK)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
BSc in Computer Science at Free University of Bolzano (Italy)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2017
BSc in Computer Science - Exchange semester at College of Charleston (USA)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics