Summary
David Funaro is a Senior Software Development Manager with over 15 years of experience designing scalable web architectures and leading high-performing engineering teams across startups, consultancies, and large enterprises. Now based in Dublin and leading teams within AWS CloudWatch, he blends hands-on development instincts with strong convictions in testing automation, Continuous Delivery, and Domain-Driven Design. He has a track record of delivering high-traffic systems using autoscaling, caching, CDNs, reverse proxies and DB replication, and of restructuring teams and processes to dramatically reduce bugs and speed delivery. A practiced Agile and Lean coach, he emphasizes TDD, pair programming and collaboration between engineering and other departments to maximize customer value. Having left Rome in 2015 for international roles in Dubai and Ireland, he brings cultural adaptability and a pragmatic, developer-first leadership style—self-described as a “retired developer” who still loves to code.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s degree, Computer Software Engineering, 104/110, Master’s degree, Computer Software Engineering, 104/110 at Università di Roma Tor Vergata
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Italian, English, French