George Gastaldi
Principal Software Engineer at IBM
Santa Catarina, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Gastaldi is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience architecting Java-based systems and leading open-source efforts, most recently as a Quarkus core developer at IBM after a decade-long tenure at Red Hat. He blends deep backend expertise—demonstrated by contributions to high-profile projects like Quarkus, Hibernate, and the Kubernetes Java client—with hands-on work on Java parsing and tooling (notably significant improvements to the forge/roaster parser). A pragmatic coach and consultant, he has led projects such as JBoss Forge and contributed practical fixes across build, migration (Flyway), and validation tooling that improve developer ergonomics and runtime robustness. Based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, he pairs formal software engineering training with long-term community stewardship dating back to Apache ServiceMix contributions. Colleagues rely on him for reliable architecture, careful refactors, and a knack for turning niche protocol or dialect bugs into maintainable platform features.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Pós - Graduado Engenharia de Software com UML, Pós - Graduado Engenharia de Software com UML at SENAI Blumenau2nd Computer Science, 2nd Computer Science at Escola Técnica TupyBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (51)
database-migrations10
dependency-management10
kubernetes10
flyway10
object-mapping10
javaparser10
package-management10
apidoc10
api-design10
testing10
javaee10
java-client10
java10
kubernetes-client10
ruby10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
forge/core
May 2011 - Jun 2022
Forge Core Framework APIs and Implementation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 3548 commits in 11 years 2 months
Contributions summary:George primarily contributed to the Forge Core Framework APIs and Implementation. Their commits focused on resolving issues and implementing features within the codebase, including fixing error messages, adding necessary database table functionality, enhancing threading safety, and improving the handling of resource and data. The work demonstrates a strong understanding of Java and the underlying framework, contributing to the refinement and functionality of the platform.
forgejavajbossideproductivity
thorntail/thorntail
Jan 2016 - Oct 2019
Source code for the Thorntail project
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:237 commits, 116 PRs, 127 pushes in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:George primarily contributed to the WildFly Swarm project by modifying and refactoring code related to build processes, plugin configurations, and fraction dependency management. Their work included fixing issues related to dependency resolution, removing unnecessary dependencies, and incorporating features such as executable jar creation. The user also made minor enhancements across the project.
thorntailmicroservicesjava
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