Salvatore Rotondo
Lead Backend Engineer at Fantaking Interactive
San Pietro Clarenza, Sicily, Italy
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Top SchoolSalvatore Rotondo is a Lead Backend Engineer with 13 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance PHP/Laravel backends for gaming platforms. He specializes in scalable, real-time APIs and complex game logic, with deep experience in modular monoliths, microservices, and multiprocess queue systems. At Fantaking Interactive he coordinates backend teams, mentors developers, and drives cost-optimized AWS operations for mission-critical features. Previously at Softion he built a PHP-FIG–aligned internal framework, integrated game providers and payments, and owned level-3 support in both Italian and English. Known for a pragmatic focus on clean architecture and system optimization, he also builds modern SPAs and has a curious side as a roleplayer and sushi enthusiast. Based in Sicily, he combines hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership to turn technical challenges into smooth player experiences.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
telecommunications technician Electronics for telecommunications digital electronics computer networks Plant Civil, telecommunications technician Electronics for telecommunications digital electronics computer networks Plant Civil at IPSIA Enrico Fermi
Italian, English
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Github Skills (13)
chat10
php10
mysql10
browser9
rfc7
vbscript6
json-patch4
syslog3
docker2
php-framework1
packagist1
orm1
cli1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GDRCD/installer
Jan 2025 - Dec 2025
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year
blancks/syslog-forwarder
May 2025 - Sep 2025
A lightweight PHP script that captures and forwards syslog messages from a FRITZ!Box router to a remote syslog server.
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 months
phpsyslog
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