Leonardo Daidone
Staff Software Engineer | Systems & DevOps Architect
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Technical Expertise

Core Offerings and Value Proposition

Systems Architecture & Go

Leading the design of scalable, low-cost infrastructures. Deep expertise in Go (Golang) and microservices patterns on AWS.

Modernization & Performance

Migration from PHP/Java monoliths to agile, cloud-native architectures. Experience in AWS ECS, Lambda, and CI/CD automation.

Technical Leadership & Mentoring

Mentoring Senior/Junior teams, rigorous code review, and driving technical excellence across the engineering organization.

Key Open Source Contributions

Proof of Staff-Level Engineering and Architectural Impact

cerebras-cloud-sdk-go

cerebras-cloud-sdk-go

Go / SDK / AI / Cerebras

Goembedx (High-Performance Embedding Library)

Goembedx (High-Performance Embedding Library)

Go / Concurrency / Performance

Gomemo (Memoization Library for Go)

Gomemo (Memoization Library for Go)

Go / Caching / Efficiency

Laravel-DDD-Starter Kit

Laravel-DDD-Starter Kit

PHP / Domain-Driven Design / Clean Architecture

Laravel-DDD-Commands

Laravel-DDD-Commands

PHP / Domain-Driven Design / Automation

Professional Journey: Staff Engineer Milestones

A Chronicle of Architectural Leadership and High-Scale System Modernization

  • Staff/Senior Software Engineer: Architecture & Modernization

    May 2019 - Present

    Staff/Senior Software Engineer: Architecture & Modernization

    Led the architectural transition from a legacy PHP monolith to a highly-available microservices platform in Go (Golang) on AWS. This project included engineering a CI/CD pipeline that reduced deployment time by 95% and achieving a 10% improvement in core query speeds.

  • Senior Software Developer: PHP Systems Architect

    Jan 2015 - May 2019

    Senior Software Developer: PHP Systems Architect

    Architectural contributor to the Erdiko PHP micro-framework and a key developer on the Laravel/SOAP API for CTM. Automated the processing of Magento order feeds via PHP/Bash, reducing processing time by 95% and ensuring data accuracy for e-commerce operations.

  • Full-Stack & Diverse Backend Roles

    2011 - 2014 (Foundational)

    Full-Stack & Diverse Backend Roles

    Developed and launched the Freight Connections MVP (PHP/CodeIgniter), engineered the Cloud Experience (CakePHP) web interface, and contributed to Ruby on Rails applications. Built a strong foundation in diverse backend and full-stack environments.

  • Development Lead: National Systems Architect

    Mar 2005 - Dec 2010

    Development Lead: National Systems Architect

    Led the design of national-scale systems (Civil Registry Digitalization, 15-20 million records) and integrated 8 Property Registries via SOAP Web Services. This work **reduced data latency by 98%**, demonstrating an early capacity for high-impact, wide-scale system design.

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