Antonino Aloi
Leamington Spa,UK
Summary
Results-driven Software Development Lead and Systems Architect with over 9 years of experience designing, building, and leading complex backend systems and cloud infrastructures. Skilled in various technologies, with a proven track record of delivering scalable, secure and high-performing solutions across diverse industries including asset management and healthcare.
Recognized for strong leadership and mentoring abilities, having successfully assembled and guided cross-functional teams of backend, frontend, QA, and data engineers.
Able to identify areas in need of improvement and to establish clear and realistic paths to move forward in an iterative way thanks to a strong simplification and optimization oriented mindset. Demonstrated expertise in distributed systems troubleshooting, modular monolith, microservices and event-driven architecture, with hands-on experience in implementing advanced query languages and background task orchestration systems.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Systems Architect
Survey Solutions
Coventry, UK
05.2024 - Current
- Designed and built product MVP in under six months.
- Employed vertical slices modular monolith architecture for rapid iteration while keeping clear domain separation.
- Achieved full running costs within three digits through strategic architectural decisions, while needing near zero maintenance time.
- Delivered complete product within 18 months, including DWG/point cloud/ photogrammetry/rail monitoring pipelines, advanced permissions/sharing and remote inspections.
- Effected near-zero egress costs for all stored data.
- Authored over 20 detailed EDRs to support research and critical decision-making.
- Conducted comprehensive engineering Due Diligence for multi-million-pound software acquisition.
Software Development Lead
Cera
Remote, UK
06.2023 - 04.2024
- Established team development process (issue lifecycle, QA, release, branching strategy).
- Achieved clear sprint boards and minimal scope changes across multiple sprints.
- Designed and built real-time Intercom integration (user sync, queries, messaging automation).
- Led cross-functional pod (backend, frontend, QA, data engineers) ensuring smooth communication.
- Set up DevOps pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform.
Principal Engineer
Yotta/Causeway Technologies
Leamington Spa, UK
05.2021 - 04.2023
- Created documentation for business processes, troubleshooting, security, and design principles.
- Directed full Dockerisation and migration to Kubernetes (EKS) with Helm charts.
- Coordinated creation of “orb regions”, that is production-like environments for testing, demos, failover, regression.
- Focused on code reviews and high-level coordination across teams.
Backend Team Lead
Yotta
Leamington Spa, UK
04.2019 - 05.2021
- Designed Aqs query language (nested conditions, geometry, aggregation, graph queries).
- Built memory/CPU/IO intensive .NET background tasks in multi-tenant architecture with fair usage controls.
- Developed REST OpenAPI3-compliant public APIs (bulk sync, complex queries, CRUD, map data).
- Selected and enhanced New Relic for monitoring background tasks, business metrics, tenant quotas.
- Translated product requirements into implementable features with added user value.
- Organized automated software development lifecycle to minimize human error.
- Architected artefact-based approach in Azure DevOps (separation of concerns, hotfixes via cherry-picks).
- Coached junior developers, led interviews, and made hiring decisions.
Backend Developer
Yotta
Leamington Spa, UK
04.2017 - 04.2019
- Led a full rewrite of the application with simplified architecture.
- Implemented ElasticSearch search capabilities (query syntax, indexing, data structure), without any previous knowledge.
- Designed MongoDB schema as single source of truth (avoiding syncing issues).
- Established API conventions, OpenAPI practices, and tiered backend architecture.
- Built AWS network with multi-AZ high availability, secure subnet segregation, load balancers, NAT & Internet gateways.
C#/C++ Software Developer
Keysoft Solutions
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
02.2016 - 03.2017
- Quickly gathered an understanding of the complex company C# and C++ Framework by actively taking part in all stages of the software development process.
- Introduced automated testing with TestComplete leading to a marked redction in bugs and testing time.
- Overhauled framework to enable automatic draping of drawn features to ground surfaces.
Education
Master's Degree - Computer Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
Turin 01.2013 - 01.2015
Bachelor Degree - Computer Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
Turin 01.2010 - 01.2013
Skills
- C#/Net 10/AspNet
- Modular Monolith
- Microservices
- Event Driven Architecture
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- ElasticSearch
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Vuejs
- HTML/CSS
- OAuth/SAML
- Terraform
- Entity Framework
- Dapper
- Redis
- AWS
- Azure
- Github Actions
- OpenTelemetry
- New Relic
- Sentry
Languages
English: Working professional proficiency
Italian: Mother tongue
Employment Information
- Availability: 3 months
- UK Right to Work: Permanent - EU Settled Status
- EU Right to Work: Permanent - Italian Citizen
Certification
Private Pilot License
Affiliations
- Flying
- Cycling
- Board Games
- Science
- Video Games
- Reading
- Travelling
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Systems Architect
Survey Solutions
05.2024 - Current
Software Development Lead
Cera
06.2023 - 04.2024
Principal Engineer
Yotta/Causeway Technologies
05.2021 - 04.2023
Backend Team Lead
Yotta
04.2019 - 05.2021
Backend Developer
Yotta
04.2017 - 04.2019
C#/C++ Software Developer
Keysoft Solutions
02.2016 - 03.2017
Master's Degree - Computer Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
01.2013 - 01.2015
Bachelor Degree - Computer Engineering
Politecnico di Torino
01.2010 - 01.2013