Software Engineer · Milano, Italy
Ion Utale.
13 years building distributed systems, integrations, and cloud infrastructure — across fashion, pharma, insurance, and automotive.
About
I'm a software engineer based in Milano, Italy. I've been writing production code since 2013 — starting with web apps and iOS at Hermes Trade (working with Baker Hughes GE, Telepass, and Ducati), then five years building and integrating microservices at Gucci, and now at Florence Consulting where I work across industries including insurance, pharma, and automotive.
Current projects include API-led integration services for Allianz using Spring Boot and Kubernetes, and serverless data pipelines on AWS. Earlier engagements include a composable e-commerce platform for Biesse and data entry tools for Lilly.
I like systems that are observable, easy to deploy, and don't surprise you on a Friday.
Experience
Jan 2024 — Present
Florence Consulting
Software Engineer
Consulting across multiple enterprise clients. At Allianz, leading API-led integration services with Spring Boot, Docker, and Kubernetes. At Lilly, building data entry tools with React and AWS Glue jobs. At Autostrade, improving the CDN Manager backend with Spring Boot and Oracle DB. At Biesse, contributed to a composable e-commerce platform built with Gatsby and Contentful.
Nov 2018 — Dec 2023
Florence Consulting @ Gucci
Software Engineer · DevOps · Tech Lead
Five years rebuilding Gucci e-commerce from a monolith to microservices on AWS. Led the replatforming effort, integrated DataDog for observability, handled the log4j vulnerability remediation across the entire codebase, drove pipeline migrations, and introduced SRE practices across the platform.
Sept 2013 — Jan 2018
Hermes Trade
Full Stack Developer
Worked across multiple clients: at Baker Hughes GE, built ML-powered web apps that predicted missing turbine component attributes, cutting procurement cost and time by 50–60%; at Telepass, contributed to TelepassPay, an iOS app for tolls and mobility payments; at Ducati, built Ducati Youtech, an iOS repair ticket manager for mechanics.
Skills
Frontend
Backend
DevOps
Database
Mobile
Let's work together.
I'm open to conversations about interesting problems. If you have something in mind or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out on LinkedIn.