Massimiliano Fanciulli
Engineering leader and cloud/backend specialist with 20+ years of experience designing and delivering server-side systems — from consumer platforms serving 30,000 users to mission-critical software for space programs. Experience leading distributed engineering teams of up to 10 through complex technical and organizational challenges, paired with deep hands-on expertise in Node.js, Scala, Java, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure. Past open-source contributor to the Volumio audiophile platform, with features still used by 750K+ users worldwide.
Experience
- Design and develop solutions for Industrial Wireless devices inside the Catalyst Center application.
- Design and develop Scala microservices for the Cisco IoT Operations Dashboard (IoTOD) platform, deployed on Kubernetes.
- Led an initiative to align the build environment with Cisco security standards, achieving formal internal acceptance.
- Led development of the AWS cloud infrastructure powering Glasswire, a Windows firewall enriched with cloud-computed statistics, supporting 30K active users.
- Managed a geographically distributed engineering team of 10, orchestrating technical and personnel complexities.
- Contributed to the firmware development of IoT-connected water pump devices, enabling real-time monitoring through the cloud infrastructure.
- Coordinated with external vendors responsible for the cloud platform and iOS/Android companion app, ensuring alignment with product and technical requirements.
- Led the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation team of 6 members, coordinating development and deliveries against strict technical requirements and schedules assigned by contractor Telespazio.
- Coordinated the development of 5 services within the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation program, consistently meeting technical requirements and delivery schedules.
- Actively participated in the commissioning of the system at the Matera civil site and the Pratica di Mare military site.
- Delivered software development and technical documentation across multiple ESA-funded space programs, participating in technical review meetings and managing the final project acceptance phase.
- Developed several software components within the COSMO-SkyMed program.
Core skills
- Distributed teams (up to 10)
- Delivery under regulatory constraints
- Vendor & stakeholder management
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- Java
- Scala
- Python
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- AWS Fargate
- Terraform
- Packer
- OpenStack
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- MongoDB
- Elasticsearch
- Oracle DB
Personal projects & open source
A highly pluggable music streaming platform with REST APIs. Docker-based deployment, cross-platform desktop packaging with Tauri, and a coordinated release pipeline across 4 repositories built on conventional commits, semantic versioning and GitHub Actions.
Designed and implemented core backend components of the Volumio audiophile music player, including the plugin architecture and playback/configuration APIs. Built integrations with high-resolution streaming services Tidal and Qobuz, used across Volumio's global base of 750K installations.