bash — 80×24
tetomat@localhost ~ $ whoami --verbose
tetomat
role      Engineering Manager & Tech Lead
focus     Backend systems, DevOps, team growth
location  EU / Remote
status    ● available for interesting conversations
tetomat@localhost ~ $ cat mission.txt
Engineering is a craft, not a checklist.
I lead small teams building robust backend systems —
shipping clean code, sane infrastructure, and
processes that don't get in the way of good work.
tetomat@localhost ~ $
tech stack — babyloncloud
backend
Go
Primary language for the IaaS cloud computing platform, built from scratch. Concurrency-first, systems-level work.
backend · frontend
PHP & JavaScript
Object storage project stack. PHP on the server side, JS on the client — running on proprietary infrastructure.
infrastructure
Linux
Full ownership of proprietary bare-metal infrastructure. DevOps without the managed layer — administration, networking, and system-level control.
containers · vcs
Docker & Git
Containerised services across environments. Git Flow branching strategy, self-hosted Gitea, branch protection and PR workflows.
tech stack — sbobify (side project)
frontend
Next.js
Full-stack React framework powering the Sbobify web app. SSR, API routes, and file-based routing.
cloud
AWS
S3 for media storage, Cognito for auth, DynamoDB for data persistence. IAM-scoped credentials throughout.
ai / asr
Whisper & ASR
Automatic speech recognition pipeline to transcribe lectures and audio. Evaluating Groq and AssemblyAI as alternatives.
experience
Jan 2026 — now
Tech Lead
BabylonCloud
Leading a team of software engineers across multiple projects. Responsible for architecture decisions, code reviews, development processes, and bridging technical and product directions. Grew into this role from within after three years as an individual contributor.
Mar 2023 — Dec 2025
Software Engineer
BabylonCloud
Built and shipped two core platform products on proprietary infrastructure — no cloud provider safety net, full Linux stack ownership end to end.
IaaS Cloud Computing Platform
Designed and built from scratch in Go. A full infrastructure-as-a-service layer running on proprietary hardware — compute provisioning, resource management, and service orchestration.
Object Storage Platform
Distributed object storage system built in PHP, JavaScript, and Go. Managed storage lifecycle, access control, and client-facing API — running entirely on infrastructure I maintained directly.
side project
Sbobify
personal project
A tool that turns lecture recordings, audio, video, and notes into structured study material. Built with Next.js, backed by AWS (S3, Cognito, DynamoDB), with an ASR pipeline using Whisper for transcription.
off the clock
>_
Geopolitics
Following international relations, intelligence history, and the grey areas between them.
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Espionage fiction
Cold War classics and post-9/11 thrillers. Le Carré territory and beyond.
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Hiking
Trails, elevation, and the kind of silence you can only find far from a keyboard.
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Outdoor gear
Quality kit that earns its weight. Current pack: Savotta Niukka.
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Developer tooling
LazyVim, chezmoi dotfiles, terminal workflows. The tools should stay out of the way.
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Audio & music
Lossless audio, FLAC to ALAC pipelines. The Nyquist theorem is not just theory.
get in touch
$ ping tetomat --reason "I have something interesting to build / discuss"
→ always open to conversations about engineering culture, distributed systems,
   backend architecture, or team dynamics.
github
github.com/matteogaldi
linkedin
/in/matteo-g-708bab85/
timezone
Europe / CET