Senior Backend Engineer

Fabio Della Selva

Laravel, Magento 2, APIs, microservices, GCP, data pipelines.

Senior Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience in designing and developing scalable applications and complex integration systems. Strong expertise in Laravel, APIs, and microservices architectures, with hands-on experience in data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes on Google Cloud, including BigQuery and Dataform. Experienced in building backend systems that integrate ERP, CRM, PIM, and e-commerce platforms, including Magento 2 and Shopify, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high data consistency.

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Professional Experience

10+ years across backend engineering, enterprise integrations, e-commerce platforms, and cloud data workflows.

Apr 2018 – Present FiloBlu S.p.A.

Senior Backend/Magento Developer & Analyst - Integration Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Design and development of scalable backend architectures and microservices for enterprise e-commerce platforms based on Magento.
  • Development of custom Magento 2 Enterprise modules, extending core features for catalog, stock, checkout, payments, and pricing.
  • Delivery of high-performance REST and GraphQL APIs for integrations between ERP systems, marketplaces, and third-party platforms.
  • Design and development of middleware for stock synchronization, multistock, order routing, and logistics groupage across e-commerce platforms, ERP, WMS, and logistics systems.
  • Delivery of ETL systems to transform customer CSV layouts into import flows compatible with Magento, ERP systems, and third-party platforms.
  • Normalization, validation, and enrichment of product, stock, price, and order data to ensure consistency across distributed enterprise ecosystems.
  • Design and development of internal and external Laravel backend applications supporting operational workflows, back-office services, and enterprise integrations.
  • Implementation of ETL pipelines and asynchronous workflows for cross-platform data synchronization using Laravel, Python, and Talend.
  • Management and orchestration of cloud-native infrastructures on Google Cloud with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Design of data ingestion, transformation, and validation pipelines using BigQuery and Dataform.
  • Technical support and functional analysis for omnichannel enterprise projects.

Key Achievements

  • Designed and delivered scalable enterprise integrations for high-traffic e-commerce ecosystems.
  • Developed advanced middleware for stock, multistock, and product catalog synchronization across heterogeneous enterprise platforms.
  • Implemented order routing and logistics groupage systems for multi-warehouse and multi-channel orchestration.
  • Optimized data synchronization performance between Magento, ERP systems, and other platforms.
  • Built ETL tools for transformation, normalization, and massive import of catalog and customer data from CSV layouts into multiple e-commerce platforms.
  • Developed Laravel backend applications for internal processes, external services, and operational automations integrated with enterprise e-commerce ecosystems.
  • Increased the reliability of integration pipelines and deployment processes in production-critical environments.
  • Enabled scalable data processing workflows on cloud-native infrastructures based on GCP and Kubernetes.
  • Contributed to the technological evolution of digital platforms for international enterprise brands in fashion and retail.
  • Optimized performance, reliability, and data consistency in distributed high-availability environments.
Nov 2012 – Apr 2018 Brain Computing S.p.A.

Full Stack Developer

Responsibilities

  • Developed and maintained business web applications in a LAMP environment, with progressive specialization in PHP backend development and Laravel-based architectures.
  • Worked extensively on frontend development with HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, JavaScript, and jQuery, with additional exposure to React-based interfaces and components.
  • Delivered web solutions and customizations on CMS and CRM platforms, including WordPress, Joomla, and SugarCRM, based on application and business process requirements.
  • Owned the full software lifecycle, including technical analysis, database design, development, testing, deployment, and post-release support.
  • Built integrations with external services and third-party APIs, improving process automation and data synchronization across systems.
  • Improved maintainability, reliability, and responsiveness of complex web applications through performance optimization and continuous technical refinement.

Key Achievements

  • Consolidated strong backend specialization in PHP, Laravel, and MVC patterns, applied to business-oriented web applications.
  • Delivered integrations with payment, social networking, mapping, WebEx, and REST/SOAP APIs, improving process automation and interoperability.
  • Enabled ETL flows and data synchronization across CMS, CRM, and e-commerce platforms such as WordPress, Joomla, SugarCRM, and Prestashop.
  • Improved usability, performance, and cross-browser compatibility of responsive templates and interfaces for complex web applications.
  • Strengthened maintainability and software delivery control through Git/SVN versioning, testing, and post-release support.

Beyond the Code

Life outside the terminal.

Drummer

Playing in bands and exploring the intersection between music technology and software.

Photography

Capturing moments and landscapes. Find my work on Flickr and 500px.