Diego Malatesta
Diego Malatesta

Senior Fullstack Engineer & Engineering Lead

Open to offers · Member since 10 Nov 2026
Location
Milan, Italy
Desired salary
80k–120k USD/yearly
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Contract, Freelance
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I’m a frontend-focused engineer with fullstack experience and 22 years in the industry. As a principal engineer and then engineering lead, I owned the frontend architecture and technical direction across several teams, mentored engineers and worked closely with stakeholders, managers and product owners. I work well on my own and need little direction, whether the project is a small proof of concept or a large, mature application. I’ve worked fully remote since 2020 and communicate clearly in writing.

Notice period: Immediately

Skills

26 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

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Experience

Career history

Self-employed Software Engineer Quillabs

I run an independent software practice, consulting with remote clients on frontend architecture, engineering leadership, and AI adoption.

I also build software products, including ZampaDesk, a production admin application for a small business. It was built with an AI coding agent using TanStack Start and PostgreSQL and is self-hosted with Kamal.

Engineering Lead (Contract) The Agora Companies

I remained with The Agora Companies as an engineering lead on a contract basis after moving to independent work. I retained ownership of frontend architecture and supported delivery across multiple teams.

I advised product and leadership teams on technology, resourcing, and planning, while continuing performance and security work across the application portfolio.

Engineering Lead APSI - The Agora Companies

I joined as Principal Software Engineer and was promoted to Engineering Lead. I led several teams through delivery, defined frontend architecture, ran agile practices, and served as the technical reference for product and leadership teams.

I designed and delivered complete rewrites of two business-critical legacy applications for marketing, content management, and e-commerce. I owned architecture, planning, estimation, and development, built proofs of concept for product direction, and mentored engineers across the department.

Senior Software Developer 888 Spectate / BetBright (Kelfast)

I worked as a senior frontend developer on a high-traffic sports betting and casino platform and its internal CMS. I led the migration of a legacy application to a single-page application.

I later joined a dedicated performance team as one of the company's lead frontend developers. I used WebSockets to update betting listings with live prices and worked in Scrum throughout.

Web Developer b-sm@rk Ltd

I worked as a frontend developer at a startup on its core product, an embeddable reactions widget.

I also developed and maintained the company's websites.

Web Developer Axura

I built client websites for a digital agency, primarily using WordPress.

I also developed an internal CMS used by two of the agency's main clients.

PHP Developer Motta OnLine S.r.l

I developed internal CMS editors used to review and edit published encyclopaedia texts.

My work focused on PHP-based software development and content-editing workflows.

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