Valerio Cofano
About Me
Your team is growing but your system isn't keeping up. Latency is climbing, deploys feel risky, and your engineers spend more time firefighting than building.
I embed with scaling engineering teams as a hands-on senior engineer — not a contractor waiting for tickets. Over 15+ years I've designed high-concurrency services, async event pipelines, and cloud-native architectures for regulated, high-traffic platforms across Switzerland and internationally.
Whether you need to untangle a monolith, harden a critical service, or set technical direction for your next growth phase — I bring the architectural depth and hands-on delivery your team needs to ship with confidence.
Experience
15+ years in software development, system architecture, and team leadership.
Track Record
- Regulated environments (compliance, auditability)
- SaaS and high-traffic platforms
- Switzerland and international teams
Results
Real outcomes from real systems.
10× Throughput
Kafka Event Pipelines
How I Work
How I engage
I work best embedded in your team on an ongoing retainer — understanding your system deeply and contributing continuously. I'm also open to well-scoped engagements like architecture audits, performance investigations, or critical feature delivery when the problem and timeline are clear. Either way, I work async-first in CET, on a cadence that fits your team.
What's included
- Architecture reviews and technical direction
- Hands-on development
- Async communication and written reports
- No daily standups — we align on a cadence that fits your team
What I don't do
- Full-time availability — I typically work with 1–2 clients at a time
- Vague, open-ended engagements without clear goals
Ideal client
CTO or VP Engineering at a 20–150 person company with a tech-heavy product and scaling challenges. You need an experienced engineer who can contribute to architecture decisions and ship alongside your team.
What I Bring to Your Stack
The tools and practices behind reliable, scalable systems
💻 Languages
⚙️ Frameworks
💾 Databases
🔄 Async & Messaging
☁️ Cloud & DevOps
📊 Observability & Tooling
Core Competencies
Experience
15+ years of professional engineering — resume and full career path below