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Senior Software Engineer

Paolo Dibitonto

Senior software engineer with backend, cloud, and distributed systems experience. My recent work focuses on blockchain and Web3 systems, including digital asset custody, Ethereum-based applications, smart contracts, and backend services for regulated environments.

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Profile

  • Builds backend services and integrations for digital asset custody and Web3 platforms.
  • Works across Ethereum tooling, blockchain clients, smart contracts, AWS services, and database-backed APIs.
  • Has led backend delivery for small teams, coordinating backlog, estimates, stakeholders, and technical implementation.

Experience

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Be - Shaping The Future, Milan, Italy
Mar 2026 - Present
  • Analyzes, designs, and develops backend components for a digital asset wallet custody solution in a banking environment.
  • Integrates external custody and compliance platforms, including Ripple Custody, Notabene and ChainAnalysis via API and webhooks events.
  • Contributes to secure custody workflows, transaction management, and interoperability between internal banking systems and third-party blockchain infrastructure.
  • Collaborates with architecture, security, compliance, and delivery teams on digital asset custody requirements.
  • Digital asset custody
  • Ripple Custody
  • Notabene
  • ChainAnalysis
  • Blockchain integrations
  • Banking systems

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Almaviva S.p.A., Rome, Italy
Jan 2020 - Oct 2025
  • Developed cloud-native Web3 platforms supporting blockchain notarization, decentralized identity, Legal Smart Contracts, enterprise integrations, and research initiatives.
  • Designed and implemented backend services, smart contracts, and distributed applications for both public and permissioned blockchain networks.
  • Built event-driven cloud solutions integrating blockchain infrastructure with enterprise systems, decentralized storage, and cryptographic proof generation.
  • Worked across the Ethereum ecosystem, from smart contract development to execution and consensus client infrastructure.
  • Contributed to research and innovation in Layer 2 scalability, zero-knowledge technologies, decentralized identity, and post-quantum cryptography.
  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
  • Solidity
  • Angular
  • Web3.js
  • Ethers.js
  • Cairo
  • Rust
  • IPFS
  • Smart Contract Development Frameworks
  • Blockchain Clients
  • AWS

Technical Team Leader - Backend Services

Almaviva S.p.A., Rome, Italy
May 2023 - Oct 2023
  • Led the backend development of a telemedicine anti-fraud platform used to manage AI models and orchestrate machine learning workflows.
  • Designed and implemented REST services with NestJS, TypeScript, and MongoDB, integrating with dedicated ML backend services.
  • Managed backlog, sprint planning, effort estimation, and delivery coordination for a small backend team.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable backend solutions.
  • NestJS
  • TypeScript
  • MongoDB
  • Kubernetes
  • Agile delivery

Full Stack Web Developer

A.K.T. S.r.l., Rome, Italy
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
  • Worked as consultant at Lutech on the Gesiss 2.0 project.
  • Developed full stack features using Spring Boot 1.5, JPA, Hibernate, Lombok, MySQL, embedded Tomcat, and React 16.7.
  • Spring Boot
  • JPA
  • Hibernate
  • Lombok
  • MySQL
  • Tomcat
  • React

Full Stack Web Developer

A.K.T. S.r.l., Rome, Italy
Mar 2018 - Jul 2019
  • Worked as consultant at DXC Technology as full stack Java developer for the WebHealth - Portale Strutture project.
  • Developed backend and web application features using Spring 4.3, RESTEasy, JPA, MyBatis, Dozer, JSF, and JBoss EAP.
  • Spring
  • RESTEasy
  • JPA
  • MyBatis
  • Dozer
  • JSF
  • JBoss EAP

Software Developer

A.K.T. S.r.l., Rome, Italy
Sep 2015 - Mar 2018
  • Worked as consultant at Micro Focus, formerly HPE, on Project and Portfolio Management product customization.
  • Delivered analysis, configuration, modification, and development work for ENEL, Unicredit, MIUR, BPERS, and TIM projects.
  • Developed PL/SQL functions, procedures, and packages on Oracle databases.
  • Built standalone Java applications using Apache POI and JETT to extend spreadsheet import and export functionality.
  • Monitored Unix servers running Red Hat and CentOS.
  • PL/SQL
  • Oracle
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • Apache POI
  • JETT
  • Unix
  • Red Hat
  • CentOS

Projects

GiottoChain SaaS

Almaviva S.p.A. / 2020 - 2025

Event-driven AWS platform providing document digest anchoring, blockchain anchoring, cryptographic aggregation, and Chainpoint proof generation.

Smart Payment Gateway

Almaviva S.p.A. / 2020 - 2025

Development of a blockchain platform using Legal Smart Contracts to manage receivables issued by SACE, enforcing business rules, role-based permissions, and installment lifecycle management.

TEADAL Research Initiative

Almaviva S.p.A. / 2023 - 2025

Research and development activities focused on Layer 2 scalability, zero-knowledge technologies, decentralized identity, and privacy-preserving systems.

Decentralized Identity Platform

Almaviva S.p.A. / 2020 - 2025

Development of a decentralized identity platform integrating DIDs, enterprise authentication, blockchain notarization, and post-quantum cryptography within a Big Data ecosystem.

Digital asset custody platform

Be - Shaping The Future / Mar 2026 - Present

Backend components and integrations for a wallet custody solution, connecting internal banking systems with external blockchain custody and compliance infrastructure.

AGID Document Notarization APIs

Almaviva S.p.A. / 2020 - 2021

Development of backend APIs providing blockchain-based document anchoring and Chainpoint proof generation.

Defence DLT Solutions

Almaviva S.p.A. / 2020 - 2025

Development of blockchain-based document notarization and decentralized file management solutions for a defence-related use case.

PNT - Antifroud module

Almaviva S.p.A. / May 2023 - Oct 2023

Technical leadership for backend services supporting a telemedicine anti-fraud platform, with delivery coordination and service development responsibilities.

Skills

Blockchain and Web3

  • Ethereum ecosystem
  • Digital asset custody
  • Smart contract development
  • Solidity
  • Web3.js
  • Ethers.js
  • Cairo
  • IPFS
  • Truffle
  • Forge
  • Remix
  • Ripple Custody
  • Notabene

Blockchain clients

  • Geth
  • Besu
  • Nethermind
  • Erigon
  • Lighthouse
  • Nimbus
  • Teku
  • Bitcoin Core

Backend and cloud

  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Java
  • Spring
  • Hibernate
  • REST APIs
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
  • SQL
  • PL/SQL
  • Kubernetes

AWS

  • API Gateway
  • Lambda
  • SQS
  • SNS
  • DynamoDB
  • S3
  • CloudWatch
  • KMS
  • EC2
  • AWS Marketplace

Frontend and mobile

  • Angular
  • React
  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • Ionic
  • Flutter
  • Android Java

Engineering practice

  • Problem solving
  • Technical leadership
  • Backlog planning
  • Task estimation
  • Stakeholder coordination
  • Cross-team communication
  • Unix server monitoring

Certifications