A Senior Software Engineer in love with startups, product development, R&D and tech for good
- Problem Solving as a Service
- Custom Software Development
- IoT & Wearables Prototyping
- Digital Transition Consulting
- Tech Booster for Startups & SMEs
- Web Applications Artisan
- I'm Marco Rapaccini, a human being working in tech since 2016
- I consider myself a business enabler: I transform a vision into human-friendly, working technology
- I am based in the Lake District, UK
- CTO at a Stealth Wine-related Startup, 2024 - present
- Technical Co-Founder at Smart Ergonomics Ltd, 2024 - present
- developing MVP of a smart ergonomic chair with sensors and dedicated mobile app to improve posture and wellbeing in the workplace
- Technical Co-Founder and Director at Umbria Green Heart Ltd, 2023 - present
- importing directly fine food and wine from Umbria, Italy into the UK
- supply chain setup and management
- warehouse compliance
- Ruby on Rails custom software for import logistics, stock management and costs optimisation
- e-commerce integration with stock management system
- work-in-progress: expanding B2C sales while consolidating B2B relationships
- Contract Technologist for LTE Italia srl, 2022 - present
- budiling a custom security compliance management system for a railway logistics company
- Technical Co-Founder at Clutch-e Bag, 2019 - present
- built from scratch a FashionTech startup business + tech stack
- created a wearable MVP
- filed and obtained 4 patents in Italy:
- 102018000003587
- 102021000011681
- 102021000016505
- 102021000016478
- supply chain setup and management
- managed 1-year-long engineering research and development
- managed technology transfer towards aerospace customer
- work-in-progress: creating a European Luxury FashionTech cluster
- Senior Software Engineer at Citizens Advice
- Aug 2022 - June 2024
- helping the Casebook team to maintain and improve the internal case management system of one of the largest charities in the UK, while respecting the privacy of the users
- technologies:
- Ruby on Rails/Ruby
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- React/JavaScript
- Cucumber
- Jenkins
- Accessibility screen readers (VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS)
- contributing regularly to Software Engineering Community of Practice meetings to explore new technologies
- induction/mentoring new software engineers across different product teams
- internal documentation reorganisation
- Amazon Alexa Skills development (contract work) for the Italian Folklore Museum, improving accessibility for visually impaired
- technologies:
- Alexa Skills Kit SDK
- Python
- Node.js
- Spreaker APIs
- Senior Software Engineer at Transaction 360 Degrees LTD
- Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
- Creating from scratch Fintech MVPs working closely with the business team and SW architect
- R&D about new integrations (e.g. Symphony financial secure messaging app)
- technologies:
- TypeScript
- React
- Google Cloud Platform
- Okta
- Python Cloud Functions
- Moving to microservices architecture
- Onboarding and mentoring new developers
- Italy-based freelance activity as web developer/technologist, working mainly for Italian SMEs and research centers
- Nov 2018 - Nov 2021
- Some clients/projects:
- Web UI Developer
- Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
- Arduino
- PostgreSQL
- Python
- Django
- htmx
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Express
- TypeScript
- React
- Okta
- Next.js
- Bash scripting
- Google Cloud Platform and Workspace
- Neo4j
- Material UI
- Tailwind
- Here API
- Leaflet
- SQL
- WordPress
- git/GitHub
You can find here a list of my contributions and articles.
- English
- Italian (native language)
- Spanish
Because technology – to paraphrase Marinetti – will help man to hurl new challenges at the stars
- Reading
- Lego
- Re-watching The Office (USA version)
- Hiking
- Boxing
Have a nice day folks!