Fabio Di Ceglie

Software Engineer · Europe

Fabio Di Ceglie

Senior Software Engineer (6 years) specializing in full-stack systems, cloud architecture and AI-driven agentic applications.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer - Freshbooks

May 2025 - Present

Amsterdam, Netherlands / Fully remote

Worked on scalable payroll integrations, automation workflows, and product systems within a distributed fintech environment.

  • AI Tooling & Automation (Fetch): Co-developed Fetch, a Slack-integrated AI assistant leveraging RAG to instantly query internal company documentation (Confluence/wikis).
    Impact: Support tickets ↓ 25% · Onboarding speed ↑ 15%.
  • System Integration (Payroll Onboarding + Gusto): Led feature integration with Gusto, enabling self-service migration and automatic employee data sync across teams.
    Impact: Support tickets ↓ 20% · Customer acquisition ↑ 15%.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Coordinated with product and design teams across time zones to align milestones and deliver features successfully.

Mid Software Engineer - Backbase

May 2022 - May 2025

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Worked on digital onboarding platform and scalable customer-facing web applications within a fintech environment.

  • Product Architecture & Performance (Next.js – SSR): Designed and built a new website from scratch using Next.js with server-side rendering, focusing on performance, SEO, and security.
    Impact: Organic traffic ↑ 20% · Page load speed ↑ 30%.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration & Hiring: Collaborated closely with product, design, marketing, sales, and engineering teams to deliver scalable features, while supporting team growth through engineering interviews and onboarding of new developers.

Jr. Software Engineer - Lab Digital

May 2020 - May 2022

Utrecht, Netherlands

Contributed to scalable e-commerce website development, focusing on user experience, performance, and reliability.

  • Cloud Infrastructure Migration (AWS Lambda → ECS Fargate): Migrated a critical checkout microservice from AWS Lambda to containerized infrastructure on ECS Fargate to improve latency and reliability.
    Impact: Checkout response time ↓ 40% · Infrastructure costs ↓ 10%.
  • Data / Search System Integration (CMS + Elasticsearch): Designed and implemented a CMS-powered search system using Elasticsearch, enabling fast and scalable content discovery.
    Impact: SEO ranking ↑ 25% · Faster search queries ↑ 10%.

Previous Experiences

January 2015 – December 2020

Chef > Sous Chef - Double Michelin Star Restaurants
(Cracco, Milan | The Jane, Antwerp | Spectrum, Amsterdam)

  • Led teams in Michelin-star kitchens, mastering high-pressure execution, precision, problem-solving and attention to detail. Now applied to software engineering and complex systems.