Jacopo Biscella

Senior Backend Engineer / Software Architect based in Nyon, Switzerland.

20+ years building event-driven microservices on the JVM in mission-critical environments (luxury retail, RegTech, travel). Focused on simplicity, testability, observability, and predictable Agile delivery.


Notes

Personal notes on engineering and leadership, shared as a courtesy for knowledge-sharing with collaborators and the broader tech community.

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Topic Description
Circuit Breakers Circuit breaker patterns in distributed systems
Contract Testing Contract testing and Pact testing
Smoke Testing Smoke testing in highly regulated environments
System Architecture System architecture design principles
Web Services & REST REST and API design study guide

Fun Projects

  • functional-validator — A quick proof-of-concept exploring a functional approach to data validation. Built as a learning exercise and not intended for production use.

CV

View my CV online, or download the PDF.


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