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Marco Capusso

@marcocapusso

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Manager of Backend Development specializing in data engineering, AI/ML systems, and scalable platform architecture.

Italy

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a senior engineering or management role where I can lead backend and AI platform development, shape product strategy, mentor teams, and build scalable, production ML systems.

I am a backend development manager and hands-on engineering leader focused on building data-driven, AI-enabled platforms. I translate business needs into technical requirements, define product vision and roadmaps, and drive releases with cross-functional stakeholders.

I lead teams in the design and implementation of data transformation pipelines, APIs, and ML workflows, contributing directly to architecture, code, and deployment. I work extensively with Databricks notebooks and Microsoft Azure for infrastructure, CI/CD and production ML integration.

As a former co-founder and CTO, I engineered distributed, production-grade systems using FastAPI, React and MongoDB, developed LLM-based pipelines (RAG), Vision AI for video analysis, and optimized multithreaded, high-throughput inference workloads.

I combine strong academic credentials in AI & Data Science with practical experience in product management, technical leadership, and scalable system design to deliver robust, performant solutions that align engineering execution with strategic goals.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Manager of Backend Development

Current

Avnet

Apr 2022 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Product manager and team lead for an internal Data & AI platform, driving roadmap, translating business needs into technical requirements, and delivering data pipelines, AI/ML integrations and APIs to production.

Python Databricks Azure ETL APIs MongoDB MySQL Elasticsearch Redis

Co-Founder & CTO

AiMotor

Feb 2022 - Dec 2025 (3 years 10 months)

Led architecture and implementation of an AI-driven platform including FastAPI backends, LLM RAG workflows, vision AI for video analysis, and scalable infrastructure with real-time processing capabilities.

fastAPI LLM RAG Distributed Systems React MongoDB Multithreading CI CD

Software Engineer

Avnet

Mar 2020 - Apr 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Backend team leader responsible for designing, developing and deploying data transformation pipelines, APIs and ML procedures, contributing to architecture and ensuring scalability and reliability.

Python Databricks Azure ETL APIs MongoDB MySQL Elasticsearch Redis

Software Developer

Accenture

Dec 2016 - Mar 2017 (3 months)

Developed Android applications using Kotlin and Android Studio, contributing to feature development, debugging and testing within an agile team.

Kotlin Android Studio Mobile Development Debugging Agile Unit Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Politecnico di Torino

Master in AI & Data Science, AI & Data Science

2020 - 2022

Grade: 110/110

Activities and societies: Applied projects in ML/DL (GANs, LLMs), big data (Spark, Hadoop), and software engineering including frontend and mobile development.

Master in AI & Data Science focusing on machine learning, deep learning, big data processing, and model deployment; graduated with top mark (110/110).

Politecnico di Torino

Bachelor in Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering

2017 - 2020

Activities and societies: Team projects including a 2D pixel art videogame demo and practical software development assignments.

Bachelor in Computer Engineering covering algorithms, data structures, software development, and core engineering fundamentals with practical project work.