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Michele Francesco Di Lella

@michelefrancescodile

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Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Blue Reply modernizing a bank’s Java platform into Spring Boot microservices.

Italy

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At Blue Reply, I pair hands-on software engineering with technical direction across banking, insurance, and automotive projects. I’m currently modernizing a legacy Java/JSP banking platform with Spring Boot, Spring JPA, and Angular, while moving deployment toward containerized microservices on OpenShift.

For an automotive group, I brought a vendor-owned yard-management system in-house and rebuilt it as a cloud-native, event-driven system. I designed integrations using Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Debezium, and implemented business logic with Java Spring Boot and AWS Lambda.

I also led the transformation of an insurance integration platform into an asynchronous system using Apache Kafka, Spring Boot microservices, and Apache Camel. Shared Kafka topic schema contracts helped govern data flow and integration with legacy core systems.

My work includes designing a new digital bank’s integration architecture and backend microservices, as well as leading internal R&D on event-driven architectures. I stay close to the code while guiding teams and shaping technical direction.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Project Manager & Tech Lead

Current

Blue Reply

Oct 2025 - Present (1 year)

Leading the full-stack modernization of a legacy Java/JSP monolith for a major Italian bank, moving the backend to Spring Boot and Spring JPA and rebuilding the frontend in Angular. Own technical direction and hands-on frontend delivery, driving the shift from a WAR-on-Tomcat deployment to containerized microservices on OpenShift.

Java Spring Boot Spring Data JPA Angular OpenShift Microservices Legacy Modernization Containerization

Current

Tech Lead

Current

Blue Reply

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)

Own the long-term technical direction of evolution initiatives on a portfolio of around 20 applications for a leading Italian bank, including legacy modernization, architectural improvements, security/CVE remediation, and functional evolution. Guide cross-functional teams across concurrent workstreams, balancing performance, security, and delivery.

Technical Leadership Legacy Modernization Security Architecture Project Management

Cloud Architect & Senior Java Developer

Blue Reply

Oct 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Brought a vendor-owned monolithic yard-management system in-house and rebuilt it cloud-native for one of Europe's largest automotive groups, processing around 2-3 million vehicle movement events per day. Designed and implemented a new event-driven, decoupled architecture integrating with enterprise core systems via Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Debezium CDC.

Java Spring Boot AWS Lambda Kafka Kafka Connect API Debezium Event Driven Architecture Cloud Architecture Microservices

R&D Lead

Blue Reply

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Led internal R&D on event-driven, decoupled architectures (Kafka, kSqlDB, Kafka Streams, Quarkus), producing reusable assets adopted across client engagements.

Kafka KSQL Kafka Streams Quarkus Event Driven Architecture R&D

Software Architect & Tech Lead

Blue Reply

Jan 2023 - Oct 2023 (9 months)

Designed and built from scratch the integration architecture and around 10 backend microservices for a new iOS/Android digital bank for a major Italian bank. Used an event-driven approach with Apache Kafka and Spring Boot to power the full customer onboarding and contract-variation journey.

Kafka Spring Boot Microservices Event Driven Architecture Integration Architecture Digital Banking

BPM Specialist & Developer

Blue Reply

Apr 2017 - Dec 2022 (5 years 8 months)

Delivered document-management and multichannel insurance platforms for Italian and European clients as BPM specialist, developer, and tech lead, integrating BPM engines (RedHat BPMS/PAM) with Java/Spring services and modeling digitalized, compliant business processes.

BPM BPMS Red Hat PAM Java Spring Framework Integration Document Management Insurance

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Bologna

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

Grade: 110/110 cum laude

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, graduated with 110/110 cum laude.

University of Bologna

Master of Science, Computer Engineering

Grade: 110/110 cum laude

M.Sc. in Computer Engineering, graduated with 110/110 cum laude. Thesis on monocular depth estimation using a residual CNN (ResNet) trained via computer-graphics techniques (TensorFlow).