Paolo Cavanna
@paolocavanna
Engineering leader focused on high-performance front-end systems and team growth.
What I'm looking for
I am an engineering leader with deep front-end expertise who has led cross-functional teams to deliver high-traffic products while improving performance, delivery predictability, and cost efficiency. I have driven measurable outcomes — improving cycle time by 50%, cutting service expenses by 30%, and meeting strict SLOs for LCP, INP and CLS — while mentoring engineers and enabling promotions.
My background includes building front-end architectures and design system practices, optimizing build and runtime performance, and establishing DevOps/FinOps observability with Datadog. I prioritize developer experience, testing and code quality, and partnering with product to align roadmaps and improve predictability.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Engineering Manager
Kaufland E-Commerce
Jan 2024 - Present (2 years)
Led a cross-functional team of 5 engineers on the company’s main product (150k daily users), improved performance to meet SLOs and accelerated delivery, reducing cycle time by 50% and improving delivery predictability by 25%.
Tech Lead / Senior Front End Engineer
Kaufland E-Commerce
Jun 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 6 months)
Led front-end engineering practices for isomorphic applications, established testing and code style standards, and contributed to the company design system while mentoring team members.
Head of Front End Engineering
MotorK
May 2016 - May 2021 (5 years)
Led front-end engineering, designed an in-house SCSS framework and reduced CSS size by 30%, improved application performance 3x through build and structural optimizations, and introduced tooling that cut code review effort by ~25%.
Senior Front End Engineer
Arc Worldwide
Apr 2015 - May 2016 (1 year 1 month)
Produced design mockups and prototypes to enhance user experience and site interactions, promoted front-end best practices and mentored junior developers.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Università degli Studi di Torino
M.D. (Linguistics), Linguistics
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Completed M.D. in Linguistics with highest honors (110/110 cum laude) in July 2006.
High School
High school diploma, General Secondary Education
Grade: 90/100
Completed high school diploma with a GPA of 90/100 in July 1999.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
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