Hello, I'm
JosephSciacca
I build systems that go fast.
- Role
- Software Engineer · IA Solutions
- Stack
- Rust / Go / Python / TypeScript
- Location
- Naples, IT · Open to ambitious projects
01Who I am
For over seven years I've designed and shipped the systems people rely on when speed matters: high-performance backends, data platforms crunching millions of records, AI agent infrastructure and decentralized applications. I've taken products from a blank architecture diagram to production in betting and gaming, cybersecurity, Web3 and developer tooling. And I still write the hard parts myself.
- Based in
- Naples, Italy
- Local time
- Currently
- Co-founder & Lead Engineer at IA Solutions
02Track record
Proof, not slogans.
Six things that actually happened, and who they happened for.
- Throughput
Millions of betting combinations generated and ranked in seconds, inside a fixed memory budget.
Betting Engine · Rust - Pressure
A 20,000-piece NFT collection minted out in under twenty minutes, with zero operational incidents.
Sheboshis · Shiba Inu - Scale
Bridge, swap, staking and identity used every day by one of the largest communities in Web3.
Shibarium · Shiba Inu - Defence
Threat models and technical risk assessment on regulated systems, turned into fixes that reach production.
Security consulting · under NDA - Ground truth
MES 2.0 on the lines of Italy's largest commercial-vehicle plant, and the rollout for the Fiat 500 Electric.
Fiat Chrysler · Sevel
03Selected work
Systems I've built
Eight things I'm proud of, from factory floors to smart contracts. Scroll sideways.
04Upstream
Open source
I fix and speed up the tools I use every day. These are the projects that merged my work.
Hover a node · the graph holds still while you read
Live from GitHub · Sep 07, 2026
21
merged pull requests
9
open pull requests
220k+
combined stars across the projects I contribute to
- IASolutionOrg/needle #33Add bounded read-only lifecycle HTTP APImergedAug 05, 2026
- apache/datafusion #24071perf: use Vec in ArrowBytesMapmergedAug 04, 2026
- IASolutionOrg/needle #31feat(runtime): add lifecycle execution kernelmergedAug 04, 2026
- astral-sh/ruff #27260[ty] Index match-pattern bindings as symbolsmergedAug 04, 2026
- apache/datafusion #24078bench: add ArrowBytesMap benchmarksmergedAug 04, 2026
- IASolutionOrg/needle #18feat(bench): harden PowerPlan and final benchmark gatemergedAug 04, 2026
05Experience
Where I've been
- Own the end-to-end architecture of TopBet: backend services, frontend, real-time data pipelines, automation and content generation
- Designed a Rust optimization engine that generates and ranks millions of betting combinations in seconds, inside a fixed memory budget
- Lead backend engineering in Rust, Go and Python: performance-critical services and data pipelines that keep running when volume spikes
- Internal automation and operational tooling for betting agencies and corners running on the platform
- Deliver projects and solutions for enterprise, institutional and professional clients, under NDA
- Security engineering across the stack: authentication and authorisation flows, key management, post-quantum signatures, vulnerability assessment
- Author of Needle, MAWR and Cortex: open-source infrastructure for coding agents
- Rust
- Go
- Python
- TypeScript
- Kubernetes
- Security
- Led engineering of the Shibarium Name Service (SNS) with D3 Global: readable identity instead of forty hexadecimal characters
- Lead Engineer for ShibIdentity: Smart Wallets with SNS protocols built in
- Directed core development of Bridge, Swap, Shib Torch and Staking
- Architected the mint platform and smart contracts behind the Sheboshis drop: $3M+ in under 20 minutes, zero incidents
- On-chain NFT generation pipelines wired directly into Shib News and Shib Magazine publishing
- Solidity
- TypeScript
- Ethers.js
- Hardhat
- Next.js
Milestone · 2023Speaker at Blockchain Futurist Conference, Toronto. On stage for the Shib technical roadmap.
- Management platforms for enterprise clients, built with Django and Laravel
- Internal engineering and collaboration systems for project management, recruiting and operations
- An NFT generation platform producing 10,000+ images in under a minute
- Full ownership of technical direction, product architecture and delivery
- Python
- Django
- Laravel
- PHP
- Kept production downtime to a minimum by streamlining deployments and catching issues before the floor felt them
- Worked shoulder to shoulder with plant teams across countries and time zones
- Promoted within eight months to the global development and support team for MES 2.0
- MES
- SQL
- Java
- Charted the launch of MES 2.0 for the Sevel plant
- Maintained production-critical stored procedures serving the assembly lines
- MES implementation supporting Fiat 500 Electric production in Turin
- MES
- SQL Server
- Manufacturing
- Identified and mitigated bottlenecks directly on the production floor
- MES enhancements that measurably raised operational efficiency
- MES
- C#
- SQL
06Skills
What I work with
Hover a skill to see where I used it.
Languages
Backend & systems
Frameworks
AI & agentic systems
Data
Cloud & infrastructure
Web3
Security
Quality & delivery
07Credentials
Awards, education & certifications
Awards
- Clara Digital AwardsConsorzio CLARA
- Italian NAO ChallengeNAO Challenge
Speaking
- Blockchain Futurist Conference · Shib technical roadmapToronto, Canada · 2023
Certifications
- Java DeveloperSkillFactory · 2019
- Career Essentials in Generative AIMicrosoft & LinkedIn Learning · 2025
- AI Agents FundamentalsHugging Face · 2025
Education
Languages
- Italiannative
- EnglishC1
- PortugueseB1
08Contact
Let's build something fast.
Ambitious backend, data, AI or Web3 project? I'd love to hear about it.