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Luca is a Senior Software Engineer at Xebia with more than 13 years of experience in platform engineering, cloud-native systems, and backend development. He has worked at GitHub and is a Google Developer Expert and CNCF Ambassador. He helps software engineers improve Go and distributed systems skills, get actionable code review feedback, and make progress toward career goals in cloud-native and AI infrastructure.
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👋 Hey! Platform Engineer at Xebia, focused on AI platform engineering - the infrastructure behind reliable, observable, scalable AI and cloud-native workloads. I work primarily in Go and Google Cloud, with deep experience in Kubernetes, containers, and end-to-end observability - and a strong interest in networking and lower-level systems work in Rust. My current focus is the platform layer beneath AI: inference serving infrastructure on Kubernetes, AI gateway and MCP connectivity, agentic workload orchestration, and end-to-end observability for GenAI systems.
My broader experience is full-stack: strong on backend, with solid frontend and mobile knowledge. I contribute to open source, write on my blog, and pick up the occasional talk, training, or meetup when something interesting comes up. I'm a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and a CNCF Ambassador. I mentor engineers on Go, platform engineering, distributed systems, and career growth in cloud-native and AI infrastructure.
For a deeper dive, see my blog. If you're new to open source, check out Verto.sh. Outside of work, activities like photography, motorcycling, playing a handpan and cleaning litterboxes keep me occupied 🐈.
5 out of 5 stars
My collaboration with Luca has been very helpful! He's a person who would answer your questions and give practical pieces of advice on where to find more info and how to use it the best. But don't forget that most of the work has to be done and determined by YOU, and Luca is there to help you, not to tell you what to do, so don't forget to read how to actually work with a mentor.
Standard Plan • 4 months
5 out of 5 stars
I've been looking for a mentor who can guide me, help me achieve my career goals, and keep me accountable. For over a year, Luca has been mentoring me. He reviews my code, recommends books for me to read, and we discuss daily engineering topics as they arise. Recently, I started a new position at a different company, and I am very happy in my new role. I believe this mentorship has made me a better engineer.
Standard Plan • 1 year
5 out of 5 stars
I have been mentored for about 10 months now and it has been a great journey so far. Luca is very good at identifying and addressing the gaps in my knowledge and setting up a plan to improve as a whole. Next to that we go in depth career wise and talk about challenges/improvements at my current job. Our meetings are relaxed, clear and make me enthusiastic for the next steps into the projects we develop throughout the mentorship. These projects also allow me to learn new topics and add onto existing knowledge while getting clear and accurate feedback on PRs. Still very satisfied and excited for the future of the mentorship :)
Standard Plan • 11 months
Platform Engineer. GDE & CNCF Ambassador. Off-hours: photography, motorcycles, handpan, cats. - lucavallin
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Platform Engineer at Xebia. I focus on building distributed systems and the infrastructure and networking tooling behind reliable, observable cloud-native …
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You tell Luca your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.
You meet within days. Luca reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.
You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.
Luca Cavallin
Senior Software Engineer at Xebia
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We'll meet for a quick call (usually under 30 minutes) where we:
- Break the ice and introduce ourselves
- Discuss your goals and how I can support you
- Coordinate logistics like time zones, meeting frequency, and communication methods
