Stefano Monolo

I am a software engineer passionate about the web and its technologies.

Experience

6 years

Senior Software Engineer at Klarna

October 2025 - Present · Via Giuseppe Mazzini, 9, Milan, Italy

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • React Native
  • Node.js
  • AWS
  • Kafka
  • AI Tooling
  • Building and maintaining core services for financial hardship and credit disputes, such as cases involving deceased customers or bankruptcy

  • Developing and supporting systems for standard disputes, returns, and refunds

Software Engineer at WeRoad

September 2024 - October 2025 · Viale Cassala, 30, Milan, Italy

  • TypeScript
  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • RabbitMQ
  • Developed and maintained an internal platform used by 4000+ travel coordinators and 500+ partners around the world

  • Contributed to the development of an internal portal used by partners to create and manage tours

Software Engineer at Kampaay

August 2023 - September 2024 · Viale Cassala, 30, Milan, Italy

  • TypeScript
  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • React
  • Designed and developed a modern and accessible platform used by 150+ businesses across Italy and Sweden

  • Developed and maintained an in-house internal back office used by 50+ employees across the two countries on a daily basis

  • Attended technical and product meetings to define roadmaps and 20+ sprints by helping plan 100+ epics and organize workload

  • Proposed and discussed customer experience and internal efficiency related initiatives to be worked on during sprints

  • Worked on R&D initiatives including code refactoring, migration to new technologies, gRPC research and AI features

Web Engineer at EVNT Games

November 2022 - March 2024 · Remote, Europe

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Migrated a Twitch Rivals tournament website to Next.js, improved SEO, created new features and completely changed its design

  • Built the main marketing website using Next.js, used by customers to view insights and contact the company for business inquiries

  • Developed a UEFN market related functional website used by 500+ users on a daily basis to view Fortnite maps and creators

  • Created several private websites used by Twitch and YouTube content creators to display real-time to 5000+ active viewers

  • Collaborated with external developers to integrate third-party services on gaming related products, such as Overwolf and Tebex

Web Engineer at Moonsworth

January 2022 - November 2022 · Remote, Europe

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Electron
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Worked with designers and other engineers to release a new major version of a Minecraft launcher used by 100k+ users every day

  • Developed 2 internal UI component libraries shared across multiple products and published using GitHub Package Registry

  • Maintained existing marketing websites and migrated the main one from Jekyll to Next.js, improving SEO and performance by 50%

  • Helped designing new interfaces and layouts on Figma and taking technical decisions along with product managers and designers

Product Engineer at Top.gg

November 2020 - June 2021 · Remote, Europe

  • TypeScript
  • Express
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Migrated a Discord bots listing website used by 25k+ users every day from Express to Next.js, improving performance and stability

  • Collaborated with an external design agency to completely redesign the website, introducing a new design system and library

  • Maintained an invite-only website that managed auctions based on traffic and previous engagement used by selected users and businesses

  • Improved existing moderation tools that allowed volunteer and paid staff to review 100+ new Discord bots every day

Web Engineer at ESL FACEIT Group

March 2020 - December 2021 · Remote, Europe

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Electron
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Joined a small side team of one developer and got familiar with 4 different codebases of products used by 50k+ users every day

  • Worked on a major release of the popular Minecraft launcher Badlion Client, switching from version 2.0 to 3.0 in about 6 months

  • Developed internal and content creator related tools to simplify daily tasks and enhance engagement and improve product marketing

  • Reviewed and implemented user feedback and worked with backend developers to improve existing gRPC infrastructure and automation

Projects

Open Source

Contributed to several open source projects, developer tools, and AI-assisted workflows, including Italian government institutional websites.

MXC

Built e-commerce and feedback sites for a popular FiveM resources creator.

Settings Hunt

Built a game settings sharing platform for uploading and sharing config files and gaming guides.

Breeng

Led a cross-functional team of 10 creating a multi-platform job seeking application, managing engineering strategy and weekly releases.

Skills

  • Backend

    • Node.js
    • Go
    • Python
    • Java
    • Kafka
  • AI & LLMs

    • LLMs
    • AI Agents
    • Prompt Engineering
    • Agentic Workflows
    • OpenAI API
  • Frontend

    • TypeScript
    • Vue
    • Nuxt
    • React
    • React Native
    • Next.js
    • Vitest
    • Playwright
    • HTML
    • CSS
  • Database

    • PostgreSQL
    • MySQL
    • MongoDB
    • Redis
  • DevOps

    • Docker
    • AWS
    • Google Cloud
    • CI/CD
    • Git
    • Linux

Education

Volunteering

Volunteer at Protezione Civile Regione Lombardia

Trained in emergency response, including wildfire fighting, flood operations, high-risk scenarios, and rescue diving.

Languages

Italian

Native

English

Fluent