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Giancarlo Papa

Giancarlo Papa

Senior Full Stack Engineer – Cloud Platform & AI Engineering

Im Halbiacker 1a, Elsau, Zurich, CH, 8352
+41 76 337 13 75
Italian, German, English, French

Background


About

About

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 25 years of PHP expertise and deep command of the modern web stack — from Symfony and Laravel to Vue.js, Nuxt, and headless CMS platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Craft CMS, and Shopware. Experienced in Python across data warehouse engineering, FastAPI service development, and automation; grounded in Linux server operations, Docker containerisation, and cloud-native infrastructure on GCP. I design, build, and own business-critical internal platforms — Salesforce DevOps, enterprise integrations, and applied AI systems (Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, Gemini) — with 13+ years of platform ownership in a demanding Swiss telecommunications environment.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Senior Full Stack Engineer – Cloud Platform, Salesforce DevOps & AISunrise Communications AG

    Jan, 2012 - Present

    13+ years of progressive ownership across full-stack development, Salesforce DevOps, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and applied AI at one of Switzerland's leading telecommunications companies.

    • Salesforce DevOps Engineer: CI/CD pipelines, release management, custom Apex, LWC components, Flows, API integrations, and enterprise data sync.

    • Drove DevOps transformation: LAMP/LEMP to FrankenPHP on Docker/GCP/RHEL, GitLab CI/Jenkins pipelines, release automation.

    • Developed AMP (Laravel/Vue.js/Oracle/MySQL/Redis/Elasticsearch): call centre portal — ticket templates (4 langs), distribution, and feedback tools.

    • Modernised legacy PHP applications to Laravel, Vue.js, and Nuxt — improving maintainability, testability, and delivery speed.

    • Architected cloud-native services on GCP: compute, networking, IAM, Cloud Run.

    • Built Jordan AI (Liberty Global): Python/FastAPI + Vue.js — real-time call analysis, conversation pre-summaries, and agent diagnostics across Liberty Global subsidiaries.

  • Full Stack Web Developer / System EngineerSicilia On Line Srl

    Jan, 2005 - Dec, 20116 years 11 months

    Lead developer and system engineer for three regional properties — siciliaonline.it (touristic platform, 10,000+ daily visitors), gds.it, and blogsicilia — with full ownership of PHP application development, CMS architecture, and Linux server operations.

    • Built and scaled PHP/MySQL platforms serving 10,000+ daily visitors across siciliaonline.it, gds.it, and blogsicilia.

    • Developed custom Joomla/Mambo components, plugins, and templates for newsroom and editorial workflows.

    • Led platform redesigns improving performance, SEO, and reader engagement.

    • Managed full LAMP stack: Apache, MySQL, server hardening, and high-availability ops.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • AMP — Application Management Portal

    - Present

    Full-stack call centre productivity suite built for Sunrise agents — a multilingual ticket template engine (4 languages), automated ticket distribution system, and agent-to-agent and company-wide feedback tools. Full ownership from architecture to production.

  • Jordan AI (Liberty Global)

    - Present

    International AI-powered call assistant deployed across Liberty Global subsidiaries. Developed the Python/FastAPI backend and Vue.js frontend — connecting to live call data to generate real-time conversation pre-summaries and automated diagnostics for call centre agents.

Skills

Skills

  • PHP & Web

    PHP (25 yrs)

    Python

    FastAPI

    Laravel

    Symfony

    Vue.js

    Nuxt

    JavaScript / TypeScript

    HTML5 / CSS

    Twig

    Composer

    RESTful APIs

    GraphQL

  • E-Commerce & CMS

    WordPress

    Joomla / Mambo

    Craft CMS

    Shopware 5 & 6

    Statamic

    Headless CMS

  • Cloud & Platform

    Linux (RHEL / Debian / Ubuntu)

    Docker

    Google Cloud Platform

    Cloud Run

    GitLab CI / Jenkins

    Kubernetes

    Terraform

  • AI & Data

    LLM Integration

    Azure OpenAI / GPT

    Vertex AI

    Gemini API

    Prompt Engineering

    Big Data Platforms

    Analytics Engineering

  • Databases & Enterprise

    MySQL

    Oracle DB

    PostgreSQL

    Redis

    Elasticsearch

    MongoDB

    Salesforce / Apex / LWC

    LDAP / Active Directory

  • Methodology

    Agile / Scrum

    Code Reviews

    CI / CD

    Unit & Integration Testing

    Static Code Analysis

    Pair Programming

    Version Control (Git)

  • DevOps & Networking

    Bash / Shell scripting

    Nginx / Apache

    TCP/IP / DNS

    SSL / TLS

    System hardening

Education

Education

  • Accounting & Computer Science, Diploma, Accounting & Computer Science studies

    Jan, 1991 - Jan, 1997

Interests

Interests

  • Sports

    Mountain bikingRunningSwimming
  • Lifestyle

    CookingGardeningDIYWoodworking
  • Creativity

    Digital DesignFurniture RestorationModding