Filippo Sallemi

Technology Leader & Engineering Architect · iGaming & Affiliates

Summary

Deeply technical engineering leader with 15+ years of experience across iGaming and Affiliates, including founding and scaling startups from the ground up. Proven track record in growing engineering organizations, driving technical transformations, and rescuing legacy systems within fast-paced, unstructured environments. Expert in cloud infrastructure optimization (19% cost reduction) and automating delivery pipelines (from days to hours using AWS Fargate/ECS). Certified Scrum Master with a strategic focus on AI-driven efficiency and a hands-on approach to technical leadership.

Experience

01/2025 - Present

Technical Architect

  • AI Strategy & Governance: Appointed to an elite leadership task force driving the company's transition toward an Agentic-Centric organizational structure.
  • AI Democratization & Security: Engineered and standardized a secure framework enabling decentralized AI tool creation across the organization — implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for safe integration of custom AI agents.
  • 19% infrastructure cost reduction through strategic FinOps and cloud workload optimization in the first year.
  • Delivery Acceleration: Reduced environment provisioning from days to hours by architecting automated pipelines using AWS Fargate/ECS.
  • Established org-wide architectural standards, IaC (Terraform) adoption, and CI/CD best practices across all engineering teams.
05/2022 - 01/2025

Development Leader

  • Built and managed a cross-functional team of 6 (devs + QA); defined quarterly OKRs and delivery roadmaps aligned with business goals.
  • Platform Modernisation: Led the full upgrade of the company's core software, reducing codebase by 2/3 — delivered on schedule with zero downtime.
  • Multiple internal hackathon wins; drove cross-team technical solutions and collaborated with DevOps on performance tuning and infrastructure improvements.
01/2021 - 05/2022

Senior Full Stack Developer

  • Resolved a critical technical impasse that had stalled ADM/AAMS certification for nearly a year, securing the Italian license within 3 months through a ruthless audit and refactoring of compliance protocols.
  • Optimised high-volume transactional backend in PHP/Laravel handling massive real-time gaming traffic with focus on data integrity and security.
03/2017 - 05/2020

Head of Development

iGaming Startup

  • Scaled engineering org from early-stage to 10+ members; reported to CTO; co-defined technical roadmap and organizational structure.
  • Casino Aggregator from zero: Integrated 40+ third-party game providers with sub-second latency and high availability under massive transactional load.
  • Spearheaded the successful migration of a legacy 'spaghetti-code' platform into a modern, scalable architecture within a few months. Managed the full transition of technical debt into a high-performance system while maintaining service continuity.
  • Managed multi-jurisdiction compliance (MGA, UKGC, Italy, Colombia) — 100% regulatory alignment across all markets.
01/2011 - 12/2017

Founder & CEO

  • Founded and ran a technology company for 7 years — full P&L ownership, client acquisition, and end-to-end technical delivery for government and private-sector clients.
  • Delivered Laravel web platforms, Linux infrastructure, network security systems, and embedded automation projects (maritime/yachts).
01/2007 - 12/2010

Senior Full Stack Developer

  • Led a team of 6 developers building the web UI for a VoIP/PBX product; worked extensively with Asterisk, SIP protocol and advanced networking.

Open Source Projects

AI-Enhanced iGaming Aggregator

Deployed custom MCP servers connecting a casino aggregator's data layer to LLMs — enabling natural-language querying of betting patterns and automated GGR reports. Implemented autonomous risk analysis without manual SQL overhead.

PHP/Laravel
Go
Redis
PostgreSQL
Python

Crypto Payment Gateway

Designed and built a direct blockchain payment infrastructure — automated hot/cold wallet management, real-time transaction verification via Webhooks, direct on-chain processing with no third-party dependency. Validated zero-commission payment model as feasible for iGaming platforms.

PHP/Laravel
Go
Python
PostgreSQL

Education

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

01/2001 - 01/2004
Milan, Italy

BSc Computer Science

I.T.I.S.

01/1995 - 01/2000
Ragusa, Italy

Qualification Electronic Engineering

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