Filippo Sallemi

AI Solution Architect · iGaming & Affiliates

AI Solution Architect with 15+ years across iGaming and Affiliates, currently driving the agentic transformation of a NASDAQ-listed iGaming group. Hands-on practitioner of the modern AI stack — Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini, custom MCP servers, agent skills, prompt engineering, and autonomous multi-agent systems — translated into production platforms that give every engineer governed access to AI. Proven across cloud cost optimization (19% AWS reduction), CI/CD acceleration (days → hours via Fargate/ECS), zero-downtime legacy rebuilds, and scaling engineering orgs from startup to 10+. Certified Scrum Master with a founder's mindset and a deep technical bench across PHP/Laravel, Go, Python, and AWS.

Professional Experience

Technical Architect
Jan 2025 - PresentMalta
  • AI Strategy & Governance: Appointed to an elite leadership task force driving the company's transition toward an Agentic-Centric organizational structure.
  • Enterprise AI Knowledge Platform: Built a centralized, AI-queryable knowledge layer that unifies organizational memory across teams — eliminating context loss and accelerating decision-making.
  • Agentic AI Workspace: Delivered a secure, SSO-gated AI runtime giving every engineer governed access to autonomous agents — natively wired to the knowledge platform so every agent operates with full organizational context.
  • 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.
  • AI Evangelism: Delivered internal technical talks on AI and MCP servers, training engineering teams across the organization on agentic patterns and tooling.
Development Leader
May 2022 - Jan 2025Malta
  • 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.
  • Drove cross-team technical solutions and collaborated with DevOps on performance tuning and infrastructure improvements.
Senior Full Stack Developer
Jan 2021 - May 2022Malta
  • 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.
Head of Development
Mar 2017 - May 2020Malta

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.
Founder & CEO
Jan 2011 - Dec 2017Malta
  • 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).
Tech Lead
Jan 2007 - Dec 2010Milan, Italy
  • Led a team of 6 developers building the web UI for a VoIP/PBX product; worked extensively with Asterisk, SIP protocol and advanced networking.

Education

BSc in Computer Science
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Jan 2001 - Jan 2004
Qualification in Electronic Engineering
I.T.I.S.
Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

Technical Skills

AI & Agentic Systems
LLMsClaude CodeCursorGeminiMCP ServersAgent SkillsPrompt EngineeringRAGVector EmbeddingsMulti-Agent SystemsAnthropic APIOpenAI API
Backend
PHPLaravelNode.jsPythonGo
Frontend
Vue.jsJavaScriptTailwind CSSLivewire
Infrastructure
AWSFargateECSLambdaDockerTerraformAnsibleGitHub ActionsCI/CD
Databases
MySQLPostgreSQLRedisElasticsearch
Domains
iGamingAffiliate SystemsAI GovernanceAgentic ArchitectureMCP ProtocolCloud FinOpsReal-time ProcessingCrypto/Blockchain

Key Projects

AI-Enhanced iGaming Aggregator

Designed and built a full casino aggregator using a microservices architecture, complete with a back-office platform enriched with AI capabilities. Integrated a custom MCP server to connect the aggregator's data layer to LLMs — enabling natural-language querying of GGR reports, automated risk management, and autonomous business intelligence without manual SQL overhead.

MCP ServerLLMsAgentic AINatural Language QueryingRAGPHP/LaravelRedisMySQLPostgreSQL
Crypto Payment Gateway

Built a self-hosted Monero payment infrastructure using a local full node — implemented subaddress-based wallet management for per-transaction isolation, real-time payment verification via Monero RPC, and full transaction lifecycle handling with no third-party payment provider.

PHP/LaravelGoPythonPostgreSQL

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
2021
Engineering Leadership Suite
LinkedIn Learning
2023

Languages

Italian — NativeEnglish — Professional
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