Paolo Francesco Riva Riquelme

In this role, I served as a core technical consultant for one of Italy's largest financial institutions, managing a diverse portfolio of 3 to 5 concurrent projects. While my initial focus centered on PL/SQL development, I proactively expanded my technical repertoire to meet the client's evolving architectural requirements, integrating Bash, Python, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Teradata, DataStage and advanced data engineering patterns into my workflow.
A primary achievement in this role was leading the migration of over 30 critical ETL pipelines from a legacy environment (DataStage and Teradata) to a modern, cloud-native architecture leveraging PySpark and Google BigQuery. Additionally, I managed the telemetry pipeline infrastructure, a high-throughput system responsible for processing and storing millions of daily event traces from web and mobile platforms.
Beyond my direct development responsibilities, I became an expert in the client's internal CI/CD frameworks and ecosystem. This allowed me to act as a horizontal support pillar, providing technical guidance and troubleshooting for various divisions to ensure seamless integration across the client's broader application landscape.

Following my promotion. I stepped into the role of PL/SQL lead, taking over after the previous lead moved to a new position. I reported directly to the functional analyst and served as the primary developer for the project. In addition, I was responsible for managing and allocating tasks across a small team of developers. This role represented my first leadership experience and required balancing distribution with each team member's flexible schedule and differing levels of expertise in the system.

This role marked my first full professional experience as a PL/SQL developer. I contributed to the development and maintenance of a large‑scale data‑migration and inventory‑management solution for the merger of two telecommunications companies. During the transition, the legacy and new inventory platforms operated simultaneously, requiring real‑time, bidirectional synchronization. All transactional events executed on one system had to be captured, translated, and replicated on the other, a process fully implemented in PL/SQL. I was part of a core development team of three permanent members, supported by additional temporary developers during peak development phases.

The trainee program was divided into two stages. The initial phase consisted of intensive classroom training in core technologies such as computer logic, Java development, SQL and Oracle databases, and web application frameworks (Java Spring). After passing the technical evaluation, I joined an active client engagement. I was assigned to a multi-year telecommunications migration project, supported by an excellent recommendation from my classroom professor.

I developed analytical and automation tools to enhance workflow efficiency within the trading desk and to strengthen decision-making for natural gas trading.

Following the strong outcomes of my thesis research, I was entrusted with a new phase of application development. As a newly graduated researcher, I led the formulation of intumescent polyurethane tailored for multiple application types including coatings, foams, and sprayable systems.

During my thesis research on intumescent polyurethane coatings, I unexpectedly identified an efficient method for producing polyurethane foam that retains the key properties required for the application. This finding led the university to hire me to further develop the process in parallel with my thesis.