Lodovico (Vico) Minnocci

Software Engineer. Cloud architect. From start-ups and Fortune 500. Currently: autonomous vehicles.

About

Cloud Architect & Developer

I build cloud-native systems at every scale — from startups to Fortune 500 infrastructure, and now autonomous vehicle software at Torc Robotics. I've led cloud, DevOps, and observability strategy across a wide range of domains. Clean architecture, observable systems, and shipping things that matter are what drive me.

  • Contact: v m i n n o c c i @ g m a i l . c o m
  • Degree: Master of Computer Science
  • Certifications:
    • AZ-400 DevOps Expert
    • AZ-305 Solutions Architect
    • AZ-104 Administrator
    • AZ-900 Fundamentals
    • AWS Solutions Architect
    • AWS Developer

Skills

I've acquired many skills over the years ...

Currently Working With
TypeScript React GitHub Actions Software Architecture AWS Lambda AWS API Gateway AWS S3 AWS DynamoDB API Design and Development Datadog / Observability Python Terraform
Broader Expertise
Azure DevOps Azure Cloud Azure Administration Docker / Containerization DevSecOps SNYK Cryptography and Security Concepts Pen Testing Tools C# Object-Oriented Design Java Relational Databases Node.js Agile / Scrum Jenkins

Certifications

Experience

A career built on architecting and delivering cloud-native systems at scale.

Senior Software Engineer

Sept 2024 – Present

Torc Robotics — Autonomous Vehicle Software

  • Developed React applications for monitoring vehicle fault events and visualizing live truck data including cameras, lidar, and mission logs.
  • Built a configuration management system to track hardware and software changes and enforce compliance across the fleet.
  • Designed a REST API integrated with DynamoDB, documented via OpenAPI, enabling automated client SDK generation.
  • Authored Datadog dashboards, SLOs, and Synthetic monitoring tests for observability across services.
  • Wrote unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to maintain high code quality and build confidence.
ReactTypeScriptAWS DynamoDBREST APIOpenAPIDatadogSLO/SLI

Technical Advisor

Jan 2009 – Present

Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT

  • Serving on the Technical Advisory Committee for the Computer Science Department, providing industry perspective on curriculum, technology trends, and graduate outcomes.
AdvisoryComputer ScienceCurriculum

Systems Architect

Dec 2020 – Sept 2024

Ancera — Branford, CT — Edge AI & Agri-tech

  • Led Azure administration, DevOps strategy, and security initiatives; drove the organization to SOC 2 compliance.
  • Designed edge AI solutions using Docker, NVIDIA GPUs, and Ubuntu, improving image recognition performance by 700%.
  • Maintained top scores in cost, security, reliability, and performance across all Azure infrastructure.
  • Implemented DevSecOps practices with Snyk and Beagle Security; developed secure, auditable CI/CD pipelines.
  • Built ML-Ops workflows for TensorFlow in Docker; deployed private container and Python artifact registries.
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Lead Integration Engineer

Jul 2019 – Dec 2020

Subway — Milford, CT — Global Quick-Service Restaurant

  • Designed and developed APIs for mobile, web, and B2B integrations serving millions of users daily.
  • Led an international engineering team; implemented AWS serverless architecture and CI/CD pipelines.
AWSServerlessAPI DesignCI/CDTeam Leadership

Principal Software Engineer

Jul 2015 – Jul 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific — Fortune 500 Life Sciences

  • Developed platform applications using Java, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS for Fortune 500 clients.
  • Pioneered containerization and observability prototypes on Kubernetes, laying the foundation for enterprise-wide adoption.
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Adjunct Faculty Instructor

Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT

  • Taught CSC 443: Internet Programming in Node.js to undergraduate computer science students.
Node.jsTeaching

Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer

May 2009 – Mar 2014

Fiserv — Wallingford, CT — Financial Technology

  • Led onshore and offshore development teams building a commercial real-time bill payment web service used by major retail establishments.
  • Owned client relationships, project estimation, code reviews, and performance tuning for a system processing over $1M in daily transactions.
  • Progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Team Lead over ~5 years, growing scope from individual contribution to team and delivery ownership.
Java.NETTeam LeadershipWeb ServicesPerformance Tuning

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2008 – May 2009

The Hartford — Fortune 500 Insurance

  • Developed .NET enterprise applications for one of the largest insurance carriers in the US.
.NETC#Enterprise Software

Software Engineer

2002 – May 2008

Neopost Technologies — Document & Postage Technology

  • Designed and developed Java and .NET applications for enterprise document management and postage automation systems.
Java.NETEnterprise Software

Software Engineer

Mar 1996 – Mar 2002

Ingenix (UnitedHealth Group) — Healthcare Data & Analytics

  • Built healthcare data and analytics applications on ASP.NET and the MicroStrategy platform for a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary.
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Education

Master of Science, Computer Science

2002 – 2006

Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT

  • GPA: 3.7

Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

1993 – 1996

Southern Connecticut State University — New Haven, CT

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