Davide Falcone

Fintech Engineer. I build backend systems where bugs have legal consequences.

Lead Engineer at Moneyfarm · Previously IOG/IOHK (Cardano)

About

Lead Software Engineer with 7+ years building regulated financial platforms and blockchain infrastructure. Currently at Moneyfarm, CASS reconciliation, fee billing architecture, event-driven microservices, £15B AUM under FCA regulation. Previously led a 7-engineer team at IOG building credential verification on Cardano.

Newsletter

Every two weeks I write about what it actually takes to build financial software, architecture tradeoffs in regulated environments, domain knowledge most engineers skip, and patterns that matter when handling real money.

Experience

Moneyfarm — Lead Software Engineer
2025 – Present
CASS reconciliation architecture · ITA/UK repricing · FCA-regulated billing · £15B AUM
IOG / IOHK — Lead Software Engineer
2023 – 2024
7-engineer team · Credential verification platform · Scala, Akka, Play
Moneyfarm — Software Engineer
2022 – 2023
Kafka event-driven billing · Public API design · Cats Effect migration
ExtraRed — Java Developer → Team Lead
2020 – 2022
Promoted in 9 months · 5 backend engineers · AWS migration

Stack

Scala · Java · TypeScript · Rust · Python · Kafka · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · Docker · Kubernetes · AWS

Open Source

Awesome Solana Trader
Open source Telegram bot for Solana trading. Stop-loss, take-profit, Jupiter DEX integration.
github.com/davidefalcone21/awesome-solana-trader
Python RAG Patterns
RAG examples comparing local (Ollama) and cloud (AWS Bedrock) approaches.
github.com/davidefalcone21/python-rag-patterns

Contact

Open to conversations about fintech engineering, regulated systems, and blockchain infrastructure.

davide@davidefalcone.com LinkedIn GitHub Substack