As a software engineer with 10 years of experience, I've built my career on a core belief: that the most powerful systems are defined by their human experience. This principle, shaped by my background in psychology, drives me to bridge the divide between complex software architecture and elegant, intuitive user interfaces.
I put this philosophy into practice across the full stack by delivering modern frontend applications, designing robust APIs, and building the scalable, distributed backend systems that power them. I am now keenly focused on applying this user-centric approach to the world of AI, ensuring that intelligent systems are not only powerful but also accessible and intuitive.
- Email: danieletortora.contact@gmail.com
- Website: https://www.danieletortora.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieletortora/
Outside of my day to day work, I like solving problems and playing around with new technologies. Check my pinned repositories to know more about my personal work.
🎮 Retro Game Portfolio - A portfolio disguised as a 90s point-and-click adventure
A personal website presented as a LucasArts-style point-and-click adventure, in the spirit of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango. Walk through an airport to three painted rooms, one for each country I have lived in (Sorrento, London and Zürich), where About, Skills, Experience, Contact and Resume open as illustrated close-ups. On desktop it runs inside a working Windows 98 desktop; on phones it becomes a portrait Pocket Adventure. You never have to play: a travel-trunk toolbar opens any section in one click.
Built with React, TypeScript and a small custom canvas engine, and made with AI agents (Claude Code and OpenAI Codex) under my direction. Read how it was built.
🧮 CalcolaFisco.com - Italian Tax Calculator Suite
A comprehensive, multilingual web application providing accurate Italian tax calculations for 2025 regulations. Built to help Italian citizens, expats, and professionals navigate Italy's complex tax system with confidence.
🔨 Gavel - A distributed, event-driven Auction platform
A distributed auction platform designed for data consistency and architectural resilience. Built with Go, Postgres, and RabbitMQ, Gavel leverages ConnectRPC and Protobuf for high-performance, type-safe API communication, alongside a robust event-driven architecture to decouple services and ensure reliable state management across the system.
🎲 Paniere - A digital version of the Tombola Napoletana
A digital version of the traditional Neapolitan Tombola game with a retro twist!
🧑🤝🧑 Go Social - Social Media Platform
A social network platform built in Go and React.