Hi, I’m Christian Giacomi — but everyone calls me Chris.
I’m a Senior Backend Engineer and Tech Lead with more than 25 years of experience building distributed systems, leading technical direction, and shipping production software across fintech and SaaS products. I work across the full stack, but my strongest focus is backend architecture and system design.
I’m passionate about creating software that’s simple, reliable, and built to last. Over the years I’ve worked with Java, C#, Ruby, Python, Typescript, Go and presently Kotlin and I’ve designed services that power critical business workflows at scale. I care deeply about clarity, communication, engineering culture, and the kind of decision-making that turns a codebase into a product rather than a pile of technical debt.
My interests sit at the intersection of:
- Backend engineering with Go
- Distributed systems & event-driven architectures
- API design & contract-first development
- System reliability & performance
- Developer experience & maintainability
- Full-stack integration (Go + React/MobX)
- Engineering leadership & team culture
I believe good engineering is not about over-engineering. It’s about designing systems that solve real problems, scale naturally, and can be understood and maintained by the people who inherit them.
This blog is where I write about what I’ve learned — the architectural patterns that work, the ones that don’t, the trade-offs behind real decisions, and the practical lessons that come from building and supporting software in the real world. My goal isn’t to impress; it’s to be useful.
If you’re interested in backend design, system architecture, engineering leadership, or practical Go development, I hope you’ll find something here that helps you in your own work.
Thanks for stopping by.
— Chris