Luca Doglione

Hello,I'mLuca.

I like to build things: software, products, and the architecture that keeps them together. Sometimes they also glow.

At work I am an engineering manager in the software team at Arduino (a Qualcomm company). Based in Turin.

Luca with orange sunglasses, in a park with palm trees
that's me

Things I like doing

(at work)

At work I build software products with my teams: the code, the architecture and the screens people use.

Building software

(mostly at work)

I write bugs code.

Mostly Go and TypeScript. Writing code is still the way I think best.

I draw boxes and arrows.

Architecture is my favourite puzzle: many small pieces, a few good rules, and no shortcuts between them.

I make systems talk to each other.

APIs, webhooks and queues. I like the glue that makes two products work as one.

Making interfaces

(web, mobile, anything with a screen)
go on

I make things nice to use.

A button should answer when you press it, and a tool should work without reading the manual.

I build for the web.

Websites and web apps, from the first sketch to the last pixel. Fast pages, please.

I build for your pocket.

Mobile apps that feel at home on a phone: quick, clear and easy to use with one hand.

Working with people

(the part that is not code)

I ask why, before how.

Before I build something, I want to know who it is for and why it should exist.

I help teams ship.

I lead three small teams, about ten people. My job is to remove what slows them down.

So far

(company by company)

  1. Arduino

    2021 → today · now part of Qualcomm

    1. 2026

      Senior Staff Manager

      I manage the teams behind frontend and mobile apps, the Go microservices of Arduino Cloud, the Arduino websites and the learning platform. I also lead the software QA team.

    2. 2023

      Associate Engineering Manager

      I led the mobile and web teams in the Software & Cloud area: mobile apps, Arduino websites and the services around Arduino Cloud.

    3. 2022

      Senior Specialist Software Engineer

      I was responsible for the web and mobile teams: microservices and React apps on one side, IoT Remote and Science Journal on the other. I also worked on architecture, development and code review.

    4. 2021

      Senior Software Engineer

      I designed and developed microservices and frontend applications.

  2. Marelli

    2018 → 2021

    1. 2020

      HMI Technical Leader

      I led the prototypes built with new technologies: research on modern and reusable UI, plus a team to manage, train and support.

    2. 2018

      HMI Software Engineer

      I was architect and developer for the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio infotainment, with attention to performance and code reuse.

  3. Teoresi

    2016 → 2018

    1. 2016

      Software Engineer Consultant

      I worked as a consultant for Magneti Marelli in the infotainment area, as GUI developer and analyst in the HMI team.

  4. Politecnico di Torino

    2011 → 2016

    1. 2016

      MSc in Computer Engineering

      Software and Digital Systems Engineering. My thesis was on information security and forensic analysis.

    2. 2014

      BSc in Computer Engineering

  5. Aethia

    2014

    1. 2014

      Intern

      I spent four months on HPC configuration and testing.

The long version is on LinkedIn

After work

(away from the office)

After work I go outside, or I build small objects for my home and my desk. Most of them light up.

Getting outside

(no screens allowed)

Gravel rides.

Long rides on gravel roads, as far as my legs go.

Snowboarding.

Winter weekends in the mountains, as many as I can get.

Trekking.

Mountain paths, a backpack and no rush to arrive.

Swimming.

Lanes in the pool: the best place to clear my head.

Making things that light up

(my hobby)
sunrisesunset

A lamp that copies the sun.

It follows sunrise and sunset where it lives, with the same colours of the sky outside.

A cube that sets the mood.

3D printed, with a small board inside. Put it down on one side and the lights at home change.

A light behind the TV.

The wall behind it glows with the same colours as the picture on the screen.

Games on 96 LEDs.

Twelve by eight lights on a small board are enough for Flappy Bird and Pong.

Gadgets for my desk

(I use them every day)

A screen with my day.

The weather, the time and my next meeting. During a call, a bar shows how much time is left.

A hippo that watches me work.

It sits on my monitor and talks to Claude. Its mood follows how many tokens I used today, compared with a normal day, and it looks curious when an agent needs my input.

A macropad with my shortcuts.

Seventeen keys, two knobs and a tiny screen. I built a small web editor to program it.

Say hi

For any question, send me an email and I'll get back to you. I swear.

hello@lukdog.com

Or find me on GitHub, LinkedIn and Instagram.