Mario Tarosso
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Mario Tarosso

Lead Software Engineering / Technical Architect

Lead Software Engineer specialising in full-stack development, game systems, and SaaS platforms. Experienced with Laravel, Vue.js, cloud infrastructure, and Unreal Engine. Passionate about building scalable products, improving system reliability, and creating engaging user experiences.

Currently developing game projects, developer tools, and AI-powered solutions, including MCP tools for vulnerability detection and automation. Focused on establishing strong guidelines for AI consistency, safety, and reliability—ensuring systems are not only powerful, but trustworthy and production-ready.

United Kingdommariojgt2@gmail.comgithub.com/mariojgtlinkedin.com/in/mario-tarossothedevrealm.com

Selected Projects

TheDevRealm

TheDevRealm

Personal website and YouTube channel focused on unreal engine game development.

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DevTitan

DevTitan

Unreal Engine backend services built for indie developers and small studios — available as a free plugin.

c++
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The Dev Realm Neo

The Dev Realm Neo

Open-source UI component library bringing neo-brutalist design to web applications.

vuereactjssvelt
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CV / Resume Builder – The Dev Realm

CV / Resume Builder – The Dev Realm

CV and resume builder designed specifically for software developers.

react
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invoicio

invoicio

Invoicio is a zero-backend invoice management app built with Vue 3 and Vite.

vue js
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feather engine

feather engine

Feather Engine is a browser-native game engine and editor built entirely in TypeScript

three js
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qa recipe

qa recipe

QA Recipe is a zero-config browser automation framework that turns JSON test recipes into real browser actions

MCP
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Experience

Aug 2025 – Present

Lead Software Engineer

Patchstack
  • Architects MCP server infrastructure powering AI-driven threat intelligence pipelines, delivering real-time vulnerability coverage across 3M+ WordPress sites for Hostinger and GoDaddy.
  • Led full modernisation of a distributed microservices platform into a unified, scalable architecture — reducing delivery cycles from 6 months to 2 months while maintaining 99%+ uptime across 12,000+ customer sites.
  • Architect and operate observability infrastructure using Prometheus and Grafana across 500+ microservices, delivering real-time platform-wide visibility for engineering teams.
  • Architect security-critical microservices platform on AWS ECS using Node.js and PHP stacks, protecting 3,000+ enterprise users against 13,000+ known vulnerabilities.
Node.jsTypeScriptReactPHPLaravelVue.jsDockerAWS ECS
Nov 2024 – Aug 2025

Senior Software Engineer

Patchstack
  • Engineered distributed system resilience for a vulnerability scanning platform serving 12,000+ websites globally, reducing downtime and improving developer experience using Node.js and AWS.
  • Engineered automated testing frameworks in Node.js and TypeScript, increasing release confidence and achieving 99.9% uptime across a security-critical, high-availability platform.
  • Modernised a legacy distributed system in Node.js/TypeScript on AWS, reducing customer-facing incidents by 40% and improving enterprise uptime SLA compliance.
Node.jsAWSTypescriptRustTauriiPHP
May 2024 – Nov 2025

Software Engineer

Freelancer · Bournemouth
  • Led backend and frontend development of internal CRM and automation tools, improving call centre efficiency by 40%.
  • Integrated a new call-centre platform, reducing manual workload by 10+ hours weekly.
  • Delivered scalable features in Laravel and Vue, improving performance and UX.
  • Engineered CI/CD pipelines and microservice optimisations using Docker and AWS, reducing automated deployment time by 40–60%.
LaravelPHPVue.jsNuxt.jsTypeScriptMySQLTwilio APIDocker
Sept 2023 – May 2024

Full Server Game Developer

Frontier · Cambridge
  • Designed and maintained AWS-based multiplayer server infrastructure for Planet Zoo, achieving zero downtime.
  • Reduced server costs by 15% through optimized configurations and automation.
  • Engineered backend systems using MySQL, DynamoDB, and Redis to deliver sub-50ms real-time gameplay data processing across live game sessions.
  • Scaled game server infrastructure across AWS, DynamoDB, and Redis, reducing latency by 30% and supporting a 2× increase in concurrent player load.
AWSPHPPythonJavaScriptMySQLDynamoDBRedisC++

Skills

Technical
PHPNode.jsTypeScriptLinuxMicroservicesObservabilityAI (LLMs)CybersecurityPythonJavaScript
Frameworks
LaravelVue.jsNuxt.jsReactTailwind CSS
Databases
MySQLRedisDynamoDB
Cloud
AWSS3ECSCloudFormationServerless
Tools
DockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsGitKafkaPHPUnitCypressJest
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentorshipAgile
AI
MCP

Get in touch

Open to new opportunities — reach out any time.

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