Freelance Software Engineer · Angular · Django

Marino
Di Clemente

I shipped my first website in 1999, on a 486. Twenty years on I still build the software businesses run on every day — enterprise platforms, security tooling, full products end to end — for international clients and as products of my own. I pick the right stack instead of forcing one, and I stay until it ships and holds up in production.

AngularTypeScriptDjangoSymfony / LaravelPostgreSQL

See the work Start a project → Available · Q3 2026
20+years building for the web
Full-stackfrom code to cloud infra
Trani, ITremote · worldwide

About

Twenty years, the whole stack

I'm a full-stack developer with 20 years of experience — and I've been building for the web since 1999, when I put my first site online from a 486.

What runs through my work is range and ownership: Angular and React front-ends for European enterprises, Laravel, Django/Python and Symfony back-ends, and the cloud infrastructure underneath — often all three layers on the same project, built single-handed. Knowing when not to add complexity is half the job.

Along the way I've built things I'm proud of: an ESA co-funded telemedicine platform with the Politecnico di Bari, Italy's first ministerial portal on WordPress, products used at national scale. Whether it's your project or mine, the goal is the same — software that holds up in production and works for people even when I'm not in the room.

01

Right tool, not one tool

I match the stack to the problem — and keep solutions as simple as they can be.

02

Full-stack, infrastructure included

Front-end, back-end and the cloud infra underneath — I own the whole stack, not just a layer.

03

Security-minded

OWASP-aware by default — I think about how things break before they do.

04

I build my own products

Not just billable hours — I design, ship and run products of my own.

Toolbox

What I work with

Twenty years across the stack — I pick what fits the problem, then own it end to end.

Back-end

PHPSymfonyLaravelDjango / PythonREST API designPostgreSQLMySQL

Front-end

AngularReactTypeScriptRxJSIonic / CapacitorHTML5 / CSS3Astro

Cloud & DevOps

AWS CDKCloud infrastructureDockerLinuxCI/CDNginxGit

Architecture & Security

System designMulti-tenant SaaSWeb security / OWASPDatabase designDesign patternsLegacy modernization

Right tool, not one tool

I match the stack to the problem and the team — and keep solutions as simple as they can be.

Front to infrastructure

From the database and the cloud infra to the front-end — I handle every layer, not just one.

From client work to products

I apply the same engineering to my own products — designing, shipping and running them end to end.

Featured Projects

A mix of client work and products of my own — client names under NDA are anonymized.

Django

Security-Awareness Training Platform

A multi-tenant security-awareness SaaS for a listed European cybersecurity vendor — front-end, back-end and cloud infrastructure, built single-handed.

DjangoAngularTypeScriptAWS CDK +3 more
role: Solo — full-stack + cloud infra
stack: Django + Angular + AWS CDK
status: In production, multi-country
Django

Adaptive-Learning Platform

A multi-tenant, mobile-first adaptive-learning SaaS for corporate onboarding and training — same solo full-stack and cloud approach.

DjangoAngularTypeScriptAWS CDK +1 more
role: Full-stack + cloud infra
stack: Django + Angular + AWS CDK
status: In active development
Angular

Digital Trust & e-Signature Platform

Front-end and embeddable web components for a European digital-trust and e-signature platform used at national scale.

AngularTypeScriptWeb ComponentsRxJS +2 more
client: European digital-trust provider (under NDA)
role: Front-end / web components
domain: Digital identity & e-signature
Angular

Real-Time Sports Betting Front-End

High-traffic, real-time sports-betting interface for a major Italian gaming operator.

AngularTypeScriptRxJSWebSockets +1 more
client: Major Italian gaming operator (under NDA)
domain: Sports betting
focus: Real-time, high-traffic UI
Laravel

Enterprise Commerce & Loyalty (DXP)

B2B commerce and loyalty experiences built on an enterprise digital-experience platform.

LaravelPHPReactTypeScript +2 more
client: Enterprise DXP programme (under NDA)
role: Full-stack — Laravel + React
domain: B2B commerce & loyalty
PHP

Open-Source & Developer Tooling

Symfony bundles and developer tools published on GitHub over the years.

PHPSymfonyPythonShell +1 more
where: github.com/KernelFolla
focus: Reusable libraries
langs: PHP / Python

Experience

Two decades of shipping

Independent Full-Stack Developer & Product Builder

Recent years

Freelance · MARINO.DEV · Italy · Remote

Full-stack work for European enterprises, alongside building my own products. Client names are under NDA — see the Selected Work section for the anonymized projects.

  • Security-awareness training SaaS — front-end, back-end and AWS infra, single-handed
  • Full-stack commerce & loyalty on an enterprise DXP (Laravel + React)
  • Front-end and web components for a European digital-trust & e-signature platform
  • Real-time, high-traffic UI for a major Italian gaming operator
AngularReactTypeScriptDjangoLaravelAWS CDK

Senior Web Developer

PHP / Symfony years

Freelance & in-house teams · Italy · Remote

A long run building and maintaining web applications in the PHP and Symfony world, gradually moving into modern Angular and TypeScript front-ends.

  • Designed and shipped PHP / Symfony web applications end to end
  • Published open-source Symfony bundles still on GitHub
  • Adopted Angular and TypeScript as the front-end matured
  • Moved into mobile with Ionic and Capacitor
PHPSymfonyLaravelAngularMySQLJavaScript

Web Developer

Where it started

Early career · Italy

The start of a 20-year career, in the classic PHP / MySQL / JavaScript world — learning by shipping real things for real clients.

  • Built dynamic websites and web apps from the ground up
  • Learned the full stack the hard way — front to database
  • Developed the habit of choosing the simplest thing that works
  • Began two decades of continuous client delivery
PHPMySQLJavaScriptHTMLCSS
Full history on LinkedIn →

Contact

Let's build something that lasts

A product to build, a system to rescue, or a stack decision to get right? Email me — I read every message and reply to the ones with a real why.

kernelfolla@gmail.com
Based in
Trani, Italy · remote worldwide
Time zone
CET (Europe/Rome)
Languages
Italian · English
Availability
Open to new projects