Portfolio · 2026 · Ravenna

Alen
Mangattu

Software developer focused on AI, systems, and shipping real products — from infra to ML experiments.

Open to opportunities
18 · Italy
EDUCATION
Computer Science
Sep 2021 — Jun 2026 · Diploma track
STACK
JavaPythonPHPTypeScriptSQLVue.jsSpring BootPyTorchAWSArch Linux

Employment

Work experience

Internships and client-facing roles that shaped how I build software and work with people.

Software Engineering Intern

Coopolis S.p.A · Via Faentina, Ravenna

Feb 2025 — Mar 2025
  • At 17, independently developed a production-grade reverse proxy management tool for Nginx, modernizing legacy infrastructure using PHP, MySQL, and Vue.js.
  • Delivered full system functionality in under 30 days, saving multiple hours of weekly maintenance by automating key workflows.
  • Selected by high school for a one-month real-world industry placement aimed at gaining practical engineering experience.
PHPMySQLVue.jsNginx

Client Experience & Operations

Hospitality (Waitstaff) · Casal Borsetti, Ravenna

Jun 2025 — Aug 2025
  • Developed strong interpersonal skills under high-pressure conditions: reading customer needs, managing concurrent workflows during peak service, staying composed under demand.
  • Applied people-reading and operational instincts to how I build and collaborate on technical products.
OperationsCommunication

Founder

Entrepreneurship

Three products shipped end-to-end — infra, product, and distribution — with clear lessons from each.Public sites are offline; carousels below are preserved screenshots from each product.

gcli.io

Aug 2025 — Oct 2025

AI-powered CLI for developers

  • Next.js frontend and Python backend on AWS with PostgreSQL and Redis; multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, etc.).
  • Applied to Y Combinator; shut down due to runway and marketing budget.
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site2app.tech

Oct 2025 — Dec 2025

B2B SaaS — website to mobile app

  • Flutter WebView wrapper with native camera and device features; one-click conversion for businesses.
  • Targeted teams wanting a mobile presence without custom app costs; did not reach PMF.
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telehunt.org

Jan 2025

Telegram bot discovery directory

  • Launched a directory for discovering and listing Telegram bots; meaningful organic traffic before shutdown due to operating costs.
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Build log

Projects

Deep dives from trading bots to transformers and diffusion — selected work I’m proud of.

Featured
Mar — Apr 2025·JavaPostgreSQLRedisTypeScript

Telegram Memecoin Trading Bot

Full-featured bot for memecoin trading via Raydium: copy trading, limit orders, live PnL. High-speed backend with intuitive chat UX for non-technical users.

Jun 2025·PyTorchTransformers

GPT-2 (124M) Transformer from Scratch

Implemented the 124M decoder from first principles per OpenAI’s 2019 paper; trained and evaluated with PyTorch.

Jul 2025·PyTorchDiffusion

Diffusion Transformer & DDPM

Diffusion Transformer and DDPM implementations within compute limits; diffusion mechanics, latent navigation, class-conditioned steering.

Jan 2025·Spring BootJava

Bitcoin Core REST API Wrapper

Auth and devnet key management; transfers between users via @username and ID lookups, Coinbase-style UX. Java Spring Boot, layered architecture.

Oct 2024·JavaNeuroevolution

Genetic Algorithm — Flappy Bird AI

Feedforward neural network evolved with a genetic algorithm in Java Swing — the project that kicked off my ML path.

Let's connect

Open to internships, collaborations, and conversations about ML, infra, and building products.

© 2026 Alen Mangattu