Available for AI/ML & full-stack projects

Tomas Mali

Software Engineer — AI/ML & Full-Stack Development

I'm passionate about building things end-to-end, and I love fine-tuning LLMs, architecting real-time backends, and crafting cross-platform apps. Based in Padua, Italy.

Padova, Italia tomasmali08@gmail.com +39 388 824 6051
Tomas Mali
About Me

Building robust software, obsessed with AI

I'm a Software Developer passionate about cutting-edge technologies and solid design practices. I analyze, architect and build robust, scalable solutions, constantly sharpening my analytical and problem-solving skills.

In recent projects I've integrated Artificial Intelligence models based on LLMs, personally handling both initial model development and fine-tuning on project-specific datasets.

Through in-depth work with LangChain, Hugging Face and local inference tooling, I've built end-to-end AI solutions that simplify complex workflows, automate text analysis and improve user experience.

These topics genuinely fascinate me — I keep studying the latest techniques in Natural Language Processing to deliver state-of-the-art results, whether that's a fine-tuned model, a real-time backend, or a self-hosted platform running on my own infrastructure.

Currently exploring

LLM Fine-Tuning LangChain Hugging Face TRL NLP Local Inference Agentic AI

Quick facts

  7+ years experience   Computer Science, Univ. of Padua   Runs a full self-hosted homelab
Career Path

Experience

Software Developer / Web Developer

Management software development
April 2018 — Present
Machine Learning Generative AI LangChain Streamlit Java Python 3 Flask / Django Angular / Vue 3 Node.js / Quasar Docker / Kubernetes AWS Telegram Bot

Internship — San Marco Informatica

BI design & implementation for budget processes
Nov 2017 — Mar 2018

Designed and built a budgeting/business-intelligence solution end to end, covering Java back-end development, JS/Angular front-end, and a Telegram Bot integration.

Software Engineering — Team Obelix

Monolith — RocketChat Platform API
Sep 2017 — Nov 2017

Part of Team Obelix, building Monolith for the Software Engineering course at the University of Padua — enabling interactive "bubbles" inside RocketChat.

Student Secretariat Assistant

University of Padua, Italy
Jan 2016 — May 2016

Front-desk duties: online form processing, student records, diploma distribution and file organization.

Intern — IT Systems Technician

Telecomputers, San Benedetto del Tronto
May 2013 — Sep 2013

Technical-electronics internship: computer maintenance, hardware technologies, and direct client support.

Featured Work

Projects

A selection of self-driven projects — spanning LLM fine-tuning, real-time systems, mobile apps and infrastructure. Most run live on my own self-hosted server.

Sonaio — Self-Hosted Music Streamer

A playback-first, self-hosted music platform: FastAPI backend, a private resolver microservice, and three native clients — Android (Java/Media3), iOS (SwiftUI/AVFoundation) and web. On-demand HLS streaming with pre-resolved metadata for instant skip/shuffle.

FastAPIPostgreSQLDockerAndroid · Java/Media3iOS · SwiftUI

Murlan — Real-Time Multiplayer Card Game

Server-authoritative implementation of Murlan, the traditional Albanian 4-player card game. Zero-trust game state, Redis-backed crash recovery, PostgreSQL match history, and AI bots with three genuinely distinct difficulty strategies.

Real-time BackendRedisPostgreSQLGame AI / Bots

YouTube Concert Splitter

A tool that downloads a YouTube concert recording and splits it into individually tagged tracks from a timestamped setlist — turning a two-hour live set into a properly organized, per-song album with artist/album metadata attached automatically.

PythonAudio ProcessingDocker

NVD Vulnerability Telegram Bot

A Telegram bot that watches the National Vulnerability Database in real time and pushes instant alerts the moment a new CVE is published — keeping infrastructure and dependency tracking a step ahead of disclosed threats.

Security AutomationTelegram Bot APIPythonCVE Monitoring
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Self-Hosted Homelab Infrastructure

A Proxmox-based home datacenter running a full personal cloud, entirely self-hosted: photo library, source control, media streaming, password vault, home automation, network-wide ad blocking and an end-to-end-encrypted notes sync stack — all reverse-proxied with automatic TLS and weekly backups.

ProxmoxDockerReverse Proxy / TLSLinux SysAdmin
This site runs on it
Academics

Education

University of Padua

Computer Science — Web Development
Aug 2006 — May 2010
Thesis: Design & implementation of a BI solution for budget management processes.

IPSIA San Benedetto del Tronto

Electronics Technician
Sep 2009 — Aug 2013 · Final grade 100/100
Project: "Solar Tracker" built on Arduino hardware.
Toolbox

Skills

AI & Machine Learning

LangChainHugging Face / TRLLLM Fine-Tuning Ollama / llama.cppNLPStreamlitGenerative AI

Backend & Languages

Python 3JavaNode.jsFlaskDjangoFastAPITomcat

Frontend

AngularVue 3QuasarReactJavaScriptHTML5 / CSS3

DevOps & Infrastructure

DockerKubernetesProxmoxAWSGitREST APIsTelegram Bots

Workflow

  • Mobile-first, responsive design
  • Cross-browser testing & debugging
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Agile development & Scrum
Beyond Work

Interests

Home Lab & Electronics

I spend much of my free time experimenting in my home lab — designing circuits, soldering boards, and building home-automation systems on Arduino and Raspberry Pi, driven by curiosity about the logic behind smart devices.

Outdoors & Reading

To recharge I hike, walk in nature and run outdoors — the energy and focus I need for my projects. At rest I read widely, from non-fiction to fiction, and explore music from jazz and rock to classical.

Social & Chess

I believe in the value of exchange and sociality — hosting friends or joining casual chess tournaments lets me test my strategic thinking and share ideas in an informal, stimulating setting.