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Marco Bassi

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Head Of Engineering at Spendesk
📍 Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Marco is the Head of Engineering at Spendesk, leading the Payments and Platform groups. His expertise lies in fintech, payment systems, platform architecture, and scaling engineering teams. A graduate of the Università degli Studi di Milano, he has previously held roles at Empatic and IBM, where he earned an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award.

Outside of his tech leadership role, Marco is a father and a long-time football referee with the Italian Referee Association. His passions include bike touring, having completed a 1500 km trip across Italy, as well as cooking, indie music, and Italian comic books. He also co-organizes the Engineering Leader Milano meetup.

Unique fact: Marco has been an official football referee since 2005.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head Of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Fintech & Payments
Leads the Payments department at Spendesk, overseeing financial services, KYC/AML compliance, fraud risk, and secure payment infrastructure.
Platform Engineering
He founded and leads Spendesk's Platform group, focusing on integrations and Public APIs, and has spoken on the topic at conferences like Platform Summit.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Head Of Engineering
Spendesk
10-2021 - 6-2024
Head Of Engineering
Spendesk
1-2019 - 9-2021
Engineering Manager
Empatica
3-2016 - 1-2019
Senior Fullstack Engineer
Empatica
7-2015 - 3-2016
Staff Software Engineer
IBM
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Education
2009 - 2012
Bachelor
Università degli Studi di Milano
2011 - 2011
Exchange Student (Erasmus)
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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