Alberto Arena

Software Engineer and Web Developer in Messina, Italy

Senior software engineer with deep Laravel and full-stack expertise, focused on integrating LLMs into real development workflows as architecture, not as a gimmick.

Recently designed and shipped a Stripe-powered premium subscriptions billing system for a B2B SaaS platform, built end to end with an agentic Claude Code workflow using plan-first development, TDD, and event sourcing, with every commit reviewed and approved.

Delivered e-commerce platforms for international brands including Jameson and Midleton. Maintains open-source Laravel tooling with thousands of installs. Available for remote contract engagements.