Giuseppe Ognibene

Hi, I’m Giuseppe! 👋 🔗

(Or Pino 🌲 to my friends.)

🚀 Software Engineer (eBPF Team) @ Coralogix 🔗

I’m passionate about Linux networking, Kubernetes, and open-source, my main area is eBPF.

In my spare time, I like to work on personal projects and learn new things.

💼 Career 🔗

Software Engineer (eBPF Team) @ Coralogix (Remote - Italy) 🔗

📅 October 2024 - Present

I’m currently working on observability software based on eBPF.

Software Engineer @ Rakuten Mobile Inc. (Remote - Italy) 🔗

📅 October 2024 - September 2024
Main contributor to a networking software project for 5G observability using eBPF.

Designing and implementing the eBPF Agent, including components for load balancing, traffic classification, and observability.
Managing the full development lifecycle.
Mentoring junior team members.

Relevant expertise: eBPF, Go, Networking, Kubernetes, GCP, 5G, Mentorship.

Software Engineer @ Rakuten Mobile Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) 🔗

📅 July 2023 - July 2024
Developed 5G network monitoring software with eBPF, now in production in the RMI network, replacing third-party tools and cutting costs, with architecture-agnostic design.

Designed and implemented gRPC API for Agent and Backend.
Built Go CLI for Agent interaction.
Managed testing, deployment, and security.
Mentored junior team members.

Admin of on-prem 5G staging cluster.

Relevant expertise: eBPF, Go, Networking, Kubernetes, 5G, Mentorship.

Research Fellow @ Polytechnic of Turin (Fully Remote) 🔗

📅 May 2021 - June 2023

Designed Polycube architecture enabling network service creation in multiple languages with a remote control plane to support more developers. Worked on the Kubernetes component of a 5G observability project.
Authored scientific articles, explored emerging technologies, and provided guidance to 3 thesis students as a co-supervisor.

Relevant expertise: eBPF, Go, 5G, Kubernetes, gRPC, C++, C, Mentorship.

Graduate Researcher @ Polytechnic of Turin 🔗

📅 October 2020 - March 2021

Master’s Thesis: Toward efficient DDoS detection with eBPF.

Relevant expertise: eBPF, DDoS mitigation algorithms, Networking, Python, C++.

Open Source Developer (CrownLabs) @ Polytechnic of Turin 🔗

📅 March 2020 - July 2020

Contributed to CrownLabs, a project enabling students to use an Ubuntu machine via browser during COVID-19.
Worked on monitoring, integrating Prometheus and Grafana.

Relevant expertise: Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana.

Open Source Developer (Polycube) @ Polytechnic of Turin 🔗

📅 October 2019 - June 2020

Completed a double thesis course project, adding backward-compatible white-box monitoring for Polycube.
Enabled Polycube services to expose metrics for better observability.

Relevant expertise: C++, Networking, Prometheus.

🎓 Education 🔗

Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering 🔗

📍 Polytechnic of Turin | 📅 2018 - 2021

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering 🔗

📍 Polytechnic of Turin | 📅 2014 - 2018