Franco Pipolo · Software Developer · Rosario, Argentina
6+ years helping teams ship MVPs, modernize legacy code, and automate ops. Available for freelance projects.
About
I'm a software developer with 6+ years shipping product at companies and remote teams. My work covers the full cycle: understand the problem, design the solution, implement it, and keep it alive in production.
I move comfortably across backend, frontend, and ops, with a focus on readable code, tests where they matter, and architecture decisions that age well. I'm not chasing this month's framework — I'm chasing what solves your business problem with the least risk.
I work freelance / contractor with startups and tech teams that need an extra pair of hands with judgment — not another junior who has to be told everything.
- Backward compatibility: I'd rather iterate on what works than rewrite for fashion.
- Bilingual communication (ES/EN): docs, standups, and PRs in whichever language your team needs.
- Mentor mindset: I've trained developers; I explain decisions instead of hiding them.
Services
MVP Launch
From idea to production. Proven stack, automated deploy, focus on getting out to validate — not on polishing what we don't yet know works.
4–8 weeks · remote
Ideal for: technical or non-technical founders who need their first real version in users' hands.
Let's talk about this →Legacy Modernization
Incremental refactor, zero-downtime migrations, clean separation of concerns. I keep the business running while the code improves underneath.
2–4 week sprints · optional monthly retainer
Ideal for: teams with a codebase that grew faster than its architecture.
Let's talk about this →DevOps & Automation
CI/CD, containers, reproducible deploys, basic observability. Less "works on my machine", more "works in production without anyone touching a server on a Friday night".
1–3 weeks · fixed-scope project or consulting
Ideal for: small teams still deploying by hand or depending on one person to ship changes.
Let's talk about this →Lab
What I build in public. Personal projects, experiments, things I write to learn and leave a trail. Everything here is in progress or freshly out of the oven — it's not a client portfolio.
pipolo.dev
in progressThis very site. Next.js 16, Tailwind v4, native i18n, self-hosted via Dokploy. A living case study on solid foundations before features.
Stack
Backend
Frontend
Ops & Tools
Contact
The most direct way to reach me is email. If you have a concrete project — or even a fuzzy idea of one — write to me. I reply within 48 business hours.
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