Thomas Vitale

Thomas Vitale is a software engineer and architect specialized in building cloud native, resilient, and secure enterprise applications. He designs and develops software solutions at Systematic, Denmark, where he’s been working on modernizing platforms and applications for the cloud native world, focusing on developer experience and security.

Some of his main interests and focus areas are Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Knative, and cloud native technologies in general. Thomas supports continuous delivery practices and believes in a collaboration culture aimed at working together to deliver value to users, customers, and businesses. He likes contributing to open source projects like Spring Security and Spring Cloud, and sharing knowledge with the community.

Thomas has an MSc in Computer Engineering, specializing in software from the Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy). He is a CNCF Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, Pivotal Certified Spring Professional, and RedHat Certified Enterprise Application Developer. His speaking engagements include those for SpringOne, Spring I/O, KubeCon+CloudNativeCon, Devoxx, GOTO, JBCNConf, DevTalks, and J4K.

books by Thomas Vitale

Developer Experience on Kubernetes
  • MEAP began March 2025
  • Publication in Spring 2026 (estimated)
  • ISBN 9781633435384
  • 275 pages (estimated)
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white

Developer Experience on Kubernetes introduces developer-optimized tools and practices, ranging from local development to Kubernetes in production, illustrated by practical use cases that demonstrate the impact of these important technology choices. The book brings together the entire software development lifecycle from an application developer perspective, providing a coherent and cohesive view on how to work effectively on cloud native applications. The goal is to give you tools, processes, and strategies that you can apply immediately in real-world development.

Authors Maricio Salatino and Thomas Vitale take a modular approach to  developer experience, making it possible for you to adopt different tools and practices based on your own needs. You’ll get guidance for assessing and improving your existing developer experience, including under-emphasized areas like security, continuous delivery, and configuration. Along the way, you’ll meet many powerful tools from the Kubernetes ecosystem, including Podman, Testcontainers, Cloud Native Buildpacks, OpenTelemetry, Dapr, OpenFeature, Knative, Ollama, and more.

Cloud Native Spring in Action
  • November 2022
  • ISBN 9781617298424
  • 664 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Korean, Simplified Chinese

In Cloud Native Spring in Action, you’ll learn how to containerize your Spring Boot applications with Cloud Native Buildpacks and deploy them on Kubernetes. This practical guide delivers unique insights into hosting microservices, serverless applications, and other modern architectures on cloud platforms. You’ll learn how to use Spring-based methodologies, practices, and patterns that you won’t find anywhere else.