Gabriele Gerbino developed core backend features for Kong’s plugin and upstream target management, focusing on compatibility and efficiency. On the developer.konghq.com repository, Gabriele built a compatibility layer to support Kong Gateway v3.13 plugins, enforcing version compliance and reducing upgrade friction for plugin developers. In the go-kong and go-database-reconciler repositories, Gabriele implemented global target retrieval methods, enabling efficient, single-call access to upstream target data and reducing API round-trips. The work leveraged Go, API development, and version control, with thorough documentation updates. These contributions addressed operational risks and improved data access patterns, demonstrating depth in backend engineering and cross-repo collaboration.