Michal M.

About Me

I am a Senior Software Engineer building secure, well-designed solutions that simplify and enhance software projects for clients - providing leadership for the delivery of responsive, flexible and responsible solutions that elevate performance in a collaborative environment. I thrive in a hands-on position that requires technical knowledge; striving to push the frontiers of solutions in blockchain and artificial intelligence on functionality, performance, reliability and scalability.

AI, ML & LLM

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

QA & Testing

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - Present (5 years)
Remotet
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Reli
Reli
Co-Founder
2018 - Present (7 years)
  • Led and managed Reli's Kubernetes platform development, deployment, and support tasks; administering the Kubernetes clusters and implementing automation patterns based on industry best practices.

  • Leveraged container cloud apps and DevOps processes in setting up Reli's Istio service mesh, automated service for handling monitoring and alerts, and site reliability engineering principles.

  • Developed the solution roadmap and set the direction for the delivery of a highly available Platform as a service (PaaS) solution for Reli.Cloud.

Multichain Ventures
Multichain Ventures
CIO
2018 - Present (7 years)
Las Vegas, United States
  • Built out Multichain's dev team, determined its strategic direction, established best practices and utilized different toolset and open source stack in delivering offerings on the project.

  • Led the development and implementation of web apps, mobile apps, blockchain Dapps and API for Multichain; tailoring its resources and technologies to the strategic plan.

  • Oversaw the implementation of standards, procedures and visibility tools for the introduction of in-app user-behaviour monitoring through funnels, user acquisition, retention, and monetization techniques.

William Hill
William Hill
Lead Developer
2018 - 2018
Gibraltar
  • Took ownership for the development and release of three corporate apps for William Hill; handling maintenance and technical documentation tasks.

  • Led processes for the release of a new product; working with the dev team throughout the project to produce solutions for reliability and scale, ensuring minimal refactoring or changes.

  • Consulted on and implemented performance benchmarks and improvements on new solutions for William Hill; working closely with QA and BA for consistency.

Viking Garage
Viking Garage
Founder & CEO
2017 - Present (8 years)
Warsaw, Poland
  • Contributed to Viking Garage's mission, goals, and objectives; bootstrapping it for nine months and creating a top-class dev team to release the product in three months.

  • Led development processes on the project; defining, articulating, and executing iterative software development strategies with over 55k lines of open-source code.

  • Provided requirements for the implementation of an open-source blockchain IoT solution; presenting the solution at three international conferences and expanding its reach to Spain, Portugal, and Indonesia.

Maxwell Health
Maxwell Health
Senior Software Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked as a technical lead to four teams on the project consecutively and coordinated activities between teams and team leaders; planning, scoping and grooming tasks for teams and peers.

  • Wrote code for frontend and backend components; evangelizing and implementing best practices on the solution, planning the architecture and setting up the automated infrastructure.

  • Cultivated a creative and constructive culture that fostered collaboration and clear communication between peers across the organization.

MarketMuse
MarketMuse
Lead UI Developer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Remote
  • Promoted an agile model of development; making architectural, design, and technical recommendations to improve MarketMuse's product; placing the UI team ahead of the curve.

  • Participated in sprints with a focus on the functional integrity of solutions; introducing Gitflow, unit testing and E2E testing within a continuous integration environment.

  • Mentored and collaborated with other developers on the project; allowing team members to gain complementary skills on-the-job.

Toptal
Toptal
Blockchain Developer
2014 - Present (11 years)
Remote
  • Improved and extended Eyeadvise's legacy app consisting of several modules hosted on Google App Engine; fixing existing issues, adding new functionalities, E2E testing and external services.

  • Employed a collaborative approach in upgrading Metavaluate's legacy app in terms of structure, performance, design, user interface, and experience.

  • Worked on an insurance MVP; architecting a reactive system with multiple data and workflow diagrams, and system architecture schemas for generating insurance certificates in PDF form.

Airnauts
Airnauts
Software Engineer
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Warsaw, Poland
  • Designed, developed, optimized, debugged, and maintained different software solutions for Airnauts and partners using accepted engineering practices, frameworks and tools.

  • Provided insights for the configuration of modules on the CMS; adding support for different video/audio content providers and a robust SEO solution using lightweight web services.

  • Managed individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables within Airnauts; adopting best practices in software engineering and staying ahead of tools, trends and technologies.

Trewebs
Trewebs
Software Engineer
2012 - 2017 (5 years)
Warsaw, Poland
  • Built Trewebs' dev team for projects; indicating product requirements, evaluating trade-offs, and delivering solutions through Agile/Scrum/Kanban and BDD/TDD methodologies.

  • Leveraged expertise for investigations and resolution of technical problems; troubleshooting complex software issues for resolution on projects.

  • Applied expert software development skills for the delivery of a wide range of small and mid-sized custom Drupal CMS commercial projects for clients.

Freelance
Freelance
Web Developer
2007 - 2011 (4 years)
Remote
  • Developed, designed and managed websites and pages for varying clients on projects.

  • Reviewed project requirements and drove roadmaps/milestones to completion through the SDLC; supporting projects until they reached maturity.

  • Trained users and provided technical assistance to clients on projects.

Showcase

Lead Frontend Developer - Nowness
Lead Frontend Developer - Nowness
  • Nowness is a video channel focusing on global arts and culture.

  • It’s a movement promoting creative excellence and storytelling.

  • The project team developed the frontend components for a Webby Nominee and Award winner.

Lead Frontend Developer - Maekan
Lead Frontend Developer - Maekan
  • MAEKAN is a community-supported publication and studio focused on creative culture.

  • It challenges, discusses, and learns about big ideas shaping the world.

  • The project was completed and successfully released.

CIO - Multichain Ventures
CIO - Multichain Ventures
  • A mobile wallet for the Waves Platform, designed to facilitate Toke transactions.

  • Provides an easy-to-use interface for Waves Toke transactions.

  • Connects to public Waves nodes to retrieve transactions and send/receive Tokes.

Education

Education
Master's Degree in Neuropsychology
University of Warsaw - Warsaw, Poland
2005 - 2011 (6 years)
Education
Software as a Service
University of California, Berkeley via edX
2012
Education
Advanced Software as a Service
University of California, Berkeley via edX
2012
Education
Artificial Intelligence
University of California, Berkeley via edX
2013
Education
Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark
University of California, Berkeley | via edX
2015
Education
Scalable Machine Learning
University of California, Berkeley | via edX
2015
Education
Big Data
University of California, Berkeley | via edX
2015