AGH University of Krakow

Charles University

CTO at Houst

Houst

Chief Technology Officer

Airsorted

HOMYZE

Interim CTO

First employee fully responsible for all technical decisions at this Fintech startup, working closely with the founders. Built an early MVP and continuously improved the product. Integrated with banking systems to handle money in a fully automated way. Designed the architecture, hired and managed the development team, introduced best practices including code reviews and continuous delivery, and prepared deployment infrastructure.

Squirrel Financial Wellbeing

Led a group of non-professional sailors from 16 different countries, in extreme conditions, on a 40,000 miles sailing race around the world, reporting directly to the skipper. One-year sabbatical away from technology, which allowed me to work on interpersonal and leadership skills.

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Watch Leader

Worked on an internal marketplace to analyze supply and demand of resources across the global computing infrastructure, and their allocation to different projects. In 20% time helped to improve a tool which allowed programmers to use Git locally, and synchronize with the version control system used at Google.

Google

Software Engineer

Founded a software house developing complex web applications (in Ruby on Rails, Python, and PHP5) for startups around the world. Responsible for all technical decisions, communication with clients, and project development. Not afraid to tackle problems hands-on when necessary. Recruited and mentored new people, facilitated learning and knowledge sharing within the team.

Code Sprinters

Co-founder and CTO

First programmer to join this fast-growing telecommunication startup, responsible for designing and developing a comprehensive system to handle all company operations. Communicated with stakeholders across the company to gather requirements. Recruited and managed the development team, implementing best engineering practices and introducing agile methods along the way.

Air Bites Poland (Swisscom CEE)

Development Team Leader

Designed and implemented a fully-featured Unit and Component Testing Platform for embedded software, which was later utilized by teams across the company.

Adam Byrtek