Education
Mar 2007 - Oct 2009:
MSc in Computing Science (discipline: Software Engineering), Faculty of Computing and Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Oct 2003 - Feb 2007:
BScE (Hons) in Computing Science, Faculty of Computing and Management, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Sep 1999 - Jun 2003:
High School, math-computing profile: VII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego, Zielona Góra, Poland
Sep 1994 - Jun 1999:
First Degree Musical School, piano class: Szkoła Muzyczna I st. im. Stanisława Moniuszki, Zbąszyń, Poland
Work Experience
May 2009 (ongoing):
Owner and Lead Programmer at LangaCore
Python & C programming, mostly banking sector software
Aug 2007 - May 2009:
Architect/Lead Developer at EduMedia Ltd.
Java, C & Python programming, digital signage systems
Nov 2006 - Aug 2008:
Architect/Developer for Polish Internal Security Platform
C & Python programming, embedded devices
Jan 2006 - Aug 2007:
Senior Developer/Administrator at XML-INTL Ltd.
Java & Python programming, translator’s workbench software
Apr 2005 - Jan 2006:
Linux server administrator and network programmer at GamesNET.pl Ltd.
C, Perl & Python programming, back-end automation for 20+ servers worldwide
during 2003:
Internet cafe administrator
open source projects:
Python 3 (patch committer for the core interpreter and the standard library)
unittest2 (plug-in developer for the built-in testing framework for Python 2.3 - 3.2)
PsyBNC (Unicode patch committer for the IRC tunnelling software, Linux/*BSD)
Skills and Qualifications
programming languages:
Python, C, Java, C# (incl. Compact Framework)
operating systems:
Linux (Bash scripting, find, grep, sed, awk, iptables and other essential commands), Mac OS X, Solaris (basic)
database programming:
XML, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle (incl. PL/SQL, Forms and Reports), SQL Server 2005 (incl. Analysis Services)
Internet technologies:
HTTP, HTML 5, XHTML, CSS, WSGI, JSP, servlets, JavaScript (basic)
foreign languages:
English (advanced), German (basic), French (basic)
driving licence:
Polish Class B (valid for personal cars)
Courses and Certificates
Philips certificate: MEDIC Driven Project Direction
Eclipse Summer School 2006 at Poznan University of Technology
Publications
“Multi-player Game Server Systems”, Linux+ Magazine 12/2005 (Polish Edition)
“Python Usage In Embedded Environments”, talk at RuPy 2007 Conference (Poznań, Poland)
“Compiled Websites with Plone, Django and SSI”, talk at RuPy 2009 Conference (Poznań, Poland)
“Python 3: a mild introduction”, Linux+ Magazine 5/2010 (Polish Edition)
“Django: things I wish I knew when I started”, Software Developers’ Journal 5/2010 (Polish Edition)
“Python Crash Course” (12 parts), Software Developers’ Journal 5/2010 - 5/2011 (Polish Edition)
“Testing HTTP Applications with Python 3”, talk at EuroPython 2010 Conference (Birmingham, England)
Awards and Recognition
Honorable Mention at IEEE CSIDC 2006 World Finals in Washington, DC for IntelliForest (see Portfolio)