Michal Nowak

Experience

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  Sabre Corporation

  Apr 2007 - Dec 2011

  - Work in distributed agile team – Krakow, Dallas, Montevideo, Bangalore- Developing loyalty product suite for airline industry - Design and implementation of both backend and frontend application components – development done using XP methodology- Evaluation of technology stacks for future use- Scalability and performance tuning – preparing performance tests scenarios, preparing load tests, analyzing memory consumption and leaks, hot-spots detection, performance optimization in various application areas (database usage, caching, memory usage) - Taking part in business requirements gathering – preparing user stories, writing acceptance criteria Show less

  • Java Developer Contributor

    Feb 2010 - Dec 2011

  • Java Developer Associate

    Jul 2007 - Feb 2010

  • Java Developer Intern

    Apr 2007 - Jul 2007
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  EPAM Systems

  Dec 2011 - Mar 2012

  Application Developer

  Developing systems for investment banking industry

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  SmartRecruiters

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2015

  Developing and maintaining core components of cloud-based hiring success platform. Crafting tools, services and practices to accelerate work of engineering department.Things I currently work on:- building company wide continuous delivery pipeline - implementing build and deployment automation of aws based multi-module software platform- maintaining components responsible for cross-cutting concerns (network communication, monitoring, security, storage, testing)- evaluating tools, frameworks and techniques- performance analysis and tuning Show less

  • Senior Software Engineer - Core Team

    Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

  • Senior Java Developer

    Apr 2012 - Mar 2014
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  SmartRecruiters

  Jul 2015 - now

  Leading cross-functional and product-oriented engineering teams.Refactoring processes to reduce friction and accelerate development cycles.Maintaining speed and agility of growing engineering department.My responsibilities are:- leading multiple engineering teams in the effort of building the best talent acquisition platform in the world- cooperating on building product and technical roadmaps - building and defining engineering practices- designing and building tools for accelerating development cycles Show less

  • SVP of Engineering

    Jan 2023 - now

  • VP of Engineering

    Apr 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Senior Engineering Director

    Feb 2021 - May 2022

  • Engineering Director

    Jul 2015 - Feb 2021