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Requirements gathering, process analysis, use cases and business domain modelling.
AnalysisUse casesDomain modelling
Curriculum Vitae
Adam Walczak
System Architect & Senior Full-stack Developer
System Architect / Senior Full-stack Developer with 15+ years of experience. Specialised in developing highly scalable and reliable transaction processing systems with agile DevOps. 5+ years in a management role.
- adam@walczak.it
- +48 604 188 992
- Poznań, Poland
- Polish (native), English C1
What I do
Eight areas I work in every week — from business analysis down to the cluster running production.
Architecture
From microservices to modular monoliths and the well-balanced designs in between; advanced design patterns; Domain-Driven Design from analysis, through architecture, to the codebase.
CQRSEvent SourcingTransactional OutboxReliable MessagingDDD
Data and messaging
Modelling optimised for relational databases or a given NoSQL store; deep knowledge of transactions, concurrent processing and stream processing.
TransactionsConcurrencyStream processingNoSQL
Building software
Automated tests with JUnit, Jest, Vitest, Playwright, Gatling and JMeter.
Java 25SpringGradleTypeScriptAngularnxPython (basic)PostgreSQLCassandraMongoDBRESTRPCGraphQLKafka
Security
Authentication, authorisation and cryptography designed into the platform rather than bolted on.
OAuthOpenIDRBACAsymmetric CryptographySpring SecurityKeycloak
DevOps and high availability
Orchestration on Kubernetes with Helm charts and operators (e.g. Strimzi, CloudNativePG); scaling databases; advanced CI/CD; monitoring and cloud operations.
KubernetesHelmCI/CDDatadogELKNew RelicGoogle Cloud PlatformCloudflare
AI-assisted delivery
Optimising documentation and context for AI (specifications, ontologies); isolated agent environments based on devcontainers.
Claude CodeCodexOpenSpecdevcontainers
Domain knowledge
ERP, CRM, MES, WMS and CMS class systems. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Manufacturing processes. ISO 9001 quality systems.
ERPCRMMESWMSCMSBlockchainISO 9001
Experience
Fifteen years across ticketing, marketplaces, manufacturing and logistics.
Sep 2025 – present
Head of Platform Engineering
Piletilevi Group · through contract in biletomat.pl
Coordinating several development teams that build systems for the whole group. Standardising how the teams work and which technologies they use, and shaping a shared vision for one ticketing platform across all group markets.
Dec 2019 – Sep 2025
CTO and System Architect
biletomat.pl · formerly ewejsciowki.pl / kicket.com
Led three development teams and drove the move from a legacy platform to modular services orchestrated on Kubernetes, with an event-driven core built for reliable, high-throughput sales. Helped the CEO prepare the company for acquisition and pass technical due diligence.
- Stack
- Java, Spring Boot, Python, Angular, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, Datadog
- Patterns
- CQRS, Transactional Outbox, Event Sourcing, micro-batch processing
Mar 2017 – Nov 2019
Java Developer and System Architect
Freelance · IT Kontrakt, NBC, Nextbuy
Contract architecture and development work for clients across e-commerce and enterprise integration projects. Also ran my own cryptocurrency side project.
Mar 2014 – Feb 2017
Senior Software Engineer
Allegro Group
Worked with the teams rewriting the transaction platform from a PHP monolith into Java microservices, and shared the patterns and frameworks used across the Java platform with other teams. Hands-on experience with Cassandra, MongoDB and New Relic at scale.
Mar 2011 – Jul 2013
Systems Analyst and Community Manager
Qcadoo Limited
Product management of the qcadoo MES manufacturing management system, including analysis and UI design; built the community and partner network around the project.
Jun 2009 – Jun 2011
Java Developer
Freelance
Freelanced for various companies and wrote a book on open source project funding and organisational models.
Mar 2008 – Jun 2009
Java, C++ and Perl Developer
PSI Polska
Extended and deployed the PSIwms warehouse management system for logistics centres in Poland and abroad.
2004 – present
Co-owner
WALCZAK — wooden floors · family manufacturing company
Supporting the business with IT and quality management systems.
Education
Postgraduate studies in Modern Manufacturing and Logistics Management
Poznań University of Technology — Faculty of Engineering Management
Thesis: A model of a flexible IT system for manufacturing management in small and medium enterprises.
MSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering and Databases
Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw
Diploma grade: very good. Thesis: Organisational structures and business models of open source projects.
BEng in Computer Science
Poznań University of Technology — Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Diploma grade: good plus. Thesis: A data acquisition system for industrial devices.
Availability
My capacity for new projects
Unavailable
Full-time Architect / Lead / CTO
Currently contracted and unavailable for full-time engagements.
Limited
Fractional CTO / Architect
Available for a dozen hours per week, on a fractional basis.
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