Adam Miskiewicz is a Principal Software Engineer with 16 years of experience leading large engineering efforts and modernizing developer platforms at scale, currently driving architecture and developer experience at Airbnb. He has built interactive installations and consumer mobile apps for brands like Nike, Samsung, Discovery Channel, NASA, and USA Today, and helped pivot Airbnb’s API traffic to GraphQL while reshaping incident response practices. A prolific open-source contributor, Adam has added subscription support to the reference GraphQL JS implementation and improved core tooling across React Native, Metro, and the React Native CLI. He blends hands-on full‑stack engineering with program-level leadership, having shipped foundational infrastructure at Expo and developer tools used by Fortune 500 companies. Based in Baltimore, he combines entrepreneurial roots in interactive experiences with deep expertise in developer workflows and distributed systems.
16 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Michigan Technological University
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of Michigan-Flint
A reference implementation of GraphQL for JavaScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 9 comments in 4 years
Contributions summary:Adam implemented core features related to GraphQL subscriptions, integrating them into the existing GraphQL-js implementation. This involved modifications to the schema building process, execution logic, and introspection capabilities to support subscription operations. The commits include changes to various files, including those related to schema construction, execution, and validation to enable subscription functionality. The user also added test cases to validate subscription implementation.
A framework for building native applications using React
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer
Contributions:37 commits, 74 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the React Native framework by implementing features and fixing bugs related to the build process and core components. They added support for ES6 export syntax in the packager, improved the handling of providesModule pragmas, and addressed issues with the InteractionManager. The user also fixed issues with the CLI and resolved a typo in the bundler.
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Adam Miskiewicz - Principal Software Engineer at Airbnb