Adam Spychała
Senior Software Engineer at Frontify
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolAdam Spychała is a Senior Software Engineer based in Zurich with five years of professional experience building reliable back-end systems and leading teams. He has progressed from hands-on roles at IBM and startups to technical leadership at SmoothApps and a senior engineering position at Frontify, and now trains others in DevSecOps. A consistent open-source contributor to the well-known Psalm static analysis project, he has improved baseline error reporting and code quality—demonstrating a focus on tooling that prevents bugs before they reach production. His background blends computer science and management studies, enabling him to bridge technical design with practical delivery and team mentorship. Notably, he pairs deep error-handling expertise with an educator’s mindset, actively translating complex security and analysis concepts into teachable practices.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Management, Master's degree Management at Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyMaster's degree MBA Department, Master's degree MBA Department at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Chinese, German, Polish, English
Stackoverflow
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mysql
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laravel
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php
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Github Skills (20)
type-inference10
static-analysis10
php10
mysql9
switch-statement9
javascript9
oop9
laravel9
configuration-management9
error-handling9
security-scan8
security-testing8
security8
taint7
mocking6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
vimeo/psalm
May 2023 - Jan 2026
A PHP static analysis tool for finding errors and security vulnerabilities in PHP applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 12 PRs, 21 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the static analysis tool, Psalm, by implementing and refining features related to baseline error reporting and configuration. They added functionality to generate error baselines, allowing for the suppression of existing issues. The user also addressed warnings and refactored code for clarity and maintainability, including changes to the use of the null coalescing operator and snake_case variable names. Their work is centered on improving the tool's functionality and error handling.
phpphp-applicationsecuritystatic-analysisvulnerabilities
jorgsowa/rust-php-parser
Feb 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:74 PRs, 226 pushes, 178 branches in 4 months
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