Damian Czaja
Senior Software Development Engineer at CAST AI
Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolDamian Czaja is a senior software development engineer with 12 years of experience building cloud-native, scalable systems across AWS, Kubernetes and Golang. He has driven migrations of legacy systems to Kubernetes, optimized cloud costs and CI pipelines, and built data-processing and ML infrastructure able to handle hundreds of GBs of data. Currently at CAST AI and previously leading cloud and DevOps efforts for European and US companies, he blends hands‑on engineering with operational instincts to reduce deployment time and infrastructure spend. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the elementary/code editor with features like bracket completion and a Browser Preview plugin, demonstrating care for developer experience. Based in Wrocław, he pairs formal training in computer science and electronics with practical automation skills—from Terraform code generators to streaming audio services in production. Outside work he’s a PS5/PC gamer and a novice homebrewer, hinting at a tinkerer’s curiosity that fuels his engineering.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Magister (Mgr) Informatyka, Magister (Mgr) Informatyka at Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Polish, English, German
Github Skills (8)
plugin-development10
code-editor10
vala10
gtk10
webkit10
editor10
mson8
mesonbuild8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
elementary/code
Nov 2014 - Oct 2016
Code editor designed for elementary OS
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Damian contributed significantly to the `elementary/code` repository, which focuses on a code editor for elementary OS. Their work included implementing features such as bracket completion and adding a newline character when saving documents. They also developed and enhanced the "Browser Preview" plugin, including adding the WebInspector view and integrating it within the editor's functionality. Furthermore, they addressed code style issues and resolved text conflicts, improving the overall code quality.
gtk3code-editorelementary-oselementarypantheon
Trojan295/eso-addons
Dec 2020 - Jun 2022
Cross platform Elder Scrolls Online CLI mod manager
Contributions:2 reviews, 26 commits, 52 PRs in 1 year 5 months
elder-scrollselder-scrolls-onlinemod-manageraddonsmod
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