Darek Ślusarczyk
Staff Software Engineer at Splunk
Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolDarek Ślusarczyk is a Staff Software Engineer with over two decades of hands‑on C++ expertise and nine years in senior roles, currently driving workload management at Splunk with modern C++ and cross‑platform toolchains. He combines deep systems knowledge—Linux-first development, build systems (Bazel/CMake/Autotools), compilers, and CI/CD—with practical DevOps experience from contributing to projects like the widely used mysql/mysql-operator. Comfortable migrating and modernizing legacy code (C to modern C++) and shipping production connectors and operators, he also authors auxiliary automation in Python, bash and Go. Known on GitHub as marinesovitch, he prefers roles where C++ is primary and brings rare breadth across embedded, cloud-native, and database ecosystems. Based in Katowice and open to remote work only, he pairs pragmatic engineering with an appreciation for toolchain detail and cross-platform portability.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Engineer, Computer Science, Master of Science, Engineer, Computer Science at The Silesian University of Technology
Polish, English, German
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Github Skills (16)
kubernetes10
python10
kubernetes-pods10
dockers9
cicd9
docker9
jenkins9
api8
configuration-management8
apidoc8
automations7
automation7
json6
document-store6
php6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mysql/mysql-operator
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
MySQL Operator for Kubernetes
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:229 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Darek's commits primarily focus on the development and maintenance of the MySQL Operator for Kubernetes. They implemented features and enhancements related to OCI object storage, including the integration of OCI credentials and configurations within the operator. Furthermore, the commits demonstrate work on the operator's sidecar, handling functionalities such as bootstrapping and initialization. The changes also include upgrades to dependencies like the kopf library, indicating involvement in DevOps aspects like dependency management and CI/CD integration.
mysqloperatorkubernetesmysql-operatorkubernetes-operator
php/pecl-database-mysql_xdevapi
Sep 2016 - Jan 2021
PECL MySQL X DevAPI
Contributions:971 commits, 8 comments in 4 years 5 months
mariadbpeclmysql
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