Filip Nowak
Lead DevOps Engineer at Zurich Insurance
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolFilip Nowak is a Lead DevOps Engineer based in Zurich with eight years of hands-on experience building and operating resilient cloud-native platforms for large enterprises. He has progressed through senior SRE and DevOps roles at companies like Elastic, Snyk and Swiss Re, and now leads DevOps initiatives at Zurich Insurance, bringing deep Linux, Kubernetes and automation expertise. Filip’s background spans middleware, Python REST APIs, self-service tooling and Cloud Foundry integration, demonstrating an ability to bridge platform engineering and developer productivity. Known as a pragmatic troubleshooter with roots in hosting and R&D lab administration, he pairs low-level POSIX/Linux know-how with strategic platform design. Outside work he’s a “Linux grease monkey” who keeps a sense of humor (and an appreciation for pancakes), suggesting a practical, down-to-earth leadership style.
7 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Technical University of Szczecin
English, Polish, slovianski
Github Skills (178)
opensearch10
elasticsearch10
search-engine10
java10
restful10
client-library9
realtime9
visualizations9
flask-extensions9
serverless9
kibana9
event-driven9
autoscaling9
elixir9
api-server9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
filipmnowak/ex_es
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:14 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 29 days
filipmnowak/dotfiles
Jan 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:32 pushes, 3 branches, 2 issues in 6 years 1 month
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