Franciszek Pogodziński
Cloud Software Engineer at Travelping GmbH
Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolFranciszek Pogodziński is a Cloud Software Engineer with eight years of experience building and operating Kubernetes-native microservices, currently contributing at Travelping after several impactful roles at SAP. He specializes in Golang, Kubernetes, CI/CD and cloud automation, with hands-on experience defining CRDs, improving error handling and streamlining deployment pipelines for the Kyma open-source project. Comfortable across backend, DevOps and automation tasks, he has a track record of triaging production incidents, fixing security vulnerabilities, and owning on-call responsibilities. Franciszek pairs pragmatic engineering with clear, organized collaboration—publishing developer scripts and CI improvements that accelerate team delivery. He brings practical testing discipline (unit and integration in cloud environments) and has moved between roles from student engineer to full-time contributor while completing Master’s-level studies in Informatics. An often-overlooked strength is his focus on improving developer experience in large cloud-native projects, evidenced by targeted refactors and clearer error messaging in Kyma.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Informatics, Master of Science - MS, Informatics at The Silesion University of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science at Politechnika Śląska w Gliwicach
Polish, English
Github Skills (18)
kubernetes10
github-ci10
docker10
testing10
dockers10
cicd10
automation10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
error-handling10
automations10
githubaction-workflow10
test-automation10
yaml9
apidoc8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
kyma-project/kyma
Oct 2018 - Dec 2022
Kyma is an opinionated set of Kubernetes-based modular building blocks, including all necessary capabilities to develop and run enterprise-grade cloud-native applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:379 reviews, 141 commits, 291 PRs in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Franciszek primarily focused on improving the error handling and messaging within the Kyma Metadata Service, modifying several files within the components directory. They modified error messages, updated tests, and added a flag for detailed 500 errors. Additionally, they contributed to the Application Connector, performing tasks like renaming and refactoring components to improve consistency and clarity of code related to the `applicationconnector` and token requests. They also addressed issues like missing resources and code cleanup.
cloud-nativekuberneteskymaknative
kyma-project/test-infra
Oct 2018 - Aug 2022
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:25 reviews, 34 commits, 65 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Franciszek primarily contributed to automating and testing the deployment infrastructure. They added and modified jobs related to testing and releasing components like the application operator, connector service, and related tests. The user also focused on configuring and adjusting existing CI/CD pipelines, including adding new jobs, modifying existing ones, and adjusting settings for testing and release processes. Their work includes modifying scripts and configurations to streamline the integration and deployment workflows within the Kyma project.
test-kitchenkymatest-infrastructuretestinginfrastructure
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