Izabela Kulakowska
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolIzabela Kulakowska is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years' experience building high-performance Java backends and distributed systems, currently shaping large-scale services at Microsoft from Zurich. Her background spans fintech and logistics—designing low-latency architectures at Codewise and automated warehouse control systems at Ocado—bringing strong systems thinking to data-transfer and security-focused projects. An active contributor to the Eclipse EDC ecosystem, she has delivered policy and catalog integrations, transfer simulations and test automation that improve data plane/control plane interoperability. She also combines hands-on engineering with mentoring experience as a former Java instructor, and holds advanced training in automatics and robotics, which informs her pragmatic approach to complex integration problems.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Akademia Pedagogiczna im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowieAGH University
Polish, English, German
Github Skills (17)
gpo10
catalog10
testing10
system-testing10
policies10
java10
rule-engine10
javas10
junit10
security9
gradle9
gradlew9
rest-api9
data-transfer8
githubaction-workflow6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-edc/MinimumViableDataspace
May 2022 - Aug 2022
Guidance on documentation, scripts and integration steps on using the EDC project results
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 11 commits, 6 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Izabela contributed to feature implementation, specifically focusing on policy setup and integration with catalog functionalities. They also added new tests and modified existing ones, demonstrating involvement in quality assurance. Code changes reveal work on various components, including policy engines, catalog clients, and transfer simulations within the EDC project, as well as the addition of new dependencies. The user also refactored parts of the build configuration.
edcguidancesteps
eclipse-edc/Connector
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
EDC core services including data plane and control plane
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 7 commits, 11 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Izabela primarily contributed to the `eclipse-edc/connector` repository, which focuses on core services for data plane and control plane operations. Their work involved extending the `DataRequest` object with custom properties and modifying existing code to align with review feedback. They also made changes related to security and quality, extending the CodeQL scan. The changes suggest involvement in developing backend features, specifically related to data transfer protocols and security enhancements.
edccore-servicesedifactcontrol-planeplane
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