Katarzyna Derc-fenske
Software Engineering Manager at Google
Adliswil, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolKatarzyna Derc-fenske is a software engineering manager with 16 years of experience leading large-scale reliability and support initiatives across Google’s infrastructure and Maps Platform. She has progressed from hands-on Java and J2EE development to driving cross-functional teams that build monitoring and prevention tools relied on by billions of users. At Google she scaled EMEA support from enterprise-only to million-user long-tail scenarios and led TPM efforts for Alphabet’s monitoring products, combining technical depth with operational rigor. Based in Zurich, she blends customer-facing leadership—presenting at developer conferences and running 24/7 on-call programs—with a strong engineering foundation from early backend roles. Known for being self-driven and ambitious, she focuses on growing as a leader while enjoying the craft of building resilient systems. An understated strength is her practical experience turning support and operational challenges into scalable programs and engineering improvements.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
exchange student industrial automation java computer networks, exchange student industrial automation java computer networks at Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunyamasters computer science, masters computer science at Nicolaus Copernicus UniversityCPE grade B English, CPE grade B English at International House, TorunIV LO TorunUniversity of Vic
English, Polish, German
Stackoverflow
1,951reputation
369kreached
52answers
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google-maps
top-5%
Github Skills (24)
google-maps10
maps10
javascript9
typescript9
api9
google-maps-api9
google8
client-library7
html6
xcode6
android6
css6
google-places-api6
debugging6
location-services6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kaskaderc/maps_samples
Jun 2011 - Oct 2013
Contributions:22 commits in 2 years 4 months
kaskaderc/ios_samples
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Contributions:9 commits in 5 days
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