Summary
Lukasz Mendakiewicz is a seasoned C++ software engineer with over a decade of production experience and three years focused in engineering roles at major platforms, now contributing to Reality Labs Research at Meta. He spent a decade at Microsoft driving the Visual Studio C++ experience—leading efforts to port the IDE to x64, optimize IntelliSense for multi-fold speedups, and managing teams and roadmaps for game-developer integrations. Comfortable across low-level engine work and high-impact developer tooling, he brings both hands-on optimization skills and people leadership from roles ranging from SDET to Principal Engineering Manager. His background in game-engine development for console platforms informs a pragmatic, performance-first approach to tooling and compiler integration. Based in Redmond, he combines academic training from AGH University of Krakow with a track record of shipping developer-facing systems that measurably improve productivity. Despite a concise public GitHub presence—summed up by "I always build"—his career shows deep, sustained impact on developer workflows and IDE performance.
4 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Applied Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Applied Computer Science at AGH University of Krakow
English, Polish