Łukasz Walkiewicz
Software Engineer at Starburst Data
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolŁukasz Walkiewicz is a software engineer with eight years of experience building backend and DevOps tooling for distributed systems, currently contributing at Starburst Data on the enterprise Presto ecosystem. He has a strong practical focus on testing infrastructure, build automation, and authorization, evidenced by contributions to the high-profile Trino project where he improved Docker-based test workflows and configuration handling. Prior roles at Neptune.ml, CodiLime, Atende, and Accenture show steady progression from Java development to senior engineering responsibilities across data- and infrastructure-focused teams. Trained with an MS in Computer Science from the Military University of Technology, he combines academic rigor with hands-on delivery of scalable data-query solutions. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who quietly enhances reliability and developer experience in complex, polyglot data platforms.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Military University of Technology
Github Skills (15)
sh10
trino10
script10
docker10
shell10
devops10
dockers10
scripting10
cicd10
java9
testing9
javas9
query-engine9
documentation8
sql7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
trinodb/trino
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Official repository of Trino, the distributed SQL query engine for big data, formerly known as PrestoSQL (https://trino.io)
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:295 reviews, 4 commits, 59 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Łukasz's commits primarily focus on improving the testing infrastructure and build processes for the Trino query engine. Their work includes creating and modifying shell scripts for running tests within Docker containers. They implemented changes to support environment configuration and improved the handling of configuration files. The user also made contributions to the authorization infrastructure and documentation.
prestodbdbmsindexingjdbcbigdata
lukasz-walkiewicz/presto
Nov 2019 - Feb 2024
Contributions:176 pushes, 102 branches, 3 comments in 4 years 3 months
queryquery-enginesqlbig-dataspark
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