Michael Cwienczek
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichael Cwienczek is a pragmatic software and DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience building cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes-driven infrastructure, and scalable microservices from greenfield MVPs to production at scale. He has led engineering teams and SRE squads across industries—from fintech and e-commerce to energy—combining hands-on platform work (Kubernetes, containers, Terraform, CI/CD) with strategic responsibilities like budgeting, stakeholder alignment, and regulatory integrations. A Certified Kubernetes Administrator and TOGAF-trained architect, he’s notable for turning legacy setups into resilient distributed systems and driving measurable reductions in MTTR through monitoring and incident process improvements. As an active contributor to the trow-registry project, he has improved registry operations and catalog pagination, reflecting a blend of backend and DevOps craftsmanship. Based in Amsterdam, he brings both startup‑founder grit and enterprise delivery experience, often stepping into orphaned or high‑risk projects to own their technical recovery and roadmap.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Trade Management Asia, Trade Management Asia at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at Warsaw University of Technology
English, Polish, German, Dutch, Japanese
Stackoverflow
1,755reputation
117kreached
37answers
26questions
nodemon
top-5%
typescript
top-5%
Github Skills (24)
kubernetes10
scripting10
script10
kubernetes-pods10
sh10
rust10
shell10
container-registry10
dockers9
nodemon9
typescript9
docker9
nodejs9
grpc8
cicd8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Trow-Registry/trow
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Container Registry and Image Management for Kubernetes Clusters
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 9 days
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the development and improvement of the `trow-registry` project, which involves container registry and image management for Kubernetes. They implemented the ability to select a namespace during quick installation and made various script enhancements, including better parameter handling, and removal of debugging information. Additionally, the user modified tests and implemented pagination for catalog and list tag operations, demonstrating a focus on both backend functionality and DevOps aspects. Further, the user addressed errors and error messages to conform with Distribution Specification.
containerscontainer-imagerustoci-distributionclusters
mcwienczek/helm
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
The Kubernetes Package Manager
Contributions:16 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
kubernetespackage-manager
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