Michal Gruca
Software Development Manager at Trójmiasto Java User Group
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichal Gruca is a veteran software development manager and technology executive with 18+ years of experience building and scaling engineering organizations, currently leading a team at AWS responsible for a core internal developer platform. He has a strong track record growing high-performing, globally distributed teams—from hands-on delivery to managing portfolios with up to $20M in responsibility and organizations of 350 people. Michal blends deep Java and cloud/platform engineering expertise with a talent for organizational change, improving developer experience and infrastructure transformation. He’s known for empowering teams through autonomy, mentorship, and clear goals, and for translating strategic business needs into pragmatic technology roadmaps. Outside of enterprise roles, he has driven developer community growth as leader of the Trójmiasto Java User Group, growing it from 350 to over 2,000 members and formalizing its sponsorship model.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, IT and Economics, Bachelor, IT and Economics at Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Gdańskumaster, IT & Econometry, master, IT & Econometry at University of Gdansk
English, Polish
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Github Skills (32)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mgruca/friendly-plans
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 10 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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mgruca/mgruca.github.io
Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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