Paweł Smoleński is an engineering manager and former staff software engineer with 13 years of experience building secure, cloud-native infrastructure and front-end systems from Poland. He moved from long-term hands-on roles as a senior frontend and Java developer into security-focused platform engineering at Snowflake, delivering scalable access tooling, just-in-time privileged access, and zero-trust controls for VMs and Kubernetes across clouds. Comfortable across the stack, his background spans enterprise-grade Java, modern JavaScript frontends, and backend services, backed by a Master's in Computer Science from Warsaw University of Technology. A pragmatic leader, he pairs deep implementation experience with a strong security mindset and a history of evolving projects from solo contractor work to large multinational teams. Notably, his career path reflects an unusual blend of frontend craftsmanship and cloud security architecture, making him adept at translating developer needs into secure, production-ready infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Warsaw University of Technology
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