Rafał Kuć
Owner at Alud Consulting
Białystok, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolRafał Kuć is a Java software engineer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience designing and building search engines and large-scale search architectures using Apache Lucene, Solr, and Elasticsearch. As owner of Alud Consulting and former engineering lead at Archipelo, he blends hands-on development with team leadership and consultancy for enterprise clients, including training public and private Solr/Elasticsearch courses. His background spans full-stack observability platform work and bespoke search projects for major e-commerce and media sites, reflecting deep practical knowledge of search internals and production operational concerns. Based in Białystok, Poland, he pairs an MSc in Computer Science Engineering with a long track record of delivering searchable systems and mentoring teams. Outside of work he identifies as father, husband and author, hinting at an ability to communicate complex topics clearly to diverse audiences.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Jean Paul the Second Catholic College in BiałystokMaster of Science Computer Science Engineering, Master of Science Computer Science Engineering at Bialystok University of Technology
English, Polish
Stackoverflow
256reputation
149kreached
14answers
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Github Skills (65)
sbom10
security10
attestation10
elasticsearch10
client-library10
cyclonedx10
search-engine10
java10
supply-chain-security10
spdx10
compliance10
logging10
monitoring9
devsecops9
opensearch9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
solrpl/blog
Apr 2016 - Nov 2020
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
sematext/activate
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 14 pushes in 11 months
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