Summary
Rafał Makara is an engineering manager based in the Wrocław metropolitan area with over a decade of leadership experience and 16 years in software development, currently managing managers at DocPlanner. He has a track record of scaling teams and programs across product-driven companies like Divante, Surfer, and earlier hands-on engineering roles, blending technical depth with strategic digital leadership (including a stint as Chief Digital Officer). An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded consumer and gaming ventures in his teens and later led product and project initiatives in SMEs and consultancies. Rafał also writes and speaks about IT, management, and discovery practices, turning practical workshop techniques into repeatable delivery patterns. Known for bridging developer empathy with business outcomes, he combines formal engineering education with executive-level program management and a knack for turning ideas into working solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, IT, programming, databases, Engineer's degree, IT, programming, databases at Polsko-Japońska Wyższa Szkoła Technik Komputerowych w Warszawie
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English, Polish