Summary
Rafal Rowniak is a System Architect with over 15 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance, security-conscious systems across finance, gaming, and enterprise software. Based in the Cracow metropolitan area, he combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, having served as Principal Software Engineer, Development Manager, and site leader before his current architect role at Transition Technologies PSC. His background includes co-founding a tech startup and steering architecture and delivery at companies like Pico and FORTRESS Gaming Technologies, giving him a blend of startup agility and enterprise rigor. He is comfortable translating complex requirements into maintainable, auditable solutions and mentoring teams through large-scale integrations and performance optimization. Rafal’s MSc in Mathematics underpins a methodical approach to system design and problem solving that often surfaces subtle edge-case and security considerations early in projects. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who favors measurable improvements and pragmatic tradeoffs over theoretical perfection.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Mathematics, MSc Mathematics at AGH University of Krakow
English, Russian, Polish