Summary
Rafał Schmidt is an engineering manager and platform builder with 10 years of experience helping teams ship reliable services at scale from Warsaw. He leads platform engineering at Allegro, driving reliability across 100+ microservices and shaping roadmaps, hiring, and career growth while working hands-on with Azure, AKS, ArgoCD, Istio and .NET/Java stacks. Previously he delivered customer-facing products like Allegro Cash and Allegro Care, created organization-wide alerting and documentation standards, and frequently steps in as a technical interviewer and mentor. Comfortable toggling between hands-on development, technical leadership and recruitment, he champions DevOps, automation and developer experience to increase team velocity. An entrepreneur at heart, he ran his own web and app consultancy for years and regularly presents at meetups and conferences, signaling a commitment to community and knowledge sharing.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Engineering, Engineer's degree Computer Engineering at Politechnika Opolska
IT Technician Computer Science, IT Technician Computer Science at Zespół Szkół nr 6 im. Króla Jana III Sobieskiego w Jastrzębiu-Zdroju
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu VAMK University of Applied Sciences
Polish, English