Summary
Robert Firek is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with 11 years of professional experience designing and shipping Java-based systems across finance, telecoms, e-commerce and cloud-native platforms. He combines hands-on engineering—building microservices, CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes-based internal IaaS—with strong software craftsmanship practices like TDD, pair programming and continuous delivery. As founder/consultant at Taaffeite he has delivered bespoke solutions from broadband order-management to LaTeX-to-PDF automation and analytics platforms, showing an ability to bridge developer ergonomics and production reliability. He has led security and platform improvement projects at organisations such as Zopa and Personio, shaping shared libraries and cross-team delivery. Colleagues know him as a mentor who elevates teams through coaching and practical XP adoption, not just individual contribution. Trained as a software engineer in Wrocław, he pairs deep Java backend experience with a pragmatic, architecture-minded approach to solving complex integration problems.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
magister inzynier Software engineering, magister inzynier Software engineering at Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Polish, English