Sebastian Karolkiewicz
Vice President Of Software Engineering at TAG - The Aspen Group
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolSebastian Karolkiewicz is a seasoned engineering executive with 12 years of experience leading frontend and full-stack teams to deliver revenue-driving web products, now serving as VP of Software Engineering at TAG in Chicago. He has a proven track record at Hertz where he architected a micro-frontend platform, led global frontend modernization across multiple brands, and instituted automated testing practices using Cypress. Equally comfortable shipping code and shaping strategy, Sebastian has hands-on experience with React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node, and Cypress while mentoring engineers and running guilds and workshops. His background spans startups and teaching roles—founding a game studio, scaling a crowdfunding platform, and coaching bootcamp students—bringing a rare blend of product, design, and developer-education sensibilities. Colleagues know him for pragmatic architecture that speeds delivery and a creative mindset (inspired by Bob Ross) that treats setbacks as opportunities to iterate.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy, Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy at Touro UniversityBiology and 2D Studio Art, Biology and 2D Studio Art at Loyola University Chicago
Polish, English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
movie4
react4
backend4
backend-api4
frontend3
api3
react-native2
native-code1
java1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
miriamfrank23/Fantasy-Recipes-frontend
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:29 commits in 3 days
skarolk/HorrorMovieClub-Frontend
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:59 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
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