Slawomir Smiechura is a pragmatic technology executive and founder with 13+ years of hands-on software and leadership experience, currently running Useful Apps from Berlin while also serving as VP of Software Engineering at ToolTime. He pairs deep engineering craftsmanship—Kotlin, SpringBoot/Quarkus, Terraform, Kubernetes and TypeScript—with a proven track record of stabilizing chaotic platforms and building retention-focused engineering cultures. Slawomir has repeatedly led turnarounds and scaling efforts, from reorganizing Issuu’s Berlin office to creating test and CI infrastructures at SoundCloud that moved testing closer to development. He treats technical debt and team turnover as intertwined problems, driving predictable delivery by aligning architecture with business outcomes. A continuous learner and advisor, he blends practical platform modernization with psychologist-like attention to team dynamics, enabling companies to stop firefighting and start innovating.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. degree., Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. degree., Mechanical Engineering at Technical University of Koszalin
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