Szymon Przedwojski is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and leading teams that deliver event-driven, distributed systems, currently working at Netflix after a tech-lead role at Glovo. He specializes in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot and the JVM ecosystem, champions maintainable testable code, and pragmatically applies Domain-Driven Design and hexagonal architecture. Szymon combines hands-on implementation with product-driven leadership—defining tech OKRs, ensuring SLOs, and mentoring engineers while still pairing on the code. He is an active open-source contributor to high-profile projects like Apache Airflow, where he added GCP integrations and robust validation for cloud operators. Based in Warsaw, he also shares his experience through conference talks and a technical blog, blending practical delivery with community engagement.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Engineering at Ecole Centrale Paris
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science and Information Technology, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science and Information Technology at Lodz University of Technology / Politechnika Łódzka
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Cloud Engineer
Contributions:9 PRs, 24 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Szymon's commits primarily focus on developing and integrating Google Cloud Platform (GCP) features within Apache Airflow. Their work involved implementing new operators for Google Compute Engine and Cloud SQL, including core logic, input validation, and unit tests. The user also improved existing functionalities by adding GCP body field validation, including list validation and parameter options. These contributions enhanced Airflow's capabilities for managing and interacting with various GCP services.
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Szymon Przedwojski - Senior Software Engineer at Netflix