Tomasz Machalski is a seasoned software engineer with 17+ years of hands-on experience spanning embedded C/C++ firmware to modern Java backends using Spring and Hibernate. He spent over a decade at Motorola Solutions working on TETRA radio firmware, build automation and configuration/defect management, and now contributes in agile Scrum teams as a Java developer. Equally comfortable with low-level systems and higher-level application code, he also scripts in Python, Perl and explores Go. A long-time programmer since the 90s and an enthusiast of functional languages (Elm, Elixir, Clojure), he is actively evolving his Java/JavaScript expertise while applying functional ideas. Tomasz contributes to open-source localization efforts—most notably Polish translations for the popular Kanboard project—demonstrating attention to detail and community collaboration. Based in Lesser Poland, he combines deep legacy systems knowledge with a quick-learning mindset and a clear focus on modernizing his toolset.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Jagiellonian University
Contributions summary:Tomasz primarily focused on translating the Kanboard project into Polish. Their commits involved adding, updating, and correcting Polish language translations within the `translations.php` files. They addressed missing translations, corrected phrasing, and updated strings to ensure accurate and contextually appropriate Polish localization. They also updated the translation files to include new strings.
Contributions:34 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 9 months
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