Summary
Tomasz Szostak is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with nine years of experience building cloud-native data platforms and automation tools. As a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft he leads two teams delivering secure, compliant data solutions for security, compliance, and cloud infrastructure, emphasizing architecture, governance, and data quality. He co-founded Gridpulse to bring PV-farm automation and market-aware controls to Poland, translating real operational needs from O&M teams into production-ready software. His background spans platform and DevOps leadership across Hitachi Energy and ABB, with hands-on experience in Kubernetes, Kafka, .NET Core, and cloud-native tooling. Known for blending technical depth with people leadership, he drives inclusive, high-performing teams that ship reliable systems at scale. An unusual strength is his simultaneous focus on enterprise-grade data governance and hyper-local energy-market automation, reflecting both strategic breadth and domain-specific product intuition.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Rzeszow University of Technology
Polish, English