Tomek Paczkowski
Staff Software Engineer at Isometric
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTomek Paczkowski is a Staff Software Engineer with 14 years building full-stack web applications, currently based in London and focused on backend and frontend systems. He’s fluent in dynamic languages—particularly Python, Ruby and JavaScript—and prefers tools like Django, Backbone and PostgreSQL while driving pragmatic architecture and maintainability. Tomek has led and mentored teams across startups and scale-ups (including CTO experience) and consistently uplifts legacy Django apps into cleaner, testable services. An active community builder, he co-organises local Python meetups, runs annual Django sprints in Kraków, coaches at Django Girls and contributed bug fixes and admin/template improvements to the core Django project. Practical, hands-on and community-minded, he blends deep framework internals knowledge with product-focused delivery.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Web Development, BSc (Hons), Web Development at University of the West of ScotlandMaster of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Jagiellonian University
English, German, Polish
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Github Skills (33)
object-mapping10
python10
django10
html-template10
python-templates10
code-templates10
data-mapping10
apptemplates10
orm10
html10
web-development10
cpp-templates10
stripe-api10
caching9
css9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
django/djangoproject.com
Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
Source code to djangoproject.com
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Tomek primarily contributed to the Django project, making changes to templates related to user profiles and registration. They modified HTML templates for user profile display and profile editing functionality, along with associated CSS. Additionally, the user updated the form and database models. The user also replaced the donation form with Stripe checkout functionality, including the implementation of Stripe token handling, payment processing, and integration with Django models.
djangoxadminpythondjangoproject
django/django
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR, 27 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Tomek primarily contributed to the Django framework, focusing on bug fixes and enhancements to core functionalities. Their work involved addressing issues related to ManyToManyFields, form handling with choices, and the behavior of cached properties. Furthermore, the user contributed to improving template caching mechanisms and admin panel functionalities, demonstrating a strong understanding of the framework's internals and APIs. These contributions reflect a focus on improving the framework's robustness and developer experience.
pythondjango-frameworkappsdjangoframework
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