Wiktor Bachnik
Principal Software Engineer at Gradle Inc.
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Summary
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Top SchoolWiktor Bachnik is a Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience building and leading teams to deliver scalable, reliable SaaS and monitoring products. He blends strong product sensibility with deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud (AWS), and database observability, having driven architecture and migration efforts at Dynatrace and delivered an MVP at Percona. Equally comfortable coding and influencing, he has hands-on contributions to notable open-source projects like python.org’s backend job-board functionality and runs his own monitoring service experience from entrepreneurship. Wiktor favors pragmatic, iterative delivery with tight feedback loops, taking ownership of product areas rather than just components. He’s known for leading by influence—guiding cross-functional teams, vetting tech choices, and turning customer problem analysis into robust technical solutions. Based in Gdańsk, he combines a rare mix of product-first thinking, operational experience, and prolonged commitment to observability and reliability.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Organization, Computer Science, Organization at Lyngby UddannelsescenterManagement, Management at University of GdanskComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznań
Github Skills (5)
python10
django10
web-framework9
testing8
ps7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
python/pythondotorg
May 2014 - May 2014
Source code for python.org
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 commits in 14 days
Contributions summary:Wiktor contributed to the back-end functionality of the python.org project, primarily focusing on features related to the job board. Their work included implementing email notifications for job approvals and rejections, modifying settings for local development, and refactoring signal handling. They also addressed UI inconsistencies and added functionality to the job detail screen.
pythonpython3psf
Dynatrace/Dynatrace-AppMon-Gradle-Plugin
Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 9 months
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