Wojtek Naruniec is an Engineering Lead at Automattic with 11 years of experience building and leading teams on complex web and e-commerce platforms. He blends deep PHP and JavaScript expertise with full-stack instincts, having contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Magento 2 and WordPress Calypso and Jetpack to improve search robustness, UI/UX, and API behavior. His background includes principal architecture and Magento-focused roles at Blue Acorn iCi and product leadership at Rocket Web, showing a mix of hands-on coding and strategic delivery. Based in the Wroclaw metropolitan area, he brings an engineering mindset rooted in mechatronics education, which surfaces as attention to system reliability and backward compatibility. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic refactors, integration testing, and shipping careful bug fixes that prevent regressions at scale. He combines entrepreneurial experience owning a development shop with sustained open-source contributions, reflecting both leadership and a commitment to community-driven software quality.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Contributions:579 reviews, 53 commits, 221 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Wojtek primarily contributed to the front-end of the WordPress.com Calypso project, focusing on improving user experience and implementing new features. They addressed issues related to the display of pages, specifically ensuring hierarchical views and optimizing performance. Their work also involved refactoring code related to AMP settings and adding an upsell nudge, indicating a focus on user interface enhancements and monetization. Additionally, they fixed bugs in the site dashboard and media library, demonstrating a commitment to improving the overall user experience.
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Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:60 reviews, 15 commits, 37 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Wojtek primarily contributed to the Jetpack plugin, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. They removed UI elements based on theme support, fixed server-side rendering issues, and handled double-quote encoding in the subscription block. Furthermore, they added functionality to the API, updating the responses for site details and user interactions, as well as fixing sharing buttons and visibility settings for various blocks. These changes demonstrate a strong understanding of the WordPress ecosystem, PHP, JavaScript, and React.
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