
Bartosz Wilczynski
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Kraków, Poland
Toptal member since August 3, 2018
Bartosz is a software engineer with 15 years of experience building and scaling startups, including apps used by millions. He works hands-on across the full stack, from system architecture to back-end performance. For more than five years, Bartosz has also led engineering teams, building them from scratch, mentoring developers, and driving technical direction through periods of rapid growth. He combines deep engineering expertise with the leadership needed to scale both products and teams.
Portfolio
Experience
- Full-stack Development - 15 years
- Node.js - 11 years
- JavaScript - 11 years
- PostgreSQL - 10 years
- RESTFul APIs - 10 years
- React - 9 years
- React Native - 9 years
- Next.js - 5 years
Preferred Environment
Git, MacOS, Google Antigravity, Claude Code
The most amazing...
...moment was helping an SF startup scale through Series B and C. My app-speed work alone added $100–200,000 in MRR.
Work Experience
Director of Engineering
Inkitt
- Scaled a European engineering and QA team from 0 to 10+ through 400+ interviews, defining hiring, processes, and culture from scratch.
- Owned technical architecture and scalability strategy as the apps grew through Series B and Series C funding rounds.
- Led performance and scalability improvements that contributed an estimated $100–200,000 in additional MRR.
Software Engineering Manager
Inkitt
- Led system architecture and technical direction as a hands-on manager, scaling the platform to support millions of users.
- Mentored and coached team engineers, raising code quality and accelerating their growth into senior roles.
- Founded and managed a 5-person engineering team end-to-end, owning hiring, structure, and delivery.
Senior Software Engineer
Inkitt GmbH
- Led the development of core mobile features, including audiobooks, contributing to an app that grew to millions of users.
- Improved app load time by 20x and runtime performance by 10x by re-architecting the front end and back end around caching and intelligent preloading.
- Designed automation for the release and code-review process, shortening release cycles and improving overall engineering velocity.
Senior Software Engineer Team Lead
Digital Wolves
- Designed and implemented a full-stack mobile application (iOS and Android) for crowd shipping using Node.js, JavaScript, React Native, DynamoDB, and other AWS services.
- Managed the team of developers and designers as a technical lead and architect.
- Setup the development process with integrations tests, code reviews (Github), and CI/CD (CircleCI).
- Published iOS and Android in official stores and supported application after the launch.
Software Architect
Online Freelance Agency
- Designed and implemented Serverless API back end for interview quizzes web application using Lambda AWS.
- Deployed a Serverless application to AWS.
- Designed and implemented a full-stack web application for managing generic NPS surveys using Node.js, Express.js, React, Redux, and MongoDB.
- Implemented additional Node.js-based services for processing surveys, sending emails, and JIRA synchronization.
- Integrated a generic data service for creating an API for report data.
Senior Java Developer
Adrenaline Technologies
- Developed full-stack modern Java web applications (Angular and Spring Boot).
- Integrated third-party systems (SOAP, REST, Spring Integration).
- Created a CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins and GitLab CI.
- Led a team of four as a software architect and team lead.
Java Developer
Nexelem
- Developed web applications in the field of public procurements.
- Created SOAP/REST web services.
- Developed a single-page application for the UI.
Experience
Supaslides - On-brand Animated Carousels in 60 Seconds
http://supaslides.appSupasplit - AI Bill-splitting App
http://supasplit.appBeyond Epic - Ski Trip Aggregator and Price Comparison
http://beyondepic.plFlob App
Gymy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dix7UJZ3fwIEducation
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
AGH University of Science and Technology - Kraków, Poland
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Jenkins Pipeline, jQuery, REST APIs
Tools
Git, GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, IntelliJ IDEA, Atlassian, Jenkins, Subversion (SVN), Apache Tomcat, Cron, Claude Code
Languages
JavaScript, Java, HTML5, CSS, HTML, Sass, TypeScript
Frameworks
React Native, Serverless Framework, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring IoC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Play Framework, Angular, Express.js, Redux, Mockito, JUnit, Next.js, Bootstrap, Spring Integration, Apache Wicket, iBATIS, Dojo, Apache Struts 2, AngularJS
Paradigms
REST, Agile, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Scrum, Test-driven Development (TDD)
Storage
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Lambda, Android, Linux, MacOS, Vercel, Oracle, Jakarta EE (Java EE or J2EE), JBoss, Firebase
Other
Full-stack Development, RESTFul APIs, OOP Designs, SOAP, Supabase, Serverless, Google Antigravity
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