About Szymon
I architect compliance-ready platforms for regulated FinTech and MedTech businesses —
legacy modernization, Zero-Trust Kubernetes (SOC2, DORA, HIPAA, EU AI Act), DevSecOps,
and AI integration into SDLC that is predictable and auditable. I don't leave a PowerPoint.
Delivered:
→ 99% compute cost reduction at a Tier-1 Investment Bank
→ Engineering department scaled 4 → 70+ people, deployment cycles weeks → minutes
→ Greenfield compliance-ready Kubernetes platform — SOC2/DORA/HIPAA/EU AI Act ready day one
Who I work with:
FinTech and MedTech companies (50–500 people) carrying legacy debt, compliance pressure,
and engineering teams that grew faster than their processes.
Polish
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Chinese
Basic
German
Basic
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Tier-1 Global Investment Bank (Strict NDA)Lead Technical Consultant & Security ArchitectBANKING AND INSURANCEJune 2022 - Today (4 years)Wroclaw, Poland• • Operating within a highly regulated compliance environment to modernize core legacy systems and execute compute cost-reduction strategies.• • Architected an auto-healing EDA (Event-Driven Architecture, Java) and stabilized critical state-management engines, preventing firm-wide deployment paralysis.• • Designed and secured programmable firewalls within a rigid, Zero-Trust architecture.• • Infrastructure Impact: Achieved a 99% compute cost reduction (downscaling from 4 heavy 32-core servers to 2 efficient 2-core pods) and dropped operational support tickets by 90%.
- AI-Ready DevSecOpsLead R&D ArchitectDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)Wroclaw, Poland• • Engineering a high-grade, Zero-Trust Kubernetes cluster tailored for security and compliance demands of Top-Tier FinTech and Healthcare AI workloads.• • Delivering an audit-ready architecture (SOC2, DORA) featuring strict budget controls, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and advanced LLM security policies to minimize AI-related risks.
- EquiqoPrincipal Architect & Head of EngineeringDIGITAL AND ITMarch 2017 - June 2022 (5 years and 3 months)Leipzig, Germany• • Took hands-on architectural leadership of a critically distressed legacy project while structuring the overall engineering department.• • Transitioned a monolithic system into scalable microservices architecture with fully automated CI/CD pipelines.• • Efficiency: Dropped maintenance costs by 90% and reduced deployment cycles from weeks to minutes.• • Scaling: Scaled the engineering delivery culture from 4 to 70+ professionals.
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Education
- Architekt Jutra — AI in Architecture & SDLCdevstyle (Kubryński, Pilimon, Szydło)Architekt Jutra — AI in Architecture & SDLC
- Droga Nowoczesnego Architekta (DNA) — DDD & Event Sourcingdevstyle2020Droga Nowoczesnego Architekta (DNA) — DDD & Event Sourcing