Jan Myszkier

Jan Myszkier  Wrocław, Poland Manager / Web Developer / DevOps -  -  www.codingmice.com Education WWSIS Horyzont IT Engineer, Web Development 2007 - 2010 Experience Coding Mice 2014-02 - Today Project Manager / DevOps Setting up a small remote development team of 4 + optional contractors. Solving problems not solved by (and caused by) other teams. Teaching software development to new team members and improving their knowledge by code reviews and occasional pair programming. Working with e-commerce solutions (Magento, Wordpress, Shopify, BigCommerce, VueStorefront, Spryker to name a few) and additional software useful in e-commerce (like Akeneo, Lengow and Lightspeed). DevOps for clients and own infrastructure (VPS, Cloud and Dedicated). Optimizing existing infrastructure for improved software environment and lower costs. Implementing security checks and enhancements within the workflow. Identifying software bottlenecks and implementing more optimized solutions. NDA / White Label Development Manager / Consultant 2023-03 - 2023-07 Identifying the bottlenecks of the software used by the company and remedying them. Preparing a plan for the migration from legacy code to up-to-date and secure applications. Handling the recruitment process and security improvements in the software. NDA / White Label Spryker Developer 2022-04 - 2022-10 Mosaic Lab 2018-07 - 2022-02 Young Skilled Growth AB 2016-11 - 2018-03 Young Skilled Growth AB 2016-02 - 2016-10 Hexacode S.C. 2014-02 - 2015-04 Responsible for code reviews, Spryker debugging and data conversion between the external XML-based data system and MVP Spryker Project. Used Symfony 5 to handle the data conversion for Spryker internal import to keep it simple and disconnected from Spryker code modifications. Extended Spryker Glue API to server additional data for the dedicated mobile app. Spryker Developer / Team Lead Dedicated work on connectors and middleware for Spryker, Akeneo and other internally used API-based software. Mainly dedicated to data migration and synchronization. Eventually onboarded and lead a small team of developers in the project. Handled the code reviews, dedicated spryker infrastructure setup and maintenance + further security updates. Tech Lead Took care of management and growth of the Wroclaw Development team up to a team of 10 (from initial 3). Helped to grow the other teams. Took care of short term delivery for the client approval and long term planning for quality to maintain the healthy balance. Responsible for code verification and basics of quality assurance. Implemented testing into deployment workflow. Improved most relied-upon middleware cache functionality by rewriting all of it to Redis based storage and got rid of the previous mechanism bottlenecks by in-depth analysis of existing solution. Got rid of a lot of technical debt and shown the development team we can maintain both up-to-date code and deliver what the client expects at the same time. Worked directly with Symfony Framework, React, Redis and MySQL storage. Maintained the company servers until took part in hiring the best DevOps I know and keep a constant contact with to learn even more. Constant participation in the candidate hiring and verification process. Answered before the Company owners and had always asked the tough questions when it was beneficial for the team on the long run. Software Developer Led the team out of the fear of deployment into automated workflows. First developer to setup the compex workspace in the first day thanks to debugging skills and deep knowledge of servers and Linux. Did my first production deployment if the first few weeks by successfully rebasing so-called risky branch onto master on the first approach. Took care of Symfony code maintenance and feature delivery. Optimized code left by the previous team members. CTO Established office in Wroclaw from scratch into a team of 5 other developers, both frontend and backend. Creating E-commerce solutions, mainly in Magento. Worked for clients from different countries and timezones. Delivered consulting to smaller hosting and development companies that had to work with Magento platform. Took care of teaching all people in Wroclaw as well as sharing and improving knowledge of team members in Cracow. Thanks to participation in Meet Magento, I understood the value of business relationships, networking and knowledge sharing. AgreeYa Mobility Poland Sp. z o. o. 2013-09 - 2014-06 Rocket Web Inc 2012-01 - 2013-09 Herbapol Wrocław S.A. 2011-11 - 2012-07 Senior Magento Developer First contractor job with multiple Magento and non-Magento e-commerce projects. Implemented a lot of features, learned the best Magento quality rules and followed them daily. Learned the value of coding standards and moved them on onto my other existing projects. Unfortunately cannot share more due to the NDA, but was worth the time spent there. PHP Zend Framework Developer Was responsible for webpage solutions. Learned Magento basics and solved business problems using it. Mostly worked as a software developer using Zend Framework. Found and reported SQL injection issue to one of the clients which was submitted years later as a CVE-. Got my first official certification: Magento Software Developer. PHP Developer & Technical Consultant Mainly an occasional consultant. Eventually due to my deep understanding of their system, workflow and good programming skills was asked to improve their Call Center system in Wroclaw. Was later also a consultant for their issues with Call Center server and Asterisk platform. Effect Pharm Com Project Lead Developer 2011-02 - 2011-12 Created Intranet application for the Call Center Department, which I later supported occasionally and improved over time. Microsoft 2011-03 - 2011-06 Acquitec 2011-01 - 2011-03 Pharma Distribution Group Sp. z o.o. 2010-05 - 2011-01 Call Center Inter Galactica 2009-06 - 2010-04 Extraction Specialist Took care of data analysis and extraction. Due to earlier programming knowledge was able to deliver results with great efficiency. Eventually switched to work on two spots because my one workspace work was usually done on Wednesday and I didn't want to spend time being idle. Senior PHP Developer Delivered software in Zend Framework. First experience with Doctrine and Solr. Software Developer / Server Administrator Maintained existing application and optimized the reporting system by direct cooperation with the users and in-depth analysis. On-call support for mobile application users. Led the company development team of 4 and infrastructure administrator thanks to the best knowledge about the application and MYSQL. PHP Developer Worked in plain PHP and Symfony Framework. Took part in development of Intranet solutions and reporting systems. First experience with Agile and Scrum. Skills Known e-commerce solutions Magento, Magento2, Shopify WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Vue StoreFront, Spryker Operating systems Proficient with Linux Windows daily user OS X - basics Storage systems MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, MSSQL Languages English - very good spoken and written Polish - fluent Other knowledge Experience with many software solutions, services and software providers. Programming languages PHP - Senior/Expert. Java, Python and Elixir - Trainee/Junior Additional skills Quick learner and good problem solver. Good listener. Practical ability to work and prioritize things correctly under pressure.