About

Two Decades of Engineering

Twenty years ago I co-built from the first lines of code what is now one of Poland's largest e-commerce platforms. Today I design BPMN-driven financial decisioning systems and AI-integrated architectures. The problems got harder. So did I.

I'm Michał — Principal Systems Architect and AI Architect with two decades of building production systems across fintech, automotive, e-commerce, and SaaS — for clients in Poland, Australia, the US, and Asia-Pacific.

My career has a thread running through it: I keep finding myself at the beginning of things. I was there when Frisco.pl was writing its first lines of code — Poland's first online grocery store, now heading toward 1 billion PLN in annual revenue. I was there when a US-backed fintech needed someone to replace cascading conditionals with BPMN process models that both engineers and business could read. I've led architecture for international automotive marketplaces, built ERP systems for organizations managing 4,000+ licensed professionals, and delivered cloud-native infrastructure from zero to scale on AWS.

My approach hasn't changed in twenty years: domain model first, implementation second. SOLID, DDD, TDD, event-driven design — not as methodologies to put on a resume, but as the disciplines that determine whether a system survives its second year.

Currently building Rentier.app — my own SaaS for property management, designed with DDD, CQRS, and Event Sourcing from the ground up.

If you're building something that needs to scale — and needs to last — you know where to find me.

Journey

Career Timeline

2010 — Present

Principal Systems Architect & Software Engineer

Haxmedia (own company)

  • Leading architecture for scalable backends serving high-traffic platforms
  • Driving AI-augmented development workflows across engineering teams
  • Designing and orchestrating complex business processes using BPMN 2.0 and Camunda, leveraging AI for rapid process modeling and optimization
  • Designing cloud-native infrastructure on AWS with zero-downtime deployments
  • Establishing engineering standards: SOLID, DDD, TDD, CI/CD
2018 — 2020

Lead Backend Developer

Asper Brothers

  • Designed and built backend API and microservices layer for an automotive marketplace platform across Australia, Indonesia, and Asia-Pacific markets
  • Implemented serverless Lambda architecture eliminating idle infrastructure costs
  • Architected backend systems in Laravel on AWS with Terraform
2013 — 2018

Lead Software Engineer

Bridge Agency

  • Led full digital transformation of a Polish-Australian education agency representing 200+ Australian institutions
  • Built course catalogue of 2,100+ courses with comparator, visa calculators, and stay package builders
  • Implemented EDI with digital signature for regulated document workflows
  • Built internal CRM, ERP, and mailing systems for a 10-person team managing 3,000+ students
2012 — 2013

PHP Developer

NetInteractive

  • Developed web applications and backend services for diverse client projects
2009 — 2010

Frontend Developer

Cuebid Investment

  • Built frontend interfaces for investment and financial platforms
2007 — 2008

Web Developer

Frisco.pl

  • Co-built the web platform for Poland's first online-only grocery store from its first lines of code
  • Frisco.pl later acquired by Eurocash Group, currently heading toward 1 billion PLN annual revenue
2008 — 2009

Web Developer

MM2 Group

  • Built and maintained web services for a network of thematic portals
  • autowizja.pl — one of Poland's larger automotive portals, still running today
  • voxim.pl — at the time one of the leading Polish portals covering mobile telephony
2007

PHP Developer

TiGroup

  • Early-career PHP development for web projects

2007 — Present

Philosophy
“Great architecture isn't about choosing the right technology — it's about designing systems that evolve with confidence. Every line of code either repays technical debt or creates it.”
SOLID · DDD · TDD · CI/CD