Engineering leader · Warsaw, Poland
Fifteen years building software. Most of it spent leading the people who build it.
I lead engineering teams that ship products people actually use — a decade on CKEditor, the rich-text editor running across millions of web apps, and most recently leading the typing experience team at Goodnotes.
About
I started as a JavaScript developer on the CKEditor core team in 2013, and spent the next decade moving from writing the editor to leading the people who write it — team lead, then customer team lead, then features team lead, across both CKEditor 4 and CKEditor 5.
In 2023 I led the typing experience team at Goodnotes, working on a cross-platform typing feature for their handwriting and note-taking apps. Along the way: hiring, mentoring, roadmap-setting, and enough production incidents to know the difference between a good process and a comforting one.
Experience
Where I've worked
Typing Experience Team Lead · Goodnotes
Owned the typing experience end to end — set the roadmap, aligned product and senior leadership on priorities, and worked the technical problems that stood between the feature and stability.
Features Team Lead, CKEditor 5 · CKSource
Ran the team shipping new CKEditor 5 features, from scoping through code review, and reported progress to customers and the business.
Customer Team Lead, CKEditor 5 · CKSource
Built a new team from scratch inside the CKEditor 5 division to run major customer projects — hiring, mentoring, and owning delivery.
Team Lead, CKEditor 5 · CKSource
Joined to accelerate CKEditor 5 delivery, working directly with the lead architect on project direction and triaging open-source feature requests.
Lead Developer, CKEditor 4 · CKSource
Ran key customer projects, maintained open-source communication, and owned the release process.
JavaScript Developer · CKSource
Core member of the CKEditor team — bug fixes, new features, API design, and accessibility work.
Software Developer · Software Business Group & Aurelius Interactive
Built PHP web applications, an internal HR system, and RIAs — early years learning the craft.
Off the clock
Outside of work, I build things with my hands as much as with code.
Contact
Open to new engineering leadership roles.
If you're looking for someone to lead a team, ship a hard product, or just want to talk shop — I'd like to hear from you.