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Szymon Blumczyński

Software Engineer

Szymon Blumczyński

About

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I am a software engineer with four years of commercial experience, mainly working with Java. Additionally, I learn other JVM languages like Kotlin. I constantly gain knowledge about modern software architectures and tools. Throughout my career, I have worked with many tools like Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka and many more.

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Experience

September 2023

Software Engineer @VISA

September 2023 - Present
Poznań

A backend team member, responsible for development and maintenance of a modular microservice developed in Java and deployed on a private cloud. The microservice uses MySQL as a database, Thales and FutureX HSMs (Hardware Security Module) for cryptography. With the team we have improved the response times quite a lot of times, making the service much faster by applying modern software solutions. Forementioned microservice plays a key role in the payment ecosystem.

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October 2021

Software Engineer @UBS

October 2021 - August 2023
Kraków

A development team member, mainly responsible for development and maintenance of cloud applications, deployed on AKS (Azure), based on a microservice architecture and developed in Java. Also, responsible for development of Spark (Python) processing pipelines.

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September 2020

Java Developer (Working Student) @Nokia

September 2020 - September 2021
Wrocław

A backend team member, responsible for the development of a microservice event-driven application deployed on AKS (Azure). As a daily routine, I have worked with the following technologies: Cassandra as a database, Kafka as the main communication channel, Elasticsearch as a search engine, Redis as a cache, Spring Boot and Spring WebFlux (Project Reactor) as the main microservices' technologies, JUnit/Mockito/Cucumber as test technologies. From time to time, I have worked with a frontend application (React).

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Education

March 2021

Master's degree, Computer Science

March 2021 - June 2022
Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznań
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January 2017

Bachelor degree, Computer Science

January 2017 - February 2021
Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznań
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Skills

Java 21language
Project Reactorframework
Springframework
Spring Bootframework
Spring WebFluxframework
Maventool
JUnittesting
Mockitotesting
Cucumbertesting
GITtool
Dockertool
Linuxplatform
RESTful APIsconcept
Microservice architectureconcept
language
framework
tool
testing
platform
concept
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Languages

P
PolishNative
E
EnglishB2

Achievements

Rector's scholarship for best students in the ranking of first-year IT students

5th place of 294
achievement-1.unlocked

Rector's scholarship for best students in the ranking of second-year IT students

3rd place of 331
achievement-2.unlocked

Rector's scholarship for best students in the ranking of third-year IT students

1st place of 108
achievement-3.unlocked