FAQ FOR RECRUITERS

1. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN RELOCATION?

No, I prefer to work remotely or in a hybrid model.

2. WHAT KIND OF ROLES ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?

I am well-suited for both technical roles (Software Engineer since 2005) and leadership positions (8+ years of experience).

In general, I am passionate about concurrency and distributed systems.

3. WHAT FORM OF EMPLOYMENT DO YOU PREFER?

I am open to all types of employment arrangements; however, B2B has worked best for international contracts.

Taxes are also easy to manage:

  • I operate as a sole proprietor and can issue invoices to companies worldwide.
  • Poland has double taxation agreements with most countries, so I pay taxes only in Poland.
  • For U.S. contracts, I maintain a valid W-8BEN form and renew it every three years.

4. WHAT IS YOUR HOURLY RATE?

  • It is negotiable, but I prefer working on a monthly salary basis.

5. ARE YOU AUTHORISED TO WORK IN THE EU, US?

  • EU: Yes — I was born in Poland
  • US: B2B (remote) only

6. WHAT SHOULD YOUR DREAM JOB LOOK LIKE?

I enjoy working with open-minded people who listen to each other and respect differing opinions. Ideally, I would like the opportunity to create something original, learn new things, and work with technologies I am passionate about.

I prefer minimal bureaucracy and flexible working hours.

7. WHAT DOESN’T INTEREST YOU?

I am not interested in environments with unclear direction, a lack of genuine purpose, or heavy micromanagement. However, if I have the opportunity to help improve these areas, I would be eager to take on the challenge and drive meaningful change.

8. WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH AI?

I use Copilot for initial code reviews of pull requests, log analysis, and scaffolding unit tests. I am generally not satisfied with code generated by AI models, so I prefer writing code myself without any AI assistance.

9. WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD AND KUBERNETES?

  • Cloud: Experience with GCP (since 2017) and AWS (since 2018), including CI/CD pipelines, autoscaling, and cost optimization.
  • Kubernetes: Deploying and managing microservices on Kubernetes clusters since 2017.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Helm and Ansible
  • Monitoring: worked with Sentry, AppSignal, DataDog, Splunk, New Relic, ElasticSearch, Jaeger but primarly Grafana and Prometheus

10. DO YOU MIND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CLIENTS?

Not at all. I have extensive experience collaborating directly with clients and their technical teams.

11. ARE YOU OPEN TO LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORKS?

Absolutely. I am always eager to learn and enjoy exploring different approaches. I have proven my ability to quickly pick up new languages (e.g., Go, Elixir) and successfully secure roles using them.

12. WHAT ARE YOUR CORE WORKING HOURS?

I am comfortable working in the late afternoon and evening.

For reference, 3:00 PM (Poland) corresponds to:

  • 09:00 AM in New York, Miami, Montreal, Toronto
  • 08:00 AM in Dallas, Lincoln
  • 07:00 AM in Salt Lake City, Denver
  • 06:00 AM in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Los Angeles
  • 04:00 AM in Finland, Estonia, Saudi Arabia

I have worked with remote teams across five continents, and time zone differences have never been an issue.

13. HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO VISIT THE OFFICE?

It depends on the distance and can be discussed individually. For example, direct flights take approximately: Dublin – 2h 50m, Munich – 1h 30m, London – 2h 50m, Rome – 2h 25m, New York – 9h 25m, San Francisco – 14h 10m.