FAQ

I’m currently on a hourly based projects and I’m open to a full-time / long-term job.

1. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN RELOCATION?

No, I can work remotely / hybrid only.

2. WHAT KIND OF ROLES ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?

Software Engineer in Elixir, Golang, Python, Kotlin but also would love to have a chance to work more with Rust, Clojure, Haskell, OCaml, Swift, Elm.

I’m interested in management roles if they are close to the tech side of a project.

3. WHAT FORM OF EMPLOYMENT DO YOU PREFER?

• B2B only - I’m also open to long-term cooperation.

Taxes are very easy to handle:

• I’m a sole proprietor and can issue an invoice to any company in the world.
• Poland has a double taxation agreement with most countries and I pay taxes only in Poland.
• For US contracts additionally I have singed W-8BEN and I renew it every 3 yrs.

4. WHAT IS YOUR HOURLY RATE?

• Negotiable

• Acceptable currencies: USD, GBP, EUR, PLN

5. WHAT SHOULD YOUR DREAM JOB LOOK LIKE?

Working with open-minded people, people who listen to each other and respect other’s opinion. Ideally an opportunity to create something original, learn something new, in the technology stack I’m interested in. I prefer start-ups. I need to have flexible hours of work during the day + the less bureaucracy the better. :)

6. WHAT IS NOT INTERESTING TO YOU?

chaotically managed projects, places full of slogans that are only empty words

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

Of course. Always learning new stuff. I like to know how things can be done in different ways.

8. MOST IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT?

That’s a popular question, so I decided to put it up here:

Updated:

Now I’m considering an achievement differently. I learnt how to be really productive & how to manage my time efficiently (daily planning, good quality of sleep, healthy lifestyle and most importantly how to look after the mental health). Ability to focus is very hard these days (emails, slack, mobile app notifications)- I’m a big fan of “deep work” techniques. It helps me to accomplish more in less time.

Previous achievement:

I refactored a platform for launching games in 2 weeks and tested that against real live integrations with the biggest egaming brands (IGT, Playtech, Cayetano, Openbet) within the very first 5 days of the release. That started to make millions for Paddy Power since its release, never stopped and proved to scaled up. I reduced the time of the technical aspects of games integrations from months to days (even hours in some cases).

Based on that achievement I built up a team of 6 people that contributed to make the games channel the most proficient (in terms of revenue) of all Paddy Power channels. After we (me and my family) decided to come back to Poland, the company changed its policy to hire me remotely and I was the very first and the only one allowed to work fully remotely for Paddy Power.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR CORE HOURS?

I don’t mind working my late afternoon / evening.

3.00 pm of my time (Poland has only one time zone) is:

• 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’m experienced in working with remote teams spread over 5 continents. Time zone difference has never been an issue.

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

Depends on the distance and shall be agreed individually. For instance (direct flights) to: Dublin in 2h 30m, Munich 1h 10m, London 2h, Rome 2h 5m, New York 9h 45m, San Francisco 14h 25m.