👋 Hi, I'm Oliwer! I'm a fullstack software engineer at Contractbook, working on extending and maintaining both the frontend and backend parts of the app.
I've been making websites for my hobby projects since my teenage years, and I decided to pursue this passion in my professional career.
First, I pursued a more academic path and graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan with a master's degree in computer science. My studies and internships gave me a taste of various technical directions, including low-level programming in C/C++, game development in C#/Unity/XNA, and even Natural Language Processing. After experimenting with all of these, I chose to focus on the web platform.
My first significant work experience was at Wunderman Thompson Technology (formerly Cognifide, now part of VML), where I built web applications on top of Adobe Experience Manager for corporate clients such as Ford, HSBC, Unilever, and Colgate-Palmolive. During this time, I specialized in frontend development, solidifying my foundation in JS/CSS/HTML, learning frameworks from AngularJS to React, and focusing on web accessibility.
Later, I decided to test myself in a startup environment and joined Contractbook. This is where I became a more well-rounded developer and began working on the backend as well, which led me to learn Elixir. Currently, I spend a similar amount of time working on both the frontend app, which is built with TypeScript, React, and Redux, and the Elixir API. While I certainly consider myself more experienced with the frontend, I enjoy honing my server-side skills as well.
- Frontend: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, CSS, HTML, jQuery, SCSS, TailwindCSS, Web Accessibility
- Backend: Elixir, Phoenix, PostgreSQL
- Tools & Platforms: command line, iTerm2, Oh-My-Zsh, VS Code, Zed, TablePlus, SourceTree, GitHub, OrbStack
Due to pursuing other activities and hobbies after hours, I currently don't have any bigger projects in my personal repos. However, you can check out the repository for my website and blog: