Have a look around, check out my work, and hit me up if you want to build something together.
*** HELLO WORLD!! ***
Hey there. I'm Lukasz Drynski -- a full
stack software engineer with 10+ years of doing this for a living. I'm not gonna
tell you I'm a "rockstar ninja 10x developer" because honestly I just write code
that works and ship it on time. That's the whole secret.
I'm a contractor (b2b) based out of Warsaw, Poland, though I've spent most of my career working in London. JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js -- that's my bread and butter. I've been through the whole cycle: coding, reviews, deployments, production fires at 2am, the works.
I speak English (full professional) and Polish (native). I read Stack Overflow daily. I still Google "how to center a div" sometimes. I get things done.
⚠ This page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION (aren't they all?) ⚠
💻 I Make Apps, Good Apps, Not Shit Apps 💻
These bars are extremely scientific and based on how confident I feel before my morning coffee.
| TECHNOLOGY | COMFORT LEVEL | HONEST RATING |
|---|---|---|
| JavaScript / ES6+ | daily driver | |
| TypeScript | types save lives | |
| React.js | it pays the bills | |
| Node.js | backend too, yeah | |
| HTML / CSS | see this page? | |
| Java / Spring | been a while | |
| AWS / Cloud | Cognito, S3, etc. | |
| Kubernetes / Docker | it runs somewhere | |
| Postgres / Redis | data in, data out | |
| Git | force push survivor | |
| CI/CD (Jenkins, etc.) | pipelines go brrr | |
| Testing (Selenium, Gatling) | yes I write tests | |
| Vibe Coding / AI Agents | code is for dinos (learned hard way) |
* gigs where I showed up, wrote code, and didn't get fired
📈 Own Project CURRENT
Solo Dev / Founder · Trading & Crypto
Warsaw, Poland
Working on my own thing in the trading and crypto space. Success has been... limited. But hey, at least I'm my own boss now. The codebase is clean even if the P&L isn't.
☕ Shell
Senior Software Engineer · Contract · Apr 2021 - 2024
Greater London (Hybrid)
Energy sector, big systems, the usual. Wrote code, it went to production, things didn't explode.
🗒 HM Passport Office
Frontend Developer · Contract · Nov 2020 - Apr 2022
Greater London (Hybrid)
UK government project. If you've renewed your passport recently, there's a non-zero chance some of my code was involved.
🍎 Apple
Senior Full Stack Developer · Contract · Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Greater London (Remote)
Short gig, but hey -- it was Apple. Three months, got stuff done, moved on.
🚶 College of Policing
Senior Software Engineer · Contract · Oct 2019 - May 2020
Greater London
Built a frontend web app from scratch using React.js (Material UI) with a Node.js/ES6 backend API. Integrated with Amazon Cognito and internal APIs.
✈ Expedia Group (Hotels.com)
Senior Software Engineer · Contract · Apr 2018 - Oct 2019
Greater London
Hotels.com Edge team. React/Node.js on Akamai API Gateway. Content security policies for millions of daily impressions. Kubernetes migration.
⚖ Ministry of Justice UK
Technical Lead · Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
Full Stack Developer · Jun 2016 - Apr 2018
London Area
Started as a dev, ended up as tech lead. Ran the team, did code reviews, mentored juniors. Node.js + Express, Java REST services, Postgres, Redis. Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Ansible, Git, Maven.
🌱 DEFRA
Full Stack Developer · Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
Greater Reading Area
Full dev lifecycle. Angular frontend, Spring Framework backend. Short but productive.
🌎 Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Full Stack Developer · Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
London Area
ReactJS + Scala (Spray). Performance testing with Gatling, functional with Selenium. Integrated with Barclaycard payment system.
🔌 NXP Semiconductors
Software Engineer · Jul 2014 - Mar 2015
Gdansk, Poland
Test framework development in Java. Verification engineering. Mentored the QA team.
🏦 Nordea
Software Engineer · Nov 2012 - Jun 2014
Gdynia, Poland
Where it all began. JavaEE, Struts MVC, Oracle WebLogic, PL/SQL, TUXEDO. Enterprise banking systems. Production bugs in financial systems hit different.
🏫 University of Aberdeen
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science · 2007 - 2011
Grade: Upper Second (2:1)
Dissertation: analyzing web content to improve website traffic. Got a decent grade. The rest I figured out on the job like everyone else.
🔗 Blockchain Basics
Coursera Certificate · May 2020
Took this during lockdown when everyone was learning sourdough. I chose blockchain instead.
✍ Guestbook (References, Sort Of) ✍
What people say (or might say) about working with me:
Lukasz joined, asked good questions, shipped clean code, didn't cause drama. 10/10 would hire again.
He said the estimate was two weeks. It took two weeks. I didn't think that was possible. :) :) :)
Lukasz was the tech lead. He actually explained things instead of just saying "read the docs." Solid mentor.
Very nice website honey! I still don't understand what you do but I'm proud of you! Love, Mama 💔
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