Rafał Rudol — Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Software engineer with over … years building web products — startups to big tech. Strong ownership, delivery under uncertainty, and leadership that ships complex work on time. Accessibility, stability, and maintainability are non‑negotiable. Fast in new domains; calm with dynamic scope and tight deadlines.

Selected impact

Multi-team delivery

Snowflake · Tech Lead

Problem: several services, shared timelines, high bar on quality.

Role: owned stability of 7 projects; aligned 7 teams on ways of working and OKRs.

Result: coordinated delivery under strict deadlines without dropping SLA ownership.

Connectors product UI

Snowflake · Tech Lead + IC

Problem: complex platform surface used daily by thousands of customers.

Role: tech lead for FE; partner to PM/Design and backend; on-call for platform SLA.

Result: accessible, performant, secure web product with clear cross-team ownership.

Design system & standards

Snowflake · Senior / Lead

Problem: legacy UI and inconsistent patterns slowed delivery.

Role: built design-system components; drove code standardization initiatives.

Result: faster migration path off legacy and more predictable FE quality.

Skills

Frontend: TypeScript · React · design systems · accessibility (WCAG) · performance · testing
Platform & delivery: Large web apps · service integration · on-call / SLA · secure delivery · CI-minded workflows
Leadership: Tech lead (team of 8) · mentoring · hiring · OKRs · multi-team coordination · stakeholder alignment
Domains: Data / connectors · fintech · insurance · marketing platforms · product consulting

Experience

Snowflake · Tech Lead & Senior Software Engineer

Full-time · Mar 2022 – Present · Warsaw, Poland · On-site

Tech Lead

Led a team of eight engineers — growth, performance evaluation, and full utilization of potential in an agile environment.
Defined, workshopped, and estimated quarterly scope; aligned work with company OKRs and business goals for customer value.
Delivered under high expectations and strict deadlines across multiple projects; coordinated 7 teams to ship multiple services at high quality.
Owned stability and quality of 7 projects concurrently; established communication and ways of working across teams with shared timelines.

Senior Software Engineer

Participated in on-call programs ensuring high SLA for the platform and individual services.
Owned web products used by thousands of customers daily — accessible, scalable, performant, and secure.
Built complex systems integrated with many services; partnered with designers and PMs on UX/UI.
Built design-system components to migrate legacy code; contributed to code standardization initiatives.

Netguru · Discovery Frontend Consultant

Full-time · Jun 2021 – Feb 2022 · Poznań, Poland

Consulted technical needs for 30+ inbound and outbound customers — business plans, domain fit, solution design, and delivery support.
Designed architectures and tech stacks for several startup applications.
Reviewed customer ideas and estimated cost and time for initiatives.

Netguru · Senior Frontend Developer

Self-employed · Jan 2021 – Feb 2022

Led a team of 8 developers; evaluated direct-report performance.
Created an MVP web application for a car insurance company.
Worked on a large Fintech application.
Recruited frontend developers (internal and external).

Earlier experience Netguru FE · Moonfare · Cognifide · 2016–2021

Netguru · Front-end Developer

Self-employed · Sep 2019 – Jan 2021

Referrals program application for a US real estate company.
Medical application to organize internal processes.
Fintech project: KYC and investing processes.

Moonfare · Frontend Developer

Self-employed · Oct 2019 – Mar 2021

Frontend delivery for a private-markets / alternative investments platform.
Collaborated with product and design on investor-facing web experiences.

Cognifide · Junior Front-end Developer

Full-time · Jul 2016 – Sep 2019 · ~3 yrs 3 mos cumulative · Poznań, Poland · On-site

Periods: Jul 2016–Sep 2016 · Jul 2017–Sep 2017 · Jul 2018–Sep 2019 (study / freelance breaks)

Led frontend team on a marketing web application project.
Built marketing websites and apps for multinational enterprises (automotive, consumer goods, telecommunications).
Business development: rapid, highly customizable campaign sites and PoCs.
Private banking marketing needs; sports championship website end-to-end.

Education

Poznan University of Technology — Magister (Mgr), Distributed Systems

Feb 2018 – Jul 2019

Large-scale cloud systems with focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.

Poznan University of Technology — Inżynier, Informatyka

Sep 2014 – Feb 2018

Computer science, programming, networking, software development. Leader of AKAI science group (~3 years) — web community, local events, hackathons.

Recommendations

From LinkedIn · roles only (names omitted) · full set on LinkedIn

Direct supervisor for 1.5 years: Rafał is a complete Senior Engineer — technology, problem solving, execution, and customer needs. Proactive on business challenges; leadership trusted by managers and senior leadership. Aligns tech with business objectives; unifies and structures teams with empathetic leadership. Recommend for Senior or Lead Engineer roles.

Engineering Manager · direct manager @ Snowflake · Mar 2025

Tech Lead in title and far more in practice — exceptional product understanding, support for PM and Design, go-to for frontend and backend. Precise answers; feedback that taught without demoralizing; tasks matched to people’s strengths. Put the team first. Highly recommend for leadership, technical depth, and mentorship.

Frontend Developer · teammate @ Snowflake · Mar 2025

Led by example — deep technical expertise with real leadership. Thorough planning, OKR alignment, quality under pressure across multiple projects and seven teams. Hands-on, available to unblock; thoughtful feedback. Strong leader, talented engineer.

Frontend Developer · direct report · Apr 2025

Contact

Prefer email? rudol.dev@gmail.com · or use the form (reCAPTCHA anti-spam).