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Adrian Wróbel.

Freelance backend & cloud engineer — production NestJS microservices and the cloud infrastructure they run on, AWS, Kubernetes, or both, for B2B SaaS, marketplaces, and regulated platforms.

Accepting engagements · 10–20 h/week · Gdańsk · EU/remote

Focus

What I work on

Backend

NestJS, TypeScript, Node.js. Multi-tenant APIs, CQRS, event-driven and durable-workflow architectures (Temporal.io). tRPC + Zod contracts, payments, identity, RBAC/ABAC.

Cloud & Platform

AWS Serverless (Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge) and Kubernetes (Helm, ArgoCD, Istio). Terraform with 100+ modules in production. GitHub Actions / GitLab CI/CD. Vault, OpenTelemetry, security-pipeline tooling.

AI & R&D

Computer-vision and photogrammetry SaaS (darkponyfactory.pl): multi-stage GPU pipeline on Modal (BiRefNet masking → COLMAP + OpenMVS reconstruction), NestJS backend, full observability stack.

Engagements

How I engage
Sprint Support 1–4 weeks
Take a specific feature, bug backlog, or migration off your plate. I pick it up, ship it, hand it back. Good fit for teams that are understaffed for a sprint or need a second engineer on a deadline.
Embedded Retainer ≤ 20 h/week
Ongoing hands-on engineering within your team — writing code, reviewing PRs, fixing what's broken. I slot in like an extra team member. Up to 20 h/week alongside current commitments.
Code & Security Review written report
I go through your backend services, IaC, or CI/CD pipelines and flag what needs fixing — delivered as a written report with prioritised findings. One-time or recurring.

Stack

43 tools
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Languages & Runtimes
TypeScript Node.js NestJS Next.js
Architecture
Temporal.io tRPC Drizzle Nx monorepo CQRS
AWS
Lambda Step Functions EventBridge Kinesis ECS SQS
Kubernetes
Helm ArgoCD Istio
IaC & CI/CD
Terraform GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD
Data
PostgreSQL pgvector MongoDB OpenSearch Neptune Redis
Identity & Security
Keycloak OPA Vault Auth0 OAuth2 CASL
Observability
OpenTelemetry Grafana LGTM Prometheus Loki
GPU & Storage
Modal COLMAP OpenMVS BiRefNet Cloudflare R2
Payments
Stripe

Recent

Engagement log
2026 — present
Rimthan·Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer

Backend platform engineering on a regulated B2B SaaS product. Platform and services engineering across the full delivery lifecycle — from backend API design and cloud infrastructure to security posture and observability.

Backend Cloud Security GDPR
2021 — 2026
Cubyl·Lead Backend Engineer

B2B Expert Network SaaS on AWS Serverless. Designed the multi-tenant API platform with CQRS and event-driven patterns. Built an automated engagement pipeline, a graph-based recommendation system on Amazon Neptune, and a real-time high-throughput event-processing pipeline (MongoDB Change Streams → Kinesis). Owned 100+ Terraform modules across four environments with fully automated CI/CD. Led backend & DevOps hiring.

AWS Serverless CQRS Neptune Team lead
2024 — 2025
Upflex·Senior Backend & DevOps Engineer

One of the world's largest coworking marketplaces. Developed serverless v3 APIs on NestJS + AWS Lambda with a hybrid SQL search engine (PostgreSQL + ParadeDB) and geospatial capabilities. Modular monolith of 250+ models managing global booking lifecycles, dynamic pricing, and Stripe payment processing. High-volume data sync pipelines (GraphQL + EventBridge).

NestJS AWS Lambda Stripe ParadeDB
2018 — 2021
Neoteric·Backend & DevOps Engineer

Backend and DevOps engineering for international clients delivered through a Polish software house. AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and containerisation strategies across multiple product engagements. Notable project: aarmy.com.

AWS Kubernetes CI/CD
2026
Independent R&D·Photogrammetry Pipeline

End-to-end image-to-3D-mesh SaaS. NestJS API with Drizzle ORM on Neon PostgreSQL, Keycloak OIDC auth, React dashboard on Cloudflare Pages. Multi-stage GPU pipeline on Modal: BiRefNet for masking, COLMAP 3.11.1 + OpenMVS for sparse SfM, dense stereo, triangle meshing, and UV texturing. Cloudflare R2 with presigned uploads. Full LGTM observability. darkponyfactory.pl

NestJS Modal GPU COLMAP OpenMVS

Hire a Freelance Backend & Cloud Engineer

Available to slot into your team and start shipping — ongoing retainer, one-off sprint, or codebase review. Remote, EU timezone. Response time under 24 hours.

8+ years engineering production backends — Node.js/AWS ecosystem, strong DevOps/IaC discipline. Engineering leadership background: recruiting, performance reviews, mentoring. Postgraduate in Cybersecurity (Jagiellonian University, 2024–2025). Working in English.