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Adrian Wróbel.

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

Need an extra pair of hands?

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.