Jakub Kubacki

VP of Technology / Lead Full Stack Engineer

Benztown Branding USA - Leading radio imaging company

Glendale, CA / Remote

Mar 2019 - Present

• Oversaw all technical operations within the company, including managing the engineering team, developing new products, maintaining existing products, and overseeing infrastructure architecture.

• Led the development of new products:
• Created a SaaS platform for radio imaging production.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Consulted with executives and stakeholders to define the product roadmap.
• Managed a team of developers and designers.

• Improved reliability:
• Designed and provisioned Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS using Terraform.
• Utilized Infrastructure as Code tools such as ArgoCD GitOps, Helm, and Kustomize.
• Set up fully automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Implemented observability tools, application monitoring, and incident response procedures.
• Automated backups and disaster recovery plans for databases, volumes, and Kubernetes resources.
• Achieved 99.999% uptime for all services over two years.

• Created a full-stack application for the company's flagship product using Next.js, TypeScript, React, and Redux for the frontend and Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, and Elasticsearch for the backend.
• Maintained high test coverage with Jest, React Testing Library, RSpec, and Capybara.

• Improved security:
• Implemented static code analyzers and automated dependency checks.
• Ensured complete environment separation.
• Replaced custom authentication systems with industry-standard solutions.

• Developed AI-powered products:
• Implemented a similarity audio search.
• Developed an AI-powered voice generation application for radio imaging.
• Trained an AI audio classification model for music genres.

• Maintained and improved a 13-year-old Ruby on Rails backend application.
• Optimized performance by introducing caching, background jobs, and database optimizations.
• Upgraded a Rails 4 application to Rails 7.
• Updated outated dependencies.
• Eliminated unused features and their dependencies.
• Gradually refactored legacy code to enhance maintainability and testability.

Technical Team Leader

Netguru – Ruby on Rails software house

Remote

Sept 2017 - Mar 2019

• Led multiple technical projects, managed teams of developers, and consulted with clients.

• Mentored less experienced colleagues.

• Created and maintained Ruby on Rails and React applications.

• Conducted code reviews and pair programming sessions following best practices.

• Managed a team of seven developers, providing mentorship, supervising development goals, and evaluating performance.

• Led the development of small, medium, and large-scale projects

• Coordinated the recruitment process for a department of 200 developers.

• Spoke at company meetups, organized internal hackathons, and coached attendees in Ruby on Rails workshops.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

• Consulted with clients during scoping sessions, project workshops, and technical project reviews.

• Consulted on company-wide policies with leadership and executives.

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Netguru - Ruby on Rails focused software house

Remote

Jan 2015 - Sept 2017

• Led Ruby on Rails projects.

• Managed teams of RoR developers.

• Conducted recruitment interviews for junior to senior levels.

Ruby on Rails Developer

E-price - e-commerce company

Remote

Dec 2013 - Jan 2015

• Built e-commerce ERP software managing sales via API integrations.

• Managed server infrastructure and deployment processes.

PHP Developer

E-price - e-commerce company

Remote

Sept 2010 - Dec 2013

• Developed and maintained ERP e-commerce software.

• Created CMS software for managing products and orders.