👨💻Aleksander Sumowski
About 👨💻Aleksander Sumowski
Aleksander Sumowski is an Associate at Equal Experts in London, England, with extensive experience in data engineering and software development. He has worked for various companies including Caterpillar Inc., Disney Streaming Services, and Wayfair, and holds multiple degrees in Information Technology, Software Engineering, and Philosophy.
Work at Equal Experts
Aleksander Sumowski has been employed at Equal Experts as an Associate since 2019. His role involves contributing to various projects and leveraging his technical expertise in data engineering and software development. Based in London, England, he has been part of the team for five years, focusing on delivering high-quality solutions.
Previous Employment History
Before joining Equal Experts, Aleksander held several positions in the technology sector. He worked as a Data/ML Engineer at Caterpillar Inc. for three months in 2020. Prior to that, he served as a Lead Data Engineer at NewStore, Inc. for four months, transitioning from Berlin to a fully remote role. He also worked at Trainline as a Data Engineer for ten months and at Disney Streaming Services as a Data Engineer for eleven months. Additionally, he was a Software Engineer at uSwitch Ltd. for four years.
Education and Expertise
Aleksander holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Poznan University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Philosophy from Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. His technical expertise includes proficiency in Kubernetes, Envoy, Helm, nginx, terraform, Keycloak, Istio, Okta, Kafka, Big Query, Neo4j, Python, Kotlin, GCP, Airflow, and Vault.
Key Projects and Contributions
Aleksander has played a significant role in various projects throughout his career. He successfully led the migration of large-scale databases from SQL Server to Postgres, resulting in cost savings for his employer. He also developed an Airflow-based data ingestion pipeline for Neo4j and implemented Keycloak-based authentication systems. His contributions include onboarding team applications to Istio and enhancing service mesh capabilities.
Current Role at Wayfair
Since 2021, Aleksander has been working at Wayfair as a DataFinDevSecOps Engineer in a fully remote capacity. His responsibilities involve integrating data engineering practices with development and security operations, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the company's data management strategies.