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{
"meta": {
"theme": "elegant"
},
"basics": {
"name": "Bartlomiej Kus",
"label": "Principal Software Engineer",
"image": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIyhl74j_fb8JT7o6_NkLM7uP6QHujJtohrnsLROKCtcTwYCZUM=s83-c-mo",
"url": "https://bartekus.com",
"summary": "Pragmatic full-stack engineer with 10+ years of experience driving innovation at startups, scale-ups, and enterprise organizations. Proven expertise in modernizing legacy systems into scalable cloud-native architectures, building high-performance backend services, and crafting intuitive React/TypeScript frontends. Adept in DevOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, and API design, with specialized experience in digital identity (OIDC, SSI, DID) and AI-assisted development workflows. Known for bridging hands-on coding with architectural leadership to deliver resilient, user-centric platforms.",
"email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "1-778-232-6992",
"location": {
"city": "Edmonton",
"region": "Alberta",
"countryCode": "CA"
},
"profiles": [
{
"username": "bartekus",
"url": "https://twitter.com/bartekus",
"network": "twitter"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/bartekus",
"username": "bartekus",
"network": "github"
}
]
},
"skills": [
{
"name": "AI & Machine Learning",
"keywords": [
"AI Agents",
"AI Workflows",
"AI-Powered Analytics"
],
"level": "Senior"
},
{
"name": "Cloud & DevOps",
"keywords": [
"Kubernetes",
"Terraform",
"Docker",
"Compose",
"Skaffold",
"GCP",
"AWS",
"CI/CD",
"Automation"
],
"level": "Senior"
},
{
"name": "Backend Development",
"keywords": [
"Node.js",
"Rust",
"Go",
"GraphQL",
"PostgreSQL",
"SQL",
"Microservices",
"API Gateway",
"OAuth2",
"OIDC"
],
"level": "Senior"
},
{
"name": "Frontend & Mobile",
"keywords": [
"TypeScript",
"React",
"React Native",
"JavaScript",
"HTML",
"CSS",
"TailwindCSS"
],
"level": "Senior"
},
{
"name": "AI-Accelerated Development",
"keywords": [
"Cursor",
"GitHub Copilot",
"AI-assisted Debugging",
"Automated Testing & Documentation",
"Prompt Engineering for Development"
],
"level": "Senior"
},
{
"name": "Blockchain Technologies",
"keywords": [
"Bitcoin",
"Ethereum",
"Hyperledger",
"Syscoin"
],
"level": "Senior"
},
{
"name": "Other Technologies",
"keywords": [
"Linux",
"Git",
"Bash",
"Ruby",
"Java",
"Python"
],
"level": "Senior"
}
],
"education": [
{
"institution": "Lighthouse Labs",
"studyType": "Certificate",
"area": "Web Development GPA: 115",
"startDate": "2015-08",
"endDate": "2015-11",
"summary": "Graduated with top scores and practical expertise in modern web development.",
"location": "Vancouver, British Columbia"
},
{
"institution": "British Columbia Institute of Technology",
"studyType": "Certificate",
"area": "Computer Systems Service Tech GPA: 74",
"startDate": "2002-09",
"endDate": "2003-06",
"summary": "Gained a deeper understanding of computer systems theory along with hands-on practical experience in software development and administration.",
"location": "Burnaby, British Columbia"
}
],
"work": [
{
"name": "ATB Financial / ATB Ventures",
"position": "Principal Platform Engineer",
"location": "Edmonton, Alberta",
"startDate": "2021-04",
"endDate": "2025-02",
"summary": "Led the Oliu.id digital identity team in developing and delivering a multi-service platform. Played a key role in transforming an AI-driven insight engine from a proof of concept into a scalable financial analytics solution.",
"highlights": [
"Modernized legacy UIs into React/TypeScript progressive web applications seamlessly integrated with backend microservices.",
"Leveraged AI-assisted development (Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation while maintaining code quality.",
"Directed a full refactor of the Oliu identity platform backend, transitioning from monolithic services to scalable, cloud-native microservices.",
"Redesigned and optimized the Insight Engine, improving AI-driven financial analytics with a 30% performance gain in processing speed.",
"Implemented an API Gateway to standardize third-party identity verification integrations, reducing partner onboarding time by 40%.",
"Engineered Kubernetes-native solutions ensuring system resilience, high availability, and elastic scalability across environments.",
"Automated local development and production system bootstrapping with on-chain initialization workflows, reducing setup time and errors.",
"Mentored junior engineers and led architecture/code reviews, establishing technical best practices and elevating overall code quality."
]
},
{
"name": "Magnify Digital",
"position": "Senior Software Engineer",
"location": "Edmonton, Alberta",
"startDate": "2020-04",
"endDate": "2021-04",
"summary": "Led full-stack development for Magnify Digital’s platform before it was branded as ScreenMiner.",
"highlights": [
"Rebuilt legacy components into a modern React-based architecture with seamless AWS cloud deployment.",
"Owned full-stack delivery across frontend, backend, and DevOps, leveraging React with Redux-Saga, Node.js, and MariaDB.",
"Architected and implemented scalable system design, optimizing database performance and ensuring reliable AWS-based deployments.",
"Shaped the platform’s core technical foundation, strengthening system reliability and positioning it for long-term growth."
]
},
{
"name": "Redman Technologies Inc",
"position": "Front End Developer",
"location": "Edmonton, Alberta",
"startDate": "2019-10",
"endDate": "2020-05",
"summary": "Developed a React-based multi-tenant front-end application for automated real estate postcard mailouts, integrating Redux-Saga workflows with a Couchbase Server backend.",
"highlights": [
"Developed a React-based multi-tenant front-end application for automated real estate postcard mailouts, integrating Redux-Saga workflows with a Couchbase Server backend.",
"Implemented a Redux-Saga polling service for resilient image re-fetching and state synchronization.",
"Integrated Couchbase Server as the data layer to support high-volume, multi-tenant operations.",
"Optimized data access patterns between frontend and backend, improving reliability and performance."
]
},
{
"name": "Blockchain Foundry Inc",
"position": "Senior Software Engineer",
"location": "Burnaby, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2018-05",
"endDate": "2019-05",
"summary": "Engineered blockchain-based solutions and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation, combining full-stack development with DevOps practices to deliver secure, scalable platforms. Hands-on experience with Syscoin, Bitcoin, and Ethereum integrations for real-world blockchain applications.",
"highlights": [
"Co-developed a React-Redux browser extension enabling blockchain-based document signing on Syscoin, with compatibility for Bitcoin and Ethereum networks.",
"Integrated blockchain APIs and smart contract interactions, ensuring secure and seamless connectivity across multiple chains.",
"Implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with Terraform on AWS, streamlining deployments and improving infrastructure reliability.",
"Automated local blockchain environment setup and developer onboarding using Bash and Node.js scripting, reducing setup time and errors."
]
},
{
"name": "Beanworks Solutions Inc",
"position": "Senior Software Engineer",
"location": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2017-05",
"endDate": "2018-05",
"summary": "Delivered full-stack features and data automation workflows, combining React, React Native, and PostgreSQL pipelines to enhance product capabilities and user experience.",
"highlights": [
"Contributed to major product enhancements in a React–Backbone.js platform, improving usability and functionality.",
"Developed a React Native mobile application for accounting expense capture, enabling streamlined data entry on the go.",
"Engineered automated PostgreSQL data ingestion from third-party partners using cron, Bash scripting, and PSQL, reducing manual effort and errors."
]
},
{
"name": "Support Services Unlimited",
"position": "Lead Developer",
"location": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2017-02",
"endDate": "2017-05",
"summary": "Led a short-term engagement to modernize a legacy Webform application, providing architectural guidance and code reviews that improved maintainability and elevated junior developer practices."
},
{
"name": "Semios Technologies Inc",
"position": "JavaScript Developer",
"location": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2016-11",
"endDate": "2017-02",
"summary": "Delivered a redesigned overview dashboard in an Ember application, expanding automated unit, integration, and acceptance tests to strengthen reliability and system coverage."
},
{
"name": "Strutta Media Inc",
"position": "JavaScript Developer",
"location": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2016-08",
"endDate": "2016-11",
"summary": "Developed comprehensive end-to-end test suites for an Ember & Rails platform, improving regression detection and ensuring consistent product quality during rapid iterations."
},
{
"name": "Assembly Co",
"position": "JavaScript Developer",
"location": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2016-02",
"endDate": "2016-08",
"summary": "Implemented a customer rewards feature in a Node.js/Angular/Ionic mobile app and automated Gulp-based workflows, reducing build times and improving frontend developer efficiency."
},
{
"name": "Modern Systems Management Ltd",
"position": "Control Systems Technician",
"location": "Surrey, British Columbia",
"startDate": "2012-04",
"endDate": "2015-05",
"summary": "Developed custom UI dashboards for HVAC control systems by integrating web technologies with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Java-based backend platform.",
"highlights": [
"Designed and implemented HVAC monitoring dashboards by integrating web frontends with the EcoStruxure Java backend platform.",
"Developed Java-based extensions to support real-time control and data visualization across multiple building systems.",
"Optimized system communication between custom UIs and backend services, improving responsiveness and reliability.",
"Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deploy and maintain Java-centric control solutions in commercial building environments."
]
}
],
"references": [
{
"reference": "Bart is hands down one of the best developers I know.\nHe's thorough, a fast implementer, great listener, and most importantly an all-around pleasure to work with,\nwhich is a big consideration when you're working 12 hours a day together.\nAnyone lucky enough to get Bart to accept an offer with them is a very lucky person.",
"name": "Sebastian Schepis · Chief Technologist @ Nomyx"
}
],
"languages": [
{
"language": "English",
"fluency": "Fluent"
},
{
"language": "Polish",
"fluency": "Fluent"
}
],
"interests": [
{
"name": "Open Source Innovation – contributing to and shaping projects that empower developers and communities."
},
{
"name": "Artificial Intelligence & Sentience – exploring the frontier of symbolic reasoning, cognition, and human–AI collaboration."
},
{
"name": "Continuous Growth – reading, experimenting, and building systems that bridge ideas into working technology."
}
]
}
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