Pawel Duda
@pawelduda
Senior engineering manager driving reliable, scalable Java/JVM cloud delivery through leaders.
PolandWhat I'm looking for
I’m an engineering leader with 19+ years in enterprise software and 16+ years of leadership at Pegasystems, advancing from first-line management to Senior Manager. I lead through managers and tech leads across a globally distributed organization of up to 25 people spanning dev, QA, and DevOps, owning delivery end-to-end.
I govern scope, schedule, release governance, quality gates, and production readiness, running on DORA metrics for predictability. I bring deep JVM/Java technical governance and high-volume reliability experience on AWS and Kubernetes, and I’ve turned manual processes into measurable automation—especially an AI-powered bug-triage pipeline that cut triage cost 80–90% org-wide.
I also drive AI adoption across the SDLC with agentic tooling like Copilot and Claude Code for planning, documentation, code review, and agentic workflows. Earlier, I founded and scaled a mobile-offline product line, delivered the 2020 U.S. Census field deployment, automated ~90% of device-capability testing, and co-invented two granted U.S. patents—always combining engineering rigor with leadership, hiring, mentoring, and succession.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead and scale a globally distributed engineering organisation (up to 25 across dev, QA, and DevOps) while owning delivery end-to-end, including scope, schedule, quality gates, and production readiness. Govern CI/CD and reliability on AWS/Kubernetes and drive AI adoption for SDLC workflows, including an AI-powered bug-triage pipeline that reduced triage cost by 80–90% org-wide.
Founded and led the mobile-offline product line, scaling the engineering organisation 3× (from 7 to a peak of 24 engineers across Kraków, Hyderabad, and the U.S.) and owning hiring, performance, and career progression. Delivered the platform behind the 2020 U.S. Census field deployment and set architecture direction, CI/CD, and quality gates used across the broader mobile organisation.
Managed the Antenna/Volantis organisation and improved mobile-device capability testing by automating about 90% of device-capability testing, replacing manual validation with parallel automated pipelines. Co-invented two granted U.S. patents related to integrated mobile platform development and mobile web testing.
Co-Founder, Topaware
Topaware
Jan 2000 - Jan 2013 (13 years)
Co-founded Topaware, delivering independent custom software solutions for SMB clients with responsibilities including client scoping, estimation, and end-to-end delivery.
Founder, Duda Software
Duda Software.com
Jan 2000 - Jan 2013 (13 years)
Founded an independent custom-software venture serving SMB clients, handling client scoping, estimation, and end-to-end delivery.
Senior Mobile Services Developer
Antenna Software
Jun 2007 - Aug 2010 (3 years 2 months)
Built production-grade mobile and server services on the platform later acquired by Pega, progressing from Developer to Senior and then Team Manager.
IT Chief Specialist
KRUS
Apr 1999 - Jan 2008 (8 years 9 months)
Provided IT leadership as a Chief Specialist at KRUS for nine years, supporting regulated, mission-critical public-sector systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
AGH University of Science and Technology
Master of Science, Computer Science
1999 - 2006
Completed an M.Sc. in Computer Science at AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków (1999–2006).
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
PolandAuthorized to work in
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