Tom Smykowski

Core strengths

• Coding
• Software engineering
• Web design
• Design
• User experience
• Leadership
• Communication
• Mentoring
• Marketing
• Business
• Commercialization

Experience timeline

• 7 years — Frontend development frameworks: Vue, Angular, React
• Senior frontend engineering
• 8 years — Fluent, C1 level English, 16 years of education, 7+ years of practical use
• 12 years — Leadership, marketing, business communication, negotiation, customer support, commercialization, management
• 17+ years — Programming across industries and engineering applications

Broad expertise

• Geospatial visualization — combining data and maps for insight
• Internet of Things — management and visualization of distributed IoT
• Process management — breaking complex systems into useful features and data
• Big data — adding meaning to a flow of big data
• Sensor analysis — presenting and controlling sensors
• Content management and monitoring — scheduling, planning, and monitoring content
• Automation of systems and processes
• Video processing and online presentation
• Realtime data handling and visualization
• B2B services and SaaS delivery
• Resource planning and flow monitoring
• Quality assurance with user feedback loops
• E-commerce platforms and stores

Proof from the work

• Croissant (now) — Staff engineer on a financial investment startup and a coworking product — shipping in tight, real-world constraints.
• Printify — Senior frontend on the merchant-facing rebrand: a codebase touched by ~60 frontend engineers, serving on the order of 10 million merchants, delivered in about nine months ahead of the Printify / Printful chapter.
• Fream (6+ years) — Built a design system for a ~$1.3B industrial group; led a four-person team on a C-suite business operations system for a ~$1.4B company; for a UK government organisation platform, a frontend rebuild contributed to ~20% higher process conversion and ~90% higher sales (as measured on their side after the work).
• Websoul — Ran a five-person product org: social-media planning plus a visual website editor, used by 32,000+ companies; also shipped games and platforms with large live audiences.

Printify (2024 – 2025)

Last context update: 2025

• Key contributor to the development and implementation of the company’s Angular design system rebrand, ensuring scalability, consistency, and streamlined development.
• Redesigned critical section implementations of the e-commerce platform, modernizing UI/UX and improving user engagement and supporting the company’s evolving business strategy.
• Developed and onboarded frontend developers to a custom development tool that streamlines guideline-based Angular development, reducing review time and allowing developers to focus on scalability and architecture.
• Aligned frontend team implementations around best practices in Angular, improving maintainability, performance, and developer efficiency.
• Identified and optimized key usability issues for a more intuitive, accessible experience.
• Co-initiated and contributed to a cross-team research initiative on engineering processes.

Before

Earlier roles and education — summarized without specific dates (see the timeline below for a dated arc).

Fream

• Built process management and cash flow tooling with rich map visualizations.
• Improved UX, sales, and conversion for a custom map printing system.
• Implemented a design system and component library for an international company.
• Led a team of two programmers.

Websoul

• Wrote a rich social-media planning tool and visual website editor used by 32,000 companies, with meaningful revenue from product delivery.
• Built a web multiplayer game engine and a video hosting platform with intelligent optimization.
• Led three designers and two programmers.

Insoft-Serwis

• Built an ERP system for inventory and manufacturing processes.
• Built a real-time, high-throughput monitoring system for production lines.

Webhosting.pl

• Software engineering editor and technical writing.

Education

• University of Kazimierz Wielki — developed a 3D game engine and a smart text editor.
• Bachelor’s degree with honors (Level 4).

Career arc (dated)

In others’ words

Colleagues & clients

Readers

“This book made me rethink how I work. AI went from a gimmick to a legit coding partner.”

Elsewhere

Stack Overflow: 26,000+ reputation — long-term contributor, historically around the top ~3% worldwide by all-time reputation (rankings shift; the profile stays current).

LinkedIn · GitHub · Stack Overflow · Medium · X / Twitter

Background

• Languages: English — fluent (C2); Polish — native.
• Education: BSc engineering; further training in UX, leadership, business communication; systems design, databases, SQL, industrial digitization, software engineering.
• Community: Talks, podcasts, ebooks, trainings, workshops, articles, and open source — same themes as my client work: shipping, clarity, and craft.

Mentoring on MentorCruise

I run a structured mentorship profile for engineers who want help with Angular / TypeScript, design systems, refactors, and career moves. It is the same judgment I bring to founder work — packaged for individuals who learn best with a steady mentor.

Founder engagements and team training usually go through Contact — MentorCruise is the best fit for individual, ongoing mentorship with a clear cadence.

How I work

Why founders + Agentic Engineering

Founders need someone who can zoom from user outcome to database index without losing the plot. The toolchain now includes AI — delivery still needs judgment, tests, and rollback plans.