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Igor Gawrys

Igor Gawrys
English - NativePolish - Native

I build AI systems and digital solutions for enterprise clients in energy, eCommerce, and education across Europe.

I started coding at 13, founded my first tech company at 14, and incorporated it at 15. By 16-17, I was managing 25 people and $300K in revenue - learning that managing people is harder than any codebase.

Currently an IT Consultant at SMF GmbH, working on enterprise asset management for the energy sector. I led the company's AI adoption for my development team - GDPR-compliant policies, data censoring, safe LLM use, data residency.

On the side, I experiment with AI - custom skills, workflows, and tools built on top of Claude Code, Codex, and OpenClaw. That habit produced my team's daily AI coding framework. More importantly, the experience helps me support my customers in the new AI era - choosing the right tools, avoiding the obvious pitfalls, and understanding where AI actually delivers versus where it just looks impressive.

I'm not a vibe coder. I remember writing every line by hand, and that experience is what makes the AI systems I build actually work in production.

Based in Katowice, Poland. Working across European and global markets.

Engineering Track

Nov 2025 → Present
IT Consultant - SMF GmbH
Enterprise asset management for oil & energy. Laravel + Symfony + Livewire + AWS. Led AI adoption for development team.
Jan 2021 → Nov 2025
Full-Stack Developer - VVES
Built Automation Support Responder (AI, 300+ tickets/day). Architected a unified management system integrating multiple client platforms and operational workflows. Maintained WordPress plugins that integrated seamlessly with the management system. Drove code reviews, refactoring and performance improvements. Laravel, Vue.js, MySQL, WordPress, third-party API integrations.
Jun 2020 → Jul 2023
Full-Stack Developer - WEUPCODE
Delivered a SaaS platform for a major education provider (PHP/Symfony, microservices, thousands of daily users) and a Laravel-based CMS powering a parent-facing school portal, integrated via REST APIs with a legacy school-record system to surface grades, attendance, and homework. PHPUnit, TDD, SOLID; code reviews and mentoring of junior developers.
May 2018 → Jul 2023
Freelance Developer
Started at 13. Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter. Global clients.

Leadership Track

Nov 2024 → Nov 2025
COO - VVES
Promoted from developer. Managed hiring, finance, cross-functional delivery.
Oct 2024 → May 2025
COO - BenchCoders
AI talent-sharing platform. Product development and operations.
Jun 2020 → Jul 2023
Founder & COO - WEUPCODE
Scaled from zero to $300K, 25 people. Managed P&L, hiring, project scoping.

Beyond the Screen

40+ countries · Lived in Thailand (1 year) · Morocco (6 months) · Trans-Siberian Railway (30 days)

Great Wall, China
Great Wall, China
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Trans-Siberian Railway
Trans-Siberian Railway
Mongolian Steppe
Mongolian Steppe
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen, China
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Seoul, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea
Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
Thailand
Thailand
London, UK
London, UK
Oslo, Norway
Oslo, Norway
Skopje, N. Macedonia
Skopje, N. Macedonia
Chisinau, Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova

Travel taught me more about problem-solving than any textbook. When your train breaks down in rural Mongolia and nobody speaks your language, you learn to adapt fast. That mindset carries directly into engineering - stay calm, find the pattern, build a solution with what you have.

Case study

AI support system handling 300 customer tickets a day

A practical breakdown of the support automation system: routing, escalation, trust-building with support teams, and why the hardest part was not the model.

Read the case study →

Technical Stack

AI & LLM

Claude Code & Anthropic API
OpenAI API & Codex
RAG / Vector Search
MCP Protocol & Custom Skills
Agent Orchestration (OpenClaw)
Whisper STT / Edge TTS
LLM Studio (Local Models)
Responsible AI / GDPR Compliance

Backend & DevOps

PHP 8 / Laravel / Symfony
Eloquent / Doctrine / API Platform
Livewire / Filament / Symfony Messenger / Workflow / Scheduler
Node.js / JavaScript
Vue.js / AlpineJS
REST APIs / Microservices
MySQL / PostgreSQL / Redis / Varnish
Docker / CI/CD / Linux
AWS / Caddy / Terraform (IaC)
TDD / PHPUnit / SOLID

Beyond Code

Team Leadership (25 people)
P&L / Business Operations
Scrum / Agile
Client Consulting & Delivery
Hiring & Team Building
AI Governance & Workshop Facilitation