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Rafał Jurek.

Solutions Architect and Software Engineer

Motto.

Work the way you would want your employees to work for you.

Profile.

Solutions Architect and Software Engineer with broad experience in automation, (Industrial) IoT, hardware, consulting, and training.

Master's degree holder in finance and accounting by education. Electronics-oriented solutions architect and programmer by profession. Mentor, teacher, and consultant by passion.

Self-taught programmer who formalized his software development knowledge during postgraduate Java studies at Łódź University of Technology, then strengthened it through professional experience.

Lecturer at the University of Łódź (Azure Cloud with .NET / C#) from February 2021 to October 2024, and at Łódź University of Technology from February 2022 to October 2023.

Spent 2.5 years working at an international bank, first executing and improving business processes, and ultimately automating them and building tools to manage them (VBA, .NET).

Participated in building a Robotic Process Automation Centre of Excellence department from the ground up.

Spent nearly 6 years in a software house, delivering solutions for sectors including energy, finance, heavy industry, cybersecurity, pharmaceutical, and logistics.

Worked with Edge Computing, AR, and VR technologies. Later continued project work for an optoelectronics company.

Since September 2026 back at Nordea as a Solutions Architect, applying business finance knowledge - backed by a Master's degree and 2.5 years of prior in-bank experience - together with nearly six years of software house delivery experience.

Continues freelance work alongside, specializing in end-to-end solutions based on machine learning and artificial intelligence, mainly for the financial sector.

Highly motivated, focused on improving software architecture, programming, and consulting. Communicative, dedicated, meticulous, creative, and proactive.

Interested in further development toward software architecture, AI-based solutions, and IT consulting. Looking for challenges.

10y
in IT
5.5y
JS/TS
5y
C#/.NET
4.5y
Java/Spring
4y
Azure
3y
Python
3y
AI/ML

Selected work.

Finance + engineering

Solutions architecture in banking

Back at Nordea, pairing a finance and accounting background with nearly six years of software house delivery: turning business finance and regulatory requirements into architecture, designs and delivery plans.

Nordea · 2026-present
Cross-stack delivery

Two web apps delivered one month early

Java/Spring + React and PostgreSQL, ASP.NET (C#) + Angular and MSSQL - delivered ahead of schedule. Advanced assignment algorithm using the Hungarian method with heuristics. Architect and mentor role for interns.

Corning · 2025
End-to-end SaaS + AI

AI SaaS platform for financial advisory

Java/Spring + React application with PostgreSQL and pgvector; fine-tuning local models (QLoRA). RAG and MCP-based tools. Multi-agent environment with local models. LangGraph orchestration.

Freelance · 2025-present

Experience.

architecture
  • Solutions architecture in a banking environment - translating business finance and regulatory requirements into technical designs and delivery plans.
  • Bridging two backgrounds: business finance knowledge (Master's in Finance and Accounting plus 2.5 years of prior in-bank process, tax and automation work) and nearly six years of software house delivery.
  • Bringing cross-sector delivery experience (energy, finance, heavy industry, cybersecurity, pharmaceutical, logistics) into the bank's technology landscape.
  • Return to Nordea after earlier roles in tax operations and Robotic Process Automation (2017-2019).
architecture
  • Adapting language models (LLMs) to enterprise needs involving sensitive data (QLoRA) - designing hybrid local/cloud solutions and delivering them end to end. RAG and MCP-based tools. Multi-agent environment with local models. LangGraph orchestration.
  • Two Java (Spring) + React web apps with PostgreSQL for a financial advisory office.
  • .NET (C#) on Azure with CosmosDB, plus a number of static websites.
  • DevOps tasks (pipelines, deployments) and PM work on internal Azure DevOps / Confluence-style platforms (NDA).
  • End-to-end development and deployment of a SaaS platform for financial advisory.
  • Adapting AI solutions for SMEs (local models, training on company data, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, agentic AI, AI SDLC agentic pipelines).
  • Securing SMEs with cybersecurity solutions in a staged way, from MVPs and quick wins on minimal budget to more complex setups.
  • Cybersecurity consulting from both the technical side (passwords, encryption, secure software, network) and the human side (data hygiene, awareness).
  • Training on architecture, design patterns, programming best practices, and software development.
  • Participation in recruitment processes.
architecture
architecture

Education.

2018-2019 Postgraduate
Modern business applications with JavaEE
Łódź University of Technology
2011-2016 Master's
Finance and Accounting
University of Łódź
2011-2016 Minor
Leading small and medium enterprise (SME)
University of Łódź

Skills.

Languages/Frameworks
AI
Cloud
Databases
Tools
Other