Franciszek Baran

Senior Software Developer | Algorithmic Trading

Salary / Daily rate

Wrocław, Poland

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

PythonDevOpsBlockchainDocker

Languages

EnglishFrenchGermanItalianPolishSpanish

About me

Intro

DevOps Engineer & Python specialist with 6+ years building high-performance trading systems and autonomous driving software. Achieved 1000x speed optimization and managed 20+ million transaction databases. Expert in CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and blockchain integration for scalable solutions.

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Work experience

DevOps Engineer

Stellantis

Jul 2024 - Present

2 years 4 months

Wrocław, Poland

borowiec.itFreelance

Nov 2020 - Jul 2024

3 years 9 months

Wrocław, Poland

Algorithmic Trading Software Developer

Sep 2022 - Jul 2024

1 year 11 months

Wrocław, Poland

• 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Optimized code performance with Pandas, Numpy and Numba, achieving up to 1000x speed increase over open source solutions. • 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Developed a multiprocessing backtesting platform for trading strategy testing and optimization, iterating over 100,000 possibilities. • 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: Contributed to the development of a clean codebase, employing best practices and design patterns. • 𝗞𝗣𝗜 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Creating a Grafana Dashboard alongside a PostgreSQL database for advanced data visualization and monitoring. • 𝗗𝗲𝘃-𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀: Setting up the project infrastructure using Ansible, Docker, and Bazel. • 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀: Wrote advanced Pine scripts for TradingView to facilitate detailed trading strategy analysis.

Software Developer for Blockchain Smart Contract Interactions

Jul 2021 - Oct 2022

1 year 4 months

Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

• 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Engineered a PostgreSQL database to manage 20+ million transaction records for comprehensive platform analysis. • 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Implemented a Web3 blockchain bot for contract interactions, securing a 7-second trading advantage over web users. • 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Established a real-time blockchain monitoring system to identify and assess major market movements. • 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴: Designed Selenium-based web scrapers to interact and capture data from web platforms.

Arbitrage Trading Software Developer

Nov 2020 - Jul 2021

9 months

Munich, Germany

• 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗: Setting up the CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions that included tests, linting, code coverage, git hooks, and automatic deployment to the production environment. • 𝗔𝗣𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Contributed to comprehensive API integration using both HTTP and WebSockets for real-time data accuracy. • 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Adhered to TDD, crafting thorough unit and integration tests to achieve 100% code coverage. • 𝗞𝗣𝗜'𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Created a Grafana Dashboard alongside a PostgreSQL database for advanced data visualization and monitoring.

FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Jan 2018 - Jul 2022

4 years 7 months

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Software Engineer for level 2 and 3 Autonomous Driving core functionalities

Feb 2020 - Jul 2022

2 years 6 months

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Worked in the partnership between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the BMW Group for level 2 and level 3 core autonomous driving functionalities in a cross-functional feature team. I was a member of the FCA Automated Driving Software team at the Autonomous Driving campus of BMW in Unterschleissheim. Responsible for the development and integration of automated driving features and functional software. Primary duties included: • 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗌 • 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝗎𝗅𝖾𝗌 • 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽/𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾. The activity involved testing the features on German roads and BMW test tracks.

Software Engineer for level 3 customer function related to VRU safety

Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

1 year 6 months

Munich Area, Germany

Cross-functional feature team member for level 3 customer function in the partnership between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the BMW Group for Autonomous Driving. Responsible for the development and integration of automated driving feature and functional software. Primary duties included: • 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗌 • 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾-𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖵𝗎𝗅𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖱𝗈𝖺𝖽 𝖴𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗌' 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 • 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝖦𝖾𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝖬𝖶 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌 Member of the FCA Automated Driving Software team at the Autonomous Driving campus of BMW in Unterschleissheim.

Self-driving Car Engineer for core Level 3 functionalities

Jan 2018 - Oct 2018

10 months

Turin Area, Italy

Software engineer for autonomous driving. Developing level 3 features for European projects related to self-driving vehicles at the Research Center of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles located in Torino (Italy). The main activities involved developing functionalities such as: • 𝖠𝗎𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗇𝖾 𝖪𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 • 𝖠𝖽𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖢𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅 • 𝖠𝖽𝖺𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾

Intern

ABB

Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

6 months

Wroclaw, Lower Silesian District, Poland

• Designing control panels for power stations in the Polish cities of Toruń and Gdańsk. • Collaborating with the power plants to ensure proper integration of the designed control panels. • Providing support to the lead engineering team.


Education

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Studies abroad

2016 - 2017

2 years

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Master's degree

2012 - 2017

6 years

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