Łukasz Lotkowski

Software Development Manager & Executive IT Leader

Location: Warsaw, Poland | Email: lukasz.lotkowski@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukasz-lotkowski

Executive Summary

I work at the intersection of technology and business - helping organizations make better decisions about what to build, how to build it, and how to lead the teams doing the work. With 15+ years of engineering leadership and a hands-on development background, I understand both sides of the table. My approach to AI is practical and business-first: I focus on where intelligent tools actually reduce friction, speed up delivery, and create real competitive advantage.

  • IT Sector tenure: 15+ Years in IT Industry
  • Scrum/Agile releases: 45+ Successful Agile Projects Delivered
  • IT Specialists managed: 35+ IT Specialists and Engineers Managed
  • Budget scale: €2.5M+ (PLN 10M+) direct financial custody

Professional Experience

Software Development Manager at Onwelo Sp. z o.o.

04.2021 - Present | Warsaw, Poland

  • Managing team leaders and a multi-disciplinary team of 35+ IT specialists (mainly Java, Swift, Flutter) across four geographical locations - seamlessly bridging business objectives with technical excellence.
  • Engineered and executed a long-term technology and product roadmap aligned with key corporate goals, directly leading to a proven 30% boost in operational efficiency.
  • Initiated and led internal AI adoption strategy - introducing AI tools into daily workflows to reduce manual overhead and improve time-to-market.
  • Continuously optimized software development and infrastructure costs (OpEx) while preserving top-tier delivery quality and scalability.
  • Mentoring, coaching, and empowering team leaders through periodic, growth-focused 1:1s, leading to higher engagement and a strong accountability-driven modern engineering culture.
  • Directly involved in Presales engineering and client sales negotiations, creating high-quality professional proposals, and estimating budgets and schedules (RFI & RFP responses).
  • Managing workloads and cross-team alignment across multiple concurrent enterprise projects - coordinating with company managers, clients, and product owners to deliver reliably on time.
  • Supervising full-cycle agile software delivery systems across cloud and on-premises infrastructures, securing optimal performance, architecture stability, and high availability.

Programming Group Leader / Software Architect / iOS Developer at Onwelo Sp. z o.o.

01.2016 - 04.2021 | Warsaw, Poland

  • Successfully coached, managed, and developed distributed iOS and Java engineering teams (hiring, talent mapping, annual performance evaluations).
  • Architected comprehensive enterprise technical solutions, physical systems architectures, and service integrations.
  • Acted as a core technology partner to Sales & BD (Presales) - translating client requirements into actionable development budgets, effort estimates, and RFP proposal bids.
  • Designed end-to-end system architectures - from high-level concepts to detailed technical blueprints - ensuring alignment between business needs and technical delivery.
  • Facilitated cross-department alignment, bridging developers, UI/UX designers, marketing, and corporate stakeholders.
  • Engineered native iOS mobile applications in Swift while coordinating service integrations with headless REST/JSON APIs.
  • Supervised the compilation, continuous distribution, and release management of applications via App Store & TestFlight platforms.
  • Drove R&D initiatives to evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential business impact before full-scale adoption.

Software Development Group Leader at Atos

07.2013 - 12.2015 | Warsaw, Poland

  • Scaled the engineering division from a single-location team to a distributed structure of ~30 specialists across Warsaw, Gdańsk, and Wrocław - maintaining delivery quality and team cohesion throughout rapid growth.
  • Established cross-location collaboration practices and standardized engineering workflows to support consistent output across geographically distributed teams.

Programming Group Leader at Atos

07.2011 - 06.2013 | Warsaw, Poland

  • Led software engineering operations for large-scale enterprise projects with budgets exceeding 10M PLN for a key Tier-1 telecom client.
  • Actively recruited, mentored, and supervised a team of approximately 15 software developers and integration engineers.
  • Optimized software development life cycle (SDLC) flows, introducing smart cost-containment measures that streamlined delivery expenses.
  • Designed and developed large-scale backend services using Java, Spring, Hibernate, and advanced database integrations.
  • Collaborated closely with global divisions, coordinating employee participation in international client programs.
  • Authored technical proposals, architectures, and financial scoping for client RFI/RFP assessments.
  • Coordinated and verified software delivery with external subcontracting companies, establishing project roadmaps.

OSS Application Developer at Atos

02.2011 - 06.2011 | Warsaw, Poland

  • Engineered mission-critical OSS (Operations Support Systems) software for the high-end telecommunications sector (JEE, EJB, Spring, Hibernate, WebLogic).
  • Maintained, refactored, and updated critical Workforce Management (WFM) platforms (Java, JSP, Oracle database) to improve performance.

Software Developer at Lufthansa Systems Poland

10.2008 - 01.2011 | Gdansk, Poland

  • Developed and optimized the certified commercial flightdeck navigation application "eRouteManual" (Java Swing, SQLite, high-performance Batik rendering).
  • Contributed to the largest, high-prestige international aviation software platform developed by the company (J2EE, EJB, RCP, Spring, Hibernate).
  • Designed and integrated custom testing software tools to automate validation scenarios and decrease release delivery time.

Core Competencies & Skills

  • Management & Strategy: Product Strategy & Roadmap, Process & Cost Optimization, Team Leadership & Mentoring, Sales Support (RFI/RFP) & Negotiations, Agile Delivery Management, ITIL & PRINCE2 Management
  • Technology & Architecture: System / App Architecture, System Integration & API Design, Cloud & On-Premises Infrastructure, Java & Spring Ecosystem, Mobile Solutions (Swift & Flutter), Technology Advisory
  • AI & Intelligent Automation: Applied AI Tools (Gemini, OpenAI, Claude), Prompt Engineering & AI Workflow Design, AI-Driven Process Automation, AI Team Integration & Culture

Education & Credentials

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science: University of Gdańsk (2008 - 2010) - Specialization: Artificial Intelligence
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science: University of Gdańsk (2005 - 2008)
  • Certificates: Umiejętności Jutra 3.0 (Google & SGH, 2026), Google AI Professional (Coursera, 2026), ITIL Foundation Certificate (HP, 2014), PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate (2014)