Our team

The People Behind the Work

A small, distributed team across Poland and Ukraine. Remote-first, direct communication, no unnecessary management layers. Every engineer works directly with clients.

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How We Work

We keep the team intentionally small. No account managers, no project coordinators, no layers between you and the people doing the work. When you hire Otocolobus, you talk to engineers — the same ones who design, build, and maintain your systems.

Our team is based in Warsaw, Poland and Ternopil, Ukraine — working remotely across time zones that overlap with European and US East Coast business hours. We communicate directly, ship frequently, and take ownership of every project end to end.

Warsaw, PolandHQ · Engineering · Business

Registered office, primary business address, and engineering base. Central European time zone.

Ternopil, UkraineEngineering

Part of our engineering team, with regular in-person collaboration across both locations.

Meet the Team

Founder & Principal Architect · since 2016Władysław Czyżewski

18 years in software engineering with a focus on cloud infrastructure and data systems. Founded Otocolobus to bring senior-level AWS expertise to small and medium businesses without the overhead of large consultancies.

Works directly with every client from the first conversation through production and beyond. Designs system architectures, writes code, reviews pull requests, and handles incident response — there is no handoff to a junior team.

Deep expertise in AWS services including ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, DynamoDB, RDS, CodePipeline, and CloudFormation. Equally comfortable building Next.js frontends, Python data pipelines, or Terraform infrastructure modules.

AWSCloud ArchitectureSoftware ArchitectureData EngineeringTypeScriptPythonTerraformAWS CDKDocker
Certifications
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer — Professional
Backend Engineer · since 2025Max Butynskyi

Focused on server-side systems, APIs, and data pipelines. Brings reliability and clean design to every backend service he builds.

Specializes in designing robust API architectures and data processing workflows. Takes a methodical approach to system design, prioritizing maintainability, clear contracts between services, and thorough error handling.

.NETNode.jsAPIsData PipelinesAWS
Mobile & Cross-Platform Engineer · since 2024Dima Maksymyak

Native Apple engineer across iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS, with strong Flutter expertise for cross-platform delivery. Crafts polished, performant apps from watch face to desktop.

Led the development of Kalendarz Lekarza Stażysty — a Flutter app helping Polish intern doctors plan their post-graduate internships, now used by nearly 1,000 physicians and dentists monthly. Handles the full mobile development lifecycle from architecture through App Store and Google Play deployment.

FlutteriOSiPadOSwatchOSmacOSSwiftDart
Web Developer · since 2023Vlad Maksymyak

Seasoned web developer with a long love affair with PHP and deep full-stack expertise. Builds robust, scalable web applications with an eye for clean architecture and pragmatic solutions.

Brings years of experience in PHP ecosystems including Laravel, combined with modern frontend technologies. Comfortable working across the entire stack — from database optimization to responsive UI implementation.

PHPLaravelJavaScriptTypeScriptMySQLDockerViteVue

Our Stack

AWS Services

  • ECS & Fargate
  • Lambda & Step Functions
  • CloudFront & Route 53
  • S3 & Glacier
  • RDS & Aurora
  • DynamoDB & ElastiCache
  • SQS, SNS & EventBridge
  • CodePipeline & CodeBuild
  • CloudWatch & X-Ray
  • IAM, Cognito & Secrets Manager
  • VPC, ALB & API Gateway
  • ECR & App Runner

Infrastructure & DevOps

  • Terraform & AWS CDK
  • CloudFormation
  • Docker & Docker Compose
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Linux administration
  • GitHub Actions

Backend & Data

  • TypeScript & Node.js
  • .NET & C#
  • Python
  • PHP & Laravel
  • PostgreSQL & MySQL
  • DynamoDB & Redis
  • REST & GraphQL APIs

Frontend & Mobile

  • Next.js & React
  • Vue & Vite
  • Flutter (iOS, Android)
  • Swift (Apple platforms)
  • Tailwind CSS

Want to work with us?

We're always interested in challenging projects. Tell us what you're building and let's see if we're a good fit.

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