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Piotrek Witkowski

Current Role

WW Specialist Solutions Architect, Edge & Networking Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

I design and implement solutions for customers globally, specializing in web acceleration, content delivery, and application security at the edge. I lead technical content development (blogs, workshops, demos), contribute to Edge GTM strategy, and drive adoption through partner enablement and multi-customer events.

Core Expertise

Edge & Networking

  • Amazon CloudFront, Global Accelerator, AWS WAF, AWS Shield
  • Content delivery optimization, API acceleration, caching strategy
  • DDoS mitigation, bot protection, perimeter security
  • HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TCP/IP, DNS, TLS.

Software Engineering

  • Frontend: React, Angular, TypeScript, Web Components, PWAs
  • Backend: Serverless architectures on AWS, API design
  • Infrastructure: IaC, CI/CD pipelines
  • Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python
  • Cross-platform: web, native desktop (macOS, Linux, Windows), hybrid (Electron, Ionic, React Native)

Solution Architecture

  • AWS architectural patterns and solution design
  • Customer-facing technical presentations and whiteboarding
  • Presales engineering, product launch and go-to-market

Career Timeline

Amazon Web Services - Solutions Architect (2021–present)

  • WW Specialist, Edge & Networking (2025–)
  • Associate Specialist, Edge Services (2024–2025)
  • Associate, Edge Services (2023–2024)
  • Associate (2022–2023)
  • Intern (2021–2022)

Humboldt University of Berlin - Web Developer (2017–2021)

Education

  • MSc Computer Science, Technische Universität Berlin (2019-2022)
    Thesis: benchmarked 100+ serverless functions for image optimization, analyzing cold starts, resource allocation, and temporal patterns.

  • BSc Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2016-2019)
    Thesis: implemented MIFARE DESFire protocol on Android using Host Card Emulation to interact with student IDs and uni library IDs.

How I Work

  • Best code is no code: simplest, elegant solution that works
  • Concise and direct, no fluff
  • Get to a working thing fast
  • TypeScript by default, serverless-first on AWS (Lambda, CDK), React frontend, Node.js runtime

See also: WORKING_STYLE.md

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    MIFARE DESFire NFC Reader and HCE Emulator apps for Android

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    Piotrek's Toolbox - rebuilt repository

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