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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, 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
  • Latency optimization, edge compute

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

  • 2025 - Present: WW Specialist SA, Edge & Networking — AWS, London
  • 2024 - 2025: Associate Specialist SA, Edge Services — AWS, London
  • 2023 - 2024: Associate SA, Edge Services — AWS, London
  • 2022 - 2023: Associate Solutions Architect — AWS
  • 2021 - 2022: Solutions Architect Intern — AWS, Berlin
  • 2017 - 2021: Web Developer — Humboldt University of Berlin

Education

  • MSc Computer Science — TU Berlin (2019-2022). Thesis on serverless performance variability: benchmarked 100+ Lambda/Cloud Run function variants for image optimization, analyzing cold starts, resource allocation, and temporal patterns.
  • BSc Computer Science — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2016-2019). Thesis on NFC card emulation: implemented MIFARE DESFire AES mutual authentication on Android using Host Card Emulation to emulate and read contactless library ID cards.

Preferences

Tech Stack

  • TypeScript by default, serverless-first on AWS (Lambda, CDK, API Gateway)
  • React for frontend, Node.js runtime
  • Minimize dependencies, keep it simple

Languages Spoken

  • Polish, English, German

Working Style

  • Concise and direct — no fluff
  • Best code is no code: simplest solution that works
  • Focus on the core idea, get to a working thing fast
  • Prefer minimal viable implementations over over-engineered solutions

Context for Agents

Also: WORKING_STYLE.md · SELECTED_WORK.md

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    MIFARE DESFire NFC Reader and HCE Emulator apps for Android

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