Piotrek Witkowski

• GitHub: https://github.com/piotrekwitkowski
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pwitkowski
• Location: London, United Kingdom

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