Raf Suchodolski
Lead Front-End Developer
Web development passionate with an unusual love for soft skills. When working, I always thrive to create the best product possible while helping my team members grow.
Raf Suchodolski
About Me
Web development passionate with an unusual love for soft skills. When working, I always thrive to create the best possible product as well as help my team members grow as much as possible.
Besides that, I love learning and experiencing new things. I'm a lifelong Arsenal supporter but this is one of a very few things that don't change about me. We can talk about pretty much anything. History, philosophy, psychology, politics, sports and finally Italian food.
- e-mail rafal@azantic.com
What I Do
Resume
Experience
February 2021 - Current
PANGAIAEngineering Manager & Lead Developer
I am leading PANGAIA's transition from using two external development agencies to its own dev-team and rebuilding the 4 years old Shopify store to a brand new one, using the Shopify Storefront 2.0.
2017 - Current
Azantic.comProject Manager & Lead Front-End Developer
I lead a team of designers, front-end and back-end developers on a mission to help sustainable businesses grow on Shopify.
April 2016 - April 2020
Paladin Software & Measure.StudioFront-End Leader
I was responsible for all things front-end within the company. I had led the team to redesign all of Paladin's web apps to match the most modern solutions using VueJS and Ruby on Rails. I had also managed projects for creating two new apps. Both had incredibly good reviews on launch. I have also helped the company with hiring engineers, both front-end and back-end.
October 2015 - April 2016
Bent PixelsFront-End Developer
I was working on two main Bent Pixels apps, redesigning the biggest one in the suite using AngularJS, SCSS, Ruby-on-Rails & HAML. Bent Pixels then turned into Paladin Software.
February 2014 - October 2015
iwebsitez.comWeb Developer
After joining iwebsitez in Feb 2014, I quickly became the main web development guy. I have lead small teams (2-3 people) in creating dozens of websites. This includes custom web applications as well as WordPress sites and e-commerce stores.
2013 - 2014
Multiple CompaniesSales Representative
Prior to my programming career, I was working as a sales representative in two estate-related companies. Even though this may seem not relevant, I think this was the moment when I fell in love with communication, soft skills & working with people.
Volunteer Experience
2020
Akademia.plHiring & Management Mentor
I have been asked by one of Polish biggest educational companies to help them raise the next generation of Polish entrepreneurs by teaching them how to hire and manage A-players.
2017-2019
Multiple organisationsWeb & Front-End Development Mentor
I have been helping multiple non-profit organisations with teaching teenagers web & front-end development. Mostly helping less fortunate, younger people from orphanages or poor families.
Education
2015-2016
Cracow University of TechnologyComputer Science
I have started my Bachelor of Science studies but after the first year I decided, it would be better for me to get a hands-on experience (I was already working full-time), learn by doing & use online resources for education.
Coding Skills
- Shopify
- Shopify StoreFront 2.0 & Dawn theme
- JavaScript
- Vue.js
- Sass / SCSS / CSS
- BEM
- Bootstrap
- jQuery
- HTML5 / HAML / Pug / Jade
- WordPress/ WooCommerce
- Foundations of: NodeJS, Ruby (& Ruby-on-Rails), PHP, MySQL, PostgresSQL
Design Skills & Tools
- UX/UI Principles
- Figma
- Zeplin
- Sketch
- Photoshop
Other Skills & Tools
- Team Leadership
- Project Management (Kanban / Agile)
- Hiring & Team Management
- Git (+ GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- cPanel, Heroku, AWS
- Marketing & Sales
- Copywriting
- Communication
Testimonials
Rafal is a talented front-end developer and a great guy. He's naturally curious and entrepreneurial, a good communicator, and works well with others. Over the 5+ years we worked together, he made significant contributions to our software platform and was a pleasure to work with.
Rafal is a great developer with a focus on front end technologies. He's candid, but also affable, and a strong team player. Beyond that, he is a keen study, constantly asking great questions to augment his strengths and grow new ones. Having worked with him for five years on multiple projects, I'd be happy to work with him again any time in the future. I recommend him for any front end project as a team leader or individual developer.
Rafal is a very dedicated, honest and well liked part of iwebsitez.com® and we value his services very highly. Rafal's real strengths are HTML and especially CSS. He is currently training in other platforms and it will ultimately lead him on to be a very skilled developer. He is highly motivated, dependable and a core part of the team.
Rafal was always very dedicated and strived for progress and perfection. I could always count on on him and he was always delivering what was asked for. Moreover Rafał has great communication skills and he's very good at working not only with his teammates but also talking to clients.
Through the years, we worked on various projects and I was impressed by his manner of doing business. Rafał is a passionate, hard-working, and creative co-worker. His vast front end technologies knowledge and experience make him both a great project team leader and an individual developer.