Michał N.

Michał N. is an experienced IT professional with a strong background in software engineering and system reliability, holding key positions at various leading organizations. Currently serving as an IT Advisor at skyblu.ai since October 2020, Michał has previously worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Composable Foundation, contributing to the development and deployment of the Solana IBC bridge. At NEAR Protocol, Michał was the top contributor focusing on performance improvements of the NEAR node, achieving over 50% reduction in archival node storage requirements. Prior roles include Software Engineer at Hudson River Trading, where low-latency integration solutions were delivered for exchanges, and Quant Developer at Barclays Investment Bank, developing tools for automatic trading infrastructure. Michał's career also includes significant contributions at Google in software reliability and at Samsung Electronics in Linux kernel development. Michał holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Warsaw University of Technology.