# Tomasz GORKA > Engineering Lead & Architect | Ex-Google | Ex-CTO | Distributed Systems, Agentic Workflows Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tomasz I am a Software Engineer and Architect with 15+ years of experience building high-scale distributed systems and 0-to-1 products for unicorns (Flow) and tech giants (Google). Currently, I am a Founding Engineer at Flow, where I architected the consumer platform from concept to launch in 6 months. Previously at Google (Ads Infrastructure), I engineered systems serving billions of daily impressions, leading high-stakes projects that directly impacted Alphabet's core revenue metrics. What I bring: - 0-to-1 Velocity: Ex-CTO mindset. I don't just write code; I own technical vision end-to-end and ship. - Platform Architecture: Experience in Knowledge Graphs, Distributed systems, and Agentic infrastructure. - Scale & Reliability: Proven track record of maintaining 99.99% availability on massive distributed systems. I am passionate about delivering end-to-end value—whether it's backend microservices, complex web platforms, or AI-driven infrastructure. I ship the full stack. Tech Stack: Python, React, Next.js, TypeScript, Angular, AWS, Knowledge Graphs, Node.js, Distributed Systems. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer (Founding Engineer) @ Flow Jan 2024 – Present | Palo Alto, CA - 0-to-1 Platform Architecture: Architected and launched the "Lighthouse" consumer platform from concept to launch in 6 months. Engineered the web-layer integration for Knowledge Graph data structures. - Ownership of High-Stakes Features: Led the development of five complex epics from inception to production, successfully delivering the co-applicant leasing expansion while overseeing architecture and cross-team collaboration. - Agentic Testing Workflows: Engineered next-gen testing capabilities designed to support agentic code review. - Performance Engineering: Optimized system performance and defined observability practices. Established the team's first on-call program, complete with documented runbooks and SOPs. - Team Development: Mentor new engineers, oversee hiring processes, and co-lead the Web Guild to establish company-wide frontend standards. - Executive Alignment: Authored RFCs and PRDs ensuring multi-pod initiatives remain unblocked and aligned with executive goals. ### Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, CA - High-Scale Infrastructure: Engineered critical UI infrastructure for Google Ads, serving billions of daily impressions with strict latency SLAs. - Revenue Impact: Led the end-to-end engineering of the "Sponsored" ad badge and "Green" attribution redesign, directly impacting Alphabet's core revenue metrics. - System Reliability: Maintained 99.99% availability for ad serving surfaces across hardware (Nest), legacy browsers, and mobile. - Infrastructure Modernization: Unified disparate legacy systems into a modern microservice architecture, enabling feature parity across all Google search surfaces. ### Startup CTO / Co-Founder @ CarMoov Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater Paris Metropolitan Region - Product & Engineering Leadership: Built the engineering team from scratch (4 developers + contractors) and designed/implemented the initial product architecture. - IoT & Real-Time Systems: Developed the core car-sharing platform featuring remote vehicle control (IoT) and real-time connection handling. - Ecosystem Integration: Architected microservices for seamless integration with banking payments, insurance providers, and car rental legacy systems. - Tech: Angular/TypeScript frontend, scalable Node.js/GraphQL backend, No-SQL data stores, AWS Serverless. ### Software Architect @ EcoMundo Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater Paris Metropolitan Region - Performance Optimization: Refactored legacy codebases using Java Streams, reducing LOC by hundreds of thousands and optimizing batch processing time from days to minutes. - Knowledge-Based Systems: Architected AI rule-based software and ER data models in collaboration with scientists to digitize complex chemical regulations. - Enterprise Scale: Delivered solutions for Fortune 500 clients including Nissan, Canon, Airbus, and Sanofi. - Distributed Team Leadership: Managed workflow coordination for offshore developers in Madagascar. - Tech: Java, Spring, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Drools. ### Senior Software Developer @ Luxia Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 | Greater Paris Metropolitan Region - AI & Search Engines: Developed law-based search engines leveraging AI and NLP techniques for legal document analysis and data mining. - Academic Spin-off: Worked in a deep-tech startup environment spun out of MINES ParisTech, translating academic research into commercial software products for clients like Thomson Reuters and Lexbase. - Mobile Development: Led the development of mobile web applications for legal search products. - Tech: Python, SOLR, PostgreSQL, Angular, AWS. ### Project Lead Developer @ Croonwolter&dros Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Cracow - Data Mining & Analysis: Managed a team of 6 engineers building a government-commissioned system to algorithmically estimate and verify politicians' net worth from annual financial filings. - Tech: Java, GWT, SOAP Web Services. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Software Mind Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Cracow - Created a report plugin for a company planner. - Tech: Java, Hibernate, Spring, Struts, J2EE ## Education ### Mines Paris - PSL Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ### Executive MBA Quantic School of Business and Technology Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 ### Master of Engineering - MEng in Computer Science, specialization of software and database systems engineering AGH University of Krakow Jan 2004 – Jan 2009 ### National diploma in electronics in Computer systems and network Technical secondary school of telecommunication, Gliwice, Poland Jan 1999 – Jan 2004 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tomaszgorka - GitHub: https://github.com/tgorka --- Source: https://flows.cv/tomasz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tomasz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22