# Szymon Berski — Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Laravel / TypeScript / Astro · AI-assisted development

15+ years building websites, e-commerce platforms and web applications for clients in Poland and abroad. Laravel + Astro + TypeScript as the core stack; I own the system end-to-end — architecture, implementation, testing, deployment and support — with AI agents wired into the engineering workflow.

**Canonical:** https://spoko.space/cv/  
**Language:** en

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## Contact

- Location: Bielsko-Biała, Poland
- Phone: +48 692 355 180 — https://wa.me/48692355180
- Email: szymon@spoko.space
- Website: https://spoko.space/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szymonberski/
- GitHub: https://github.com/spokospace/

PDF version: https://spoko.space/cv-en.pdf

## Work Experience

### Senior Full-Stack Engineer

- Dates: 2020-06 – present (6 yrs 3 mos)
- Company: Rocksoft · previously Tantis · PL & international clients
- Arrangement: Self-Employed, Remote, Bielsko-Biała, Ustroń
- Technologies: Laravel, Filament, Astro, Vue, TypeScript, Node.js, SFCC, WordPress (headless), MCP, PHPUnit, Playwright, Cloudflare, Figma, Claude Design

- End-to-end delivery of web platforms and e-commerce systems for Polish and international clients — from architecture and implementation to deployment and maintenance.
- Laravel + Filament backends and Astro/Vue front-ends, including a multi-company headless CMS (lead author) that publishes a fleet of client sites as static Astro builds.
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud storefronts and headless WordPress front-ends for e-commerce clients; PHPUnit and Playwright suites and CI/CD as part of every delivery I own.
- AI-assisted engineering on Claude Code and Codex: agents wired into the repositories and into the CMS panel over MCP, co-author of an internal cockpit that runs agent teams from issue intake to draft PR, plus skills and contexts for the team.

### Front-end Developer

- Dates: 2017-12 – 2020-05 (2 yrs 5 mos)
- Company: Lizard Media · UX & software house
- Arrangement: Bielsko-Biała
- Technologies: PrestaShop, Magento, WordPress, Webpack, Gulp, Adobe XD

Front-end for e-commerce (PrestaShop, Magento) based on Adobe XD designs, client site maintenance, landing pages, corporate WordPress sites. Adopted workflow and standards of a large software house (Git, Gulp, Webpack, Jira, Kanban, Confluence, technical docs).

### Front-end Developer

- Dates: 2015-02 – 2017-12 (2 yrs 10 mos)
- Company: AQIMO.pl & NO-LIMIT.pl
- Arrangement: Bielsko-Biała
- Technologies: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WordPress

Websites, portals, and applications for companies — from template design through deployment. A large share of the work was HoReCa: multilingual sites for hotels, spa and health-resort properties — room, package and offer subpages, galleries, online booking engine integration, responsive layouts.

### Technical worker

- Dates: 2011-07 – 2012-05 (10 mos)
- Company: SETIA.pl
- Arrangement: Bielsko-Biała
- Technologies: HTML, CSS, SEO

Building microsites for SEO purposes, website management, SEO support.

## Selected Projects

### Highlights

- **[Custom CMS with AI](/custom-cms-with-ai/)** — Lead author of a multi-company headless CMS behind a fleet of client sites: Laravel + Filament panel, block-based page builder, translations, media, menus and redirects, every site published as a static Astro build. An MCP layer exposes the same content to AI tooling under the same permissions as the panel.
- **[EasyTruck.shop](https://easytruck.shop)** — Heavy-duty truck shop management platform for a US client (Laravel + Inertia/Vue) — service work orders, parts inventory, invoicing and team operations, from customer intake to billing. Built the invoicing module, QuickBooks integration, Scout search and push notifications on a dedicated domain layer; PHPUnit and Playwright suites. Two-plus years in a distributed team.
- **[Garazyn](/garage-inventory-system/)** — Designed and built solo: a private inventory system for parts and tools in a home garage. Laravel 13 + Filament 5, QR workflows (label printing, multi-scan), REST API, AI integrations (Gemini, DeepL), PHPUnit + Playwright.

### E-commerce

- **[horze.de](https://horze.de)** — Storefront front-end for an international online store on Salesforce Commerce Cloud (VanillaJS, jQuery, SCSS), built from Figma designs.
- **[tantis.pl](https://tantis.pl)** — Admin panel front-end for an online bookstore (Vue.js, Bootstrap-Vue, TypeScript, Twig), plus storefront changes (jQuery, Blade).
- **[montersi.pl](https://montersi.pl)** — PrestaShop 1.7 storefront built to design with a UX designer: rebuilt faceted navigation, cart, customer panel and invoices; Orbitvu 360 integration.
- **[sklepmartes.pl](https://sklepmartes.pl)** — PrestaShop 1.5 store: custom cart, delivery and payment changes, product card and listing updates from A/B tests, mode360.eu and Paczkomaty integrations.
- **[touspolska.pl](https://touspolska.pl)** — Magento 2 jewellery store: layout changes and promotional landing pages for the Polish and Czech versions, tested on physical iOS devices and BrowserStack.
- **[she.pl](https://she.pl)** — Storefront front-end for SHE swimwear on a custom Phalcon backend; PBN management for the client’s SEO.
- **[pilguni.com](https://pilguni.com)** — Storefront front-end for a children’s winter clothing store (Phalcon).
- **[krosno.com](https://krosno.com)** — Site rebranding and SEO-driven fixes to the PrestaShop 1.5 store.

### Astro · Headless

- **[catalog.polo.blue](/vw-polo-6r-parts-catalog/)** — Own system: parts and accessories catalog for the VW Polo 6R — Astro SSG front-end, Laravel + Filament admin, AI descriptions, DeepL translations, Cloudflare R2 image pipeline, Meilisearch.
- **[polo6r.pl](/vw-polo-6r-user-manual/)** — Own system: virtual owner’s manual for the VW Polo 6R — Astro PWA with dark mode and search, plus a Vue 3 PR-code decoder backed by a Laravel API.
- **[polo.blue](https://polo.blue)** — Car parts blog — statically generated Astro front-end on a headless WordPress REST API.

### SEO · WordPress · Marketing

- **[uper.pl](https://uper.pl/)** — Uper SEO Auditor — own Chrome extension for SEO pros and devs: real-time Core Web Vitals, schema.org debugging, GTM verification, JS errors in a side panel. On the Chrome Web Store.
- **[profile.grupakety.com](https://profile.grupakety.com)** — Multilingual WordPress site built to design, with an admin panel tailored to the client.
- **[lizardmedia.pl](https://lizardmedia.pl)** — Rebranding build on WordPress: custom fields and templates, CTA banners, hardening, English-ready.
- **[skin-laser.pl](https://skin-laser.pl)** — Aesthetic medicine clinic site and Google Ads landing pages.
- **[aluprof.eu](https://aluprof.eu)** — Layout, RWD and translation work on a large PyroCMS + Vue site; FreshMail newsletter templates.

## Skills

### Core — Laravel · TypeScript · Astro

Laravel, PHP, TypeScript, Astro, Vue, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL / MariaDB, HTML / CSS

### Web · E-commerce — Platforms & ecosystem

Filament, WordPress, SFCC, Magento 2, PrestaShop, React, Next.js, Tailwind, UnoCSS, Supabase, Stripe, Figma

### Delivery — Git, CI/CD & infrastructure

Git, GitHub Actions, Cloudflare (Pages, Workers, R2), Vite, pnpm, Bun, Inngest, Webpack

### Quality — Testing & performance

PHPUnit, Pest, Playwright, Core Web Vitals, SEO / AEO, GA4, GSC

### AI engineering — Agents in the workflow

Claude Code, Codex, MCP, OpenAI API, GitHub Copilot, Firecrawl, Claude Design

### Ownership — What I take responsibility for

architecture decisions, code review, deployment & support, docs-first, async by default, perf budgets

## Education

### 2014–2016 — Master of Computer Science

- Level: Master
- Field: Applications of Computer Networks
- School: Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu in Dąbrowa Górnicza (Higher education)

### 2010–2014 — Engineer of Computer Science

- Level: Engineer
- Field: Graphics, Design and Multimedia
- School: Bielska Wyższa Szkoła im. J. Tyszkiewicza (Higher education · Bielsko-Biała)

### Certificates

#### 10xDevs 3.0 — Builder & Architect (Best Project)

- Issuer: 10xDevs
- Issued: July 20, 2026
- Verify: https://credsverse.com/credentials/d9f99ad8-ed75-4c81-a8ae-2a014d385725

Cohort programme on AI-assisted development: agentic environments, AI-first delivery workflow, quality and maintenance of AI-generated code, legacy systems at scale.

## Engineering strengths

- **System ownership** from architecture and implementation through deployment to long-term support — one person accountable for the whole thing.
- **Laravel + Astro + TypeScript** as the core stack: Laravel/Filament backends, Astro or Vue front-ends, static and hybrid sites, headless CMS, e-commerce storefronts.
- **AI-assisted engineering** Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot as everyday pair-programming: review, refactor, test generation, docs research. AI as a tool, not an autopilot.
- **Remote, in English** with clients in Poland and abroad — technical communication, documentation, async code review.

## Interests

- Building fast, well-crafted websites
- Web optimization and online visibility
- Computer graphics, flat design
- New technologies
- Car electronics