Mariusz Nazar
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This website

2026-09 → present · public

A personal website with a bio and materials about my working methods. Built with Astro and hosted on Cloudflare Pages.

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BRAVE.courses training, autumn 2026

BRAVE.courses

2026-09 → 2026-11 · planned

The goal of these courses is to learn and find practical ways to use AI in my day-to-day work.

  • 10xDevs 4.0 · planned
  • MEGA.dev · planned
  • AI Product Heroes 3 · planned
  • AI Tech Leaders · planned
  • AI_Sales 2 · planned
  • AI_Marketers 3 · planned

QA Lead

VOX Capital Group

2021-12 → present

Software quality for an online store and its surrounding systems: an internal sales platform, CMS, and interior design app. Analyzing logs for patterns and anomalies, clarifying requirements with stakeholders alongside Product Owners, tailoring Jira workflows to teams, introducing Scrum in two teams, and running store performance tests.

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AI implementation canvas from AI_Managers 3

2026-06 · to be shared

Final course assignment: a canvas for an AI implementation project in an organization. To be shared after anonymization or as a written description.

BRAVE.courses training, spring 2026

BRAVE.courses

2026-03 → 2026-06 · completed

Four courses in the AI_devs, AI Product Heroes, 10xDevs, and AI_Managers series. AI_Managers 3 concluded with an AI implementation canvas; certificate issued July 11, 2026.

  • AI_Managers 3 · completed · certificate
  • 10xDevs 3.0 · completed
  • AI Product Heroes 2 · completed
  • AI_devs 4 · completed

AI_devs 3 Agents

BRAVE.courses

2024-11 → 2024-12 · completed

A five-week hands-on course on generative AI tools, focused on building autonomous systems. Certificate issued December 9, 2024.

Head of Quality Assurance

Esvelo

2021-06 → 2021-11

A team of ten QA specialists across product teams; nine hired and onboarded in six months. QA pay analysis that led the company to change its salary bands; department OKRs, evaluations and individual goals, a QA newsletter, and a workshop on roles and responsibilities.

recruitmentonboardingOKRspay analysismeeting facilitation

QA newsletter, articles, and presentations on feedback

Esvelo

2021-06 → 2021-11 · to be shared

Work from six months at Esvelo: a QA department newsletter I designed and launched; two articles for the feedback culture group, the only pieces I can share from that period; and two company-wide presentations.

  • QA newsletter · not public
  • Two internal articles on feedback · to be shared
  • Presentations “Feed with feedback” and “Psychological safety in teams” · not public

Agile Leadership

SWPS University

2020-10 → 2021-07

Postgraduate studies in servant leadership and working with teams amid uncertainty and constant change.

QA Lead

VentureDevs

2019-01 → 2021-06

The company’s first E2E testing framework, internal workshops on test automation, and technical recruitment of QA specialists. Facilitating retrospectives, refinement sessions, reviews, and demos, including sessions with clients.

E2E automationinternal workshopstechnical recruitmentmeeting facilitation

Public speaking workshop

Kamil Kozieł

2020-09

A workshop on preparing for presentations.

The company’s first E2E testing framework

VentureDevs

2020-02 → 2020-05 · not public

An E2E framework in Python, using behave for Gherkin scenarios. Used by me and two other teams.

PythonbehaveGherkin

Building a feedback culture workshop

Natalia Pawlak

2020-03

Techniques for giving feedback and ways to build and strengthen a feedback culture in an organization.

FUKOSBI

Selenium WebDriver with Python programming basics

Testuj.pl

2019-03

The basics of writing automated tests.

SeleniumPython

QA Specialist

VentureDevs

2018-07 → 2018-12

Test plans, exploratory and ad hoc testing of web apps (PWAs) across systems and devices; test automation in Python with behave. Reporting and reproducing bugs, assessing risk, estimating work, and working with business and technical requirements.

exploratory testingPWAPythonbehaverisk assessment

Design and Cost Estimation Specialist

PAG

2016-12 → 2018-06

Supporting designers and site managers with technical drawings, design documentation, proposals, and cost estimates.

technical drawingsdesign documentationcost estimationproposals

Automation Tester course

Sii

2018-04

An introduction to working as a test automation engineer.

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level

ISTQB

2018-02

Foundation-level ISTQB certification.

Become a Tester course

Sii

2018-01 → 2018-02

The basics of software testing and preparation for ISTQB certification.

Assistant Designer / Site Engineer

Deon

2014-12 → 2016-12

Several dozen detailed and as-built designs for connecting apartment buildings to FTTH networks in Lublin, Radom, and Rzeszów, prepared independently. Coordinating design work and onboarding five new people in the design office.

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Several dozen detailed and as-built FTTH designs

Deon

2014-12 → 2016-12 · not public

Documentation for connecting apartment buildings to fiber optic networks in Lublin, Radom, and Rzeszów.

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Assistant Designer / Site Engineer

PWMerpol

2014-06 → 2014-12

Coordinating work based on contract requirements, technical documentation, and schedules. Supporting the designer and site manager with technical drawings and proposals.

technical documentationschedulestechnical drawingsproposals

Electrician

Lubella

2013-10 → 2013-12

Industrial maintenance in a production plant: fixing faults, maintaining equipment, and diagnosing failures using electrical diagrams and PLC programs.

industrial maintenanceelectrical diagramsPLCfault diagnosis

Automation Assistant

MW Lublin

2013-07 → 2013-09

Industrial maintenance: analyzing electrical diagrams and PLC programs, assisting with repairs and fault diagnosis.

industrial maintenanceelectrical diagramsPLC

Master of Engineering, Intelligent Technologies in Electrical Engineering

Lublin University of Technology

2008-10 → 2013-06

Design Assistant

Altest

2011-07 → 2011-12

Architectural base drawings, cost estimates, bills of quantities, and stock lists in a design office.

architectural base drawingscost estimatesbills of quantities