Krzysztof Kucera

Overview

Founder of Helix AI (D2C food brands). 13 years of building before that. Grew the team to 23 people across 3 countries.

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Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Jul 2022 - Present
   Helix AI · 4 yr 3 mo · Contract · Warsaw, Poland
   • Previously built and sold a small D2C food brands company.
   • Raised $7 million across 3 rounds.
   • Grew the team to 25 people across 5 countries.
2. Principal Engineer

   Mar 2019 - Jul 2022
   Wise · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Warsaw, Poland
   • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
3. Engineering Manager

   Dec 2017 - Mar 2019
   Spotify · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Warsaw, Poland
   • Wrote the automation service that now handles 7 million requests a day.
4. Staff Platform Engineer

   Aug 2014 - Dec 2017
   Wolt · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Warsaw, Poland
   • Mentored 8 engineers through their first promotion.
5. Principal Engineer

   Oct 2013 - Aug 2014
   Siemens · 10 mo · Full-time · Warsaw, Poland
   • Led or co-led 26 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later.

Projects

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Education

1. Sorbonne University

   Licence, Computer Science
   2009 - 2012