About

Designing data platforms that make AI operational

Senior Data Engineer and Data Architect at Datumo, focused on building production-grade Data and AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.

My work centers on making AI useful in real environments: platform architecture, repeatable delivery, MLOps foundations, observability and the engineering boundaries between data systems and machine learning systems.

Azure-native data platforms and delivery systemsDatabricks, lakehouse patterns and analytics-ready architectureMLOps foundations for repeatable delivery and model operationsData engineering connected to production ML and AI systems

I care about systems that are scalable, observable, maintainable and actually ready for production, not only persuasive in a workshop or notebook demo.

Portrait of Maciej Kępa
What I build

Three recurring problem spaces

The common thread is operational reality: architecture, delivery and platform quality need to hold together under production constraints.

Data Platforms

Designing Azure- and Databricks-based platforms that make analytics and AI delivery operational, not improvised.

MLOps Systems

Building model lifecycle foundations, delivery workflows, observability and reliability around production ML.

AI in Production

Treating model quality and platform quality as the same engineering problem, especially in edge, IoT and data-centric workloads.

Principles

How I tend to reason about systems

01

Prefer systems that can be operated by teams, not only by their creators.

02

Bias toward reproducibility, observability and explicit trade-offs.

03

Treat notebooks as a useful beginning, not a deployment strategy.

Beyond work

Interests that map well to engineering

Animal lover with a soft spot for real-world chaos over perfect lab conditions.

Gaming enthusiast, especially where systems, strategy and immersion matter.

DIY hobbyist who likes building, fixing and understanding things end to end.