
Jan Szczepkowski developed automated cloud backend deployment for image processing in the Dynatrace/opentelemetry-demo-gitops repository, using Terraform to provision AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and DynamoDB. He integrated OpenTelemetry for end-to-end observability, enabling traceable, scalable infrastructure and reducing manual setup. Jan enhanced event metadata by adding commit links and Markdown formatting, improving traceability and collaboration in GitOps workflows. He also refactored the image provider service to use image names instead of product IDs, simplifying asset management and retrieval. His work demonstrated depth in Infrastructure as Code, backend refactoring, and CI/CD automation using JavaScript, HCL, and YAML.

January 2026 highlights: Delivered Image Retrieval Enhancement in Image Provider Service by replacing product IDs with image names, improving asset lookup and management. This change, tracked in commit 4ff8de3b523c43a3158e6e0393fe24d4a0bb5df7 and linked to issue #1889, reduces ambiguity between IDs and names and supports smoother GitOps workflows. No major bugs fixed were recorded in this period. Overall impact: improved image asset traceability, simplified retrieval, and strengthened alignment with product naming conventions. Technologies demonstrated: backend refactoring, asset naming strategy, and Git-based traceability.
January 2026 highlights: Delivered Image Retrieval Enhancement in Image Provider Service by replacing product IDs with image names, improving asset lookup and management. This change, tracked in commit 4ff8de3b523c43a3158e6e0393fe24d4a0bb5df7 and linked to issue #1889, reduces ambiguity between IDs and names and supports smoother GitOps workflows. No major bugs fixed were recorded in this period. Overall impact: improved image asset traceability, simplified retrieval, and strengthened alignment with product naming conventions. Technologies demonstrated: backend refactoring, asset naming strategy, and Git-based traceability.
Month: 2025-11 | Focused on enhancing event metadata in Dynatrace/opentelemetry-demo-gitops to improve traceability and collaboration. Delivered Event Description Enhancements by adding commit links and Markdown formatting to event descriptions, enabling direct navigation to specific commits and pull requests. Commits include 4bb0dce42d40823084530aad20c96ba231122e5f (add commit link in the event description) and 9802110179f0868fc6765022befe25bb7ca19981 (add markdown format in event description). No major bugs fixed this month. Overall impact: faster debugging, clearer event narratives, and stronger governance over event data in a GitOps-enabled workflow. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Markdown formatting, commit-linking, PR-reference integration in event metadata, OpenTelemetry GitOps integration, code-traceability improvements.
Month: 2025-11 | Focused on enhancing event metadata in Dynatrace/opentelemetry-demo-gitops to improve traceability and collaboration. Delivered Event Description Enhancements by adding commit links and Markdown formatting to event descriptions, enabling direct navigation to specific commits and pull requests. Commits include 4bb0dce42d40823084530aad20c96ba231122e5f (add commit link in the event description) and 9802110179f0868fc6765022befe25bb7ca19981 (add markdown format in event description). No major bugs fixed this month. Overall impact: faster debugging, clearer event narratives, and stronger governance over event data in a GitOps-enabled workflow. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Markdown formatting, commit-linking, PR-reference integration in event metadata, OpenTelemetry GitOps integration, code-traceability improvements.
October 2025 — Delivery focused on automating cloud backend deployment for image processing in Dynatrace/opentelemetry-demo-gitops. Implemented Terraform-based provisioning of AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and DynamoDB to support image retrieval and resizing, with OpenTelemetry instrumentation for end-to-end observability. No major bugs fixed this month. The work enables repeatable, scalable deployments, faster feature delivery, and improved monitoring, reducing manual provisioning and operational risk. Technologies demonstrated include Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB), OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and GitOps workflows.
October 2025 — Delivery focused on automating cloud backend deployment for image processing in Dynatrace/opentelemetry-demo-gitops. Implemented Terraform-based provisioning of AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, and DynamoDB to support image retrieval and resizing, with OpenTelemetry instrumentation for end-to-end observability. No major bugs fixed this month. The work enables repeatable, scalable deployments, faster feature delivery, and improved monitoring, reducing manual provisioning and operational risk. Technologies demonstrated include Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB), OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and GitOps workflows.
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