Simonas Naulickas

Toptal - Freelance Software Engineer

Former workplaces, positions:

• Dechea, GmbH – Tech Lead
• Mambu, UAB – System Owner / Architect
• Vinted, UAB – Senior Software Engineer
• Urban Lithuania, UAB – Senior Software Engineer
• Zenitechas, UAB – Senior Software Engineer
• Intermedix, UAB – Software Engineer
• Registrų centras, VĮ – Software Engineer

Areas of expertise and career experiences:

My areas of expertise are IT, Software development with a focus towards leadership.
During the course of my career I have worked in various types of companies:

• My career started in a State Enterprise – Center of Registers
• Later on, I joined a service providing company – Intermedix, where, for the first time, I tasted working in a team and foreigners from the USA.
• My next step was in an agency Zenitech, where the biggest leap in my personal development happened – technical skill development, soft skill development, as well as leadership development.
• The other step of note was Dechea, where, for the first time in my career, I saw how implementing Agile methodology properly can turn a group of regular software engineers into a highly productive team.

 My personal strengths:

• the ability to evaluate a situation, problems from different angles
• the ability to put myself into another person’s shoes
• strategic thinking

My motivation/personal goal for participating in the mentoring program:

Young people starting of their careers do not necessarily know what to expect. Moreover, there are some things that going to a university cannot really prepare you for.
I have been nearly 10 years in this industry and I have never had a year like the one that came before. It has been an ongoing learning experience – you might first start learning the technical skills, then perhaps go into leadership and etc.
However, the most important thing to learn throughout your career is understanding „why“ you are doing what you are doing. And that’s what I want to help my mentees do – find their purpose.

Hobbies and other information about me:

 My hobbies include – healthy lifestyle, personal development, books, traveling.
Fun fact – I hated books when I was in school.
My life’s motto – question everything.