Founder / Systems Engineer
Alicja Zwardon
Software engineer and consultant working across automation, systems integration, workflow architecture, and applied AI. Founder of Etherfolk Systems.
Background
I work at the point where business processes become software systems.
I'm a software engineer and consultant with a background in enterprise application development, workflow automation, systems integration, API design, technical leadership, and business consulting.
My work has ranged from understanding and refining business requirements to designing application architecture, building integrations, improving system performance, reviewing code, and leading delivery across technical teams.
Etherfolk Systems grew from that combination of technical and operational work: designing systems that connect data, applications, business rules, automation, and increasingly AI.
Experience
Enterprise engineering, consulting, and independent systems work.
Consulting
Business + technical context
Experience working with large organizations where technology decisions need to make sense operationally as well as technically.
Engineering
Applications + integrations
Workflow architecture, APIs, data models, performance, deployments, code quality, and technical leadership.
Etherfolk Systems
Automation + applied AI
Building operational systems that combine deterministic software, automation, business context, and AI where it provides useful intelligence.
How I work
Engineering decisions should follow the shape of the problem.
Understand the operation
Start with how the work actually happens, where information originates, and where friction or repetition enters the process.
Separate truth from presentation
Keep authoritative business data and rules separate from the way individual applications or channels represent them.
Automate predictable decisions
Use deterministic software for rules, identifiers, calculations, validation, and other work that has a defined correct answer.
Use AI deliberately
Apply models where interpretation, language, classification, or context adds value — with structure around the output.
Current work
Building systems around catalog operations, marketplaces, and AI.
My current work through Etherfolk Systems includes marketplace integrations, multi-channel catalog architecture, listing automation, product data workflows, validation systems, and AI-assisted catalog optimization.
Writing
Writing about the architecture behind reliable automation.
I write about marketplace integrations, catalog architecture, deterministic automation, applied AI, and the operational tradeoffs involved in turning one-off workflows into reliable systems.
Browse Insights →Technology in the background.
People at the center.
Etherfolk Systems is where I design and document the systems, integrations, and automation work I'm building.
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