Jiri V.

Jiri V.

Senior Software Engineer

Prague, Czech Republic
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About Me

Jiri is a Senior Python Developer with 8+ years of industry expertise in general-purpose programming, database administration, computer networks, and network security using Python and Angular. He is an avid learner of new tech stacks, learning and developing through hobby projects with an intuitive approach for managing and handling complex technical issues.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Python Developer
2019 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Time is Ltd.
Time is Ltd.
Python Engineer
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Prague, Czech Republic
  • Built innovative and performant features into the client's next-gen software solutions, responsible for data integration with third-party systems including Office 365, Zoom, Slack, or WebEx.

  • Worked on a Salesforce plugin for socio-mapping visualization as well as an app for visualization of how the company uses tools in Google Workplace.

  • Designed, implemented, and documented libraries/frameworks that provide avenues for effective scaling of applications across multiple projects.

  • Provided quality solutions for product lifecycles through requirement gathering, designing, coding, testing, delivery, and support.

Artin spol. s.r.o.
Artin spol. s.r.o.
Software Developer
2019 - 2019
Prague, Czech Republic
  • Defined priorities and set delivery goals in the development of a customer web portal.

  • Implemented libraries, algorithms, and tools for processing solutions for challenges on an autonomous car project.

  • Added new capabilities to ensure system quality, functionality, and performance.

Freelance
Freelance
Software Developer
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Remote
  • Provided end-to-end solutions in developing new products using new tech stack and design patterns.

  • Wrote clean, maintainable code with unit tests following industry best coding and architecture standards.

  • Prioritized development and maintenance tasks, improving functionality of features, participating in design reviews, and resolving complex technical issues.

Siemens
Siemens
Software Developer
2016 - 2018 (2 years)
Prague, Czech Republic
  • Worked and collaborated with a German-based team to develop a service portal for smart trains.

  • Applied software best practices, contributed to coding quality, and assured conformance of source code on solutions.

  • Explored new technologies, tools, and techniques in implementing solutions on the project.

Portfolio

Software Developer - Face Recognition
Software Developer - Face Recognition

Developed Face Recognition as a hobby project to learn and fine-tune my skills in Machine Learning and OpenCV. It is a live face-recognition tool with logging to a CSV file. The project is still under development, although the basic functions of the app are working. The app is programmed to learn faces and log them to a central system. Further development will enable the app to send warning signals to a phone when an unknown person is captured by the system.

Team Lead | Software Developer - Service Portal (Siemens)
Team Lead | Software Developer - Service Portal (Siemens)

Worked on the entire development lifecycle of a service portal project that provides statistics from sensors installed on smart trains developed by Siemens. Raised and led a team of developers on the project in the Czech Republic, regularly liaising with the German-based team for the implementation of solutions.

Software Developer - Greenhouse Admin Portal
Software Developer - Greenhouse Admin Portal

Offered technical assistance for the development of the administration portal for a smart greenhouse portal. The portal collects data from Raspberry Pi sensors and processes them into Python scripts via a Django REST Framework and displays the results on the front end with a nice UI using Angular.

Education

The Python Mega Course
The Python Mega Course
Udemy
2019 - 2019
BSc Information Technology
BSc Information Technology
Czech Technical University at Prague - Czech Republic
2011 - 2014 (3 years)