Python Developer & Team Leader

The candidate is an experienced Python developer with almost 12 years of experience. He works in a company that produces parking systems, he is in charge of software development. He is responsible for the operation of the stations in the car parks. He is not involved in unilateral development, he does both HW and SW. In his work he uses the Django framework, Postgres databases, Linux, QT, web services, redis or jQuery. He is interested in both FE and BE, fullstack would be ideal for him. He is currently leading a small team of people. He is used to agile environment - Scrum. English language is at a communicative level.

Senior Python Developer, Team Leader (2009 - present) at ParkingSoft

• Analyzed and designed flexible, modular, and robust product architecture.
• Maintained a balance between time-to-market, quality, and costs.
• Developed, tested, implemented, and maintained desktop UI applications, back-end software, system scripts using Python, Qt, PostgreSQL, C, C++, Shell, Pyro, Spyne, and multiprocessing.
• Designed and developed web applications using Django, Celery, Websockets, DRF, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
• Designed and developed robust and scalable APIs over distributed systems.
• Managed and led a team of programmers, including hiring, training, and team care.
• Implemented Scrum methodology for development planning, task distribution, and code reviewing.
• Managed software projects with external clients/end-users.

Team Support, Division of Marketing and Management (2007 - 2009) at T-Systems Slovakia

• Gained experience in team work, marketing, and management in a large company.
• Conducted market research and participated in new campaigns and product creation.
• Produced business cases (pricing, budgeting).
• Created an internal application for campaign management using VBA.

University of Economics in Bratislava - Faculty of Economic Informatics (2004 - 2009) at University of Economics in Bratislava

• Gained knowledge and practical experience in various programming languages and technologies.
• Developed an understanding of management, marketing principles, and economic basics.
• Graduation thesis: Information web portal - Labor Market (PHP, CSS).

Significant Projects:

• Designed and developed a parking system software with vehicle pass control, pay stations, client-stands payments, parking guidance, monitoring, system settings, and data exchange with third-party software. Currently running on several thousand devices.
• Designed and developed custom software for different types of hardware (access control system, lockers management, transport controlling, SOS stands).
• Integrated cashless/POS payment systems for Slovak, Czech, Polish, and Latvian markets.
• Developed a supplier processing system for Volkswagen Slovakia to control supplier trucks moving inside the factory, including a customized parking system, web application, and interfaces to third-party systems.
• Managed parking in Žilina city center via a web application, including tenant vehicle control and a monitoring application for the city police department.
• Developed a system to manage reservations of parking lots at business centers, allowing employees to be divided into groups with different privileges and access to a web portal.