Michal Švácha
Chief Technology Officer at BACKBONE
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMichal Švácha is a technology leader and CTO with over a decade of experience delivering scalable cloud-native software and leading engineering teams from inception to scale. Based in Geneva, he has built and scaled BACKBONE's engineering organization from 1 to 13 engineers, implementing CI/CD and Terraform-based infrastructure that supports roughly 1.8 releases per day while driving a 30% reduction in cloud costs through optimized storage. He designs user-centric architectures with a focus on mobile (iOS/Android), UX, and middleware, and has steered complex integrations, including post-acquisition platform rebuilds and custom API connectors with SSO. Previously, he founded Pixeesoft and has led DevOps-oriented cultures and Kubernetes-based migrations, blending hands-on development with strategic architecture. Outside of coding, he is an accomplished violinist, bringing discipline, rhythm, and a performance mindset to leadership and product delivery.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
ERASMUS+ Exchange Program, Information Systems Architect, ERASMUS+ Exchange Program, Information Systems Architect at Institut supérieur d'Electronique de ParisATHENS Exchange Program, Mining of Massive Datasets, ATHENS Exchange Program, Mining of Massive Datasets at Telecom ParisTechHS Diploma, General Studies, HS Diploma, General Studies at Gymnázium VoděradskáManagement and Leadership Program, Management and Leadership Program at University of PittsburghMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in PragueHS Diploma, Performing Arts, HS Diploma, Performing Arts at Osceola County School for the Arts
Czech, English, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
svachmic/SwiftGraph
Oct 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:1 release, 58 commits, 40 pushes in 2 years 7 months
svachmic/svachmic.github.io
Feb 2015 - Nov 2020
Personal blog about variety of things.
Contributions:3 releases, 6 PRs, 42 pushes in 5 years 10 months
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