Summary
Gergely Munkácsy is a Lead Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience building high-performance backend systems, primarily in Go and Node.js. He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Computer Software Engineering with a specialization in AI, blending rigorous academic training with practical production delivery. Gergely has led teams and shaped product direction at startups and scale-ups, contributing to systems that process millions of events and serve global users. His backend expertise spans PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB and serverless architectures on AWS Lambda, and he enforces strong testing and CI/CD practices. Comfortable stepping into frontend work when needed, he also has a track record of mentoring engineers and hiring early-stage teams. Based in Szeged, Hungary, he brings a pragmatic focus on scalable, maintainable systems and a knack for translating business needs into resilient technical solutions.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's Degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Szeged
Hungarian, English