Jan Capek
Co-Founder at Braiins
Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Capek is a seasoned embedded systems engineer and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience building real-time microkernels, BSPs, and firmware for constrained hardware. As Co-Founder and long-time technical leader at Braiins, he has scaled Slush Pool infrastructure, led DDoS mitigation and security efforts, and driven infrastructure automation. His deep expertise spans Embedded Linux, PikeOS real-time OS development, FreeRTOS/NuttX applications, and custom toolchain work, grounded in strong object-oriented design. Prior roles include heading PikeOS development and creating BSPs and PIC toolchains, giving him rare end-to-end insight from silicon to production services. Based in Czechia, he pairs hands-on low-level engineering with strategic architecture for high-availability systems. An occasional freelancer-style tinkerer, he combines product-focused leadership with practical embedded craftsmanship.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Czech Technical University in PragueSoftware Engineering, System Security, Software Engineering, System Security at Technische Universität BerlinMilwaukee School of Engineering
Github Skills (148)
python10
cffi10
cryptocurrency10
micropython10
embedded10
bundle10
lightning10
py2exe10
bitcoin10
microcontroller10
py2app10
freeze10
package10
zcash10
pyinstaller10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
braiins/braiins
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:6 releases, 9 PRs, 45 pushes in 2 years 6 months
braiins/micropython
Mar 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 2 months
pythonpython-implementationconstrainedmicrocontrollerslean
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