Summary
Jan Silhan is a senior Python backend developer with 11 years of experience building and maintaining scalable Django-based systems, currently focused on fintech payments and credit scoring in Singapore. He combines backend architecture and leadership—having led the DNF team at Red Hat—with hands-on implementation of REST APIs, Celery-based async workflows, and complex third-party integrations. Jan has delivered end-to-end features across fintech and automotive e-commerce, optimizing PostgreSQL queries and crafting APIs consumed by partners and admin tooling. Comfortable across the stack, he also tunes security, data export and synchronization flows (notably credit card payment syncing) for production-critical services. His background in intelligent systems engineering and real-world package manager development highlights a pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to reliability and performance.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng (Ing.) Intelligent Systems, Master of Engineering - MEng (Ing.) Intelligent Systems at Brno University of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - BE (Bc.), Bachelor of Engineering - BE (Bc.) at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology
Czech, English, Spanish, Slovak