Jan Stepanovsky is a Senior Platform Engineer based in Prague with 13 years of experience building and optimizing backend and frontend systems across startups and freelance projects. He blends hands-on work in PHP, Node.js, Java and modern JS frameworks with platform-level expertise in Kubernetes, Spark, Airflow, Nomad and Opensearch to deliver scalable, cost-effective infrastructure. At ID5.io he architected a custom data warehouse and managed multi-cluster environments to improve processing speed, observability and reliability. Previously as Lead Engineer at Tapdaq he scaled APIs and analytics pipelines, evolving SPAs from Angular to React and designing Big Data solutions with Kafka, BigQuery and Citus. He pairs pixel-perfect front-end craftsmanship (PSD-to-HTML, custom WordPress/Nette work) with pragmatic system design, often proposing product-facing improvements beyond pure implementation. Known for pushing current web technologies, he thrives at the intersection of creative UX collaboration and robust platform engineering.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Software Engineering, C, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Software Engineering, C at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Information Technology
Graduation, Computer Engineering, Graduation, Computer Engineering at Industry Highschool Trebic - Technic Lyceum
Contributions:1 release, 15 commits, 1 PR in 5 years 1 month
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