Jan Žaloudek
Staff Software Engineer at Wcontact
Prague, Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolJan Žaloudek is a Staff Software Engineer based in Prague with 13 years of experience building high-throughput systems that process billions of events, currently shaping architecture and delivery at Splunk while maintaining leadership roles at Cisco and earlier at Smartlook. He blends startup founder instincts with enterprise rigor—obsessed with clean architecture, fast feedback loops, and shipping pragmatic, reliable solutions. His background spans full-stack and backend leadership, analytics and integrations, and teaching programming and AI, underpinned by a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence from CTU and CS studies at UMass Lowell. Known for leading teams and projects end-to-end, he often surfaces practical engineering improvements that reduce operational friction and accelerate iteration.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Information TechnologyMaster's degree, Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree, Artificial Intelligence at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in PragueUMass LowellGymnázium Dr. A. Hrdličky
Czech, English, Slovak, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (39)
markdown9
twitter-api9
ruby9
linux9
api9
react9
package-manager8
macos8
babel-plugin-react-intl8
react-navigation8
homebrew8
plugin8
jekyll8
twitter8
javascript8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fitak/ZUMScore
Mar 2013 - Apr 2014
Contributions:49 commits, 1 comment in 1 year
geneticsharingscoresweb-applicationgenetic-algorithm
smartlook/joi-router
Feb 2020 - May 2022
Configurable, input and output validated routing for koa
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 3 months
koajsconfigurableroutingkoavalidated
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