Jiri Folta
Principal Recruiter at Hangar 13
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
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Top SchoolJiri Folta is a Principal Recruiter with 12+ years’ experience building technical and creative teams across EMEA, currently leading end-to-end talent acquisition for Animation, Engineering and 3D Art at Hangar 13. He previously scaled early talent and product/technology hiring at Red Hat, running global programs and mentoring recruiting teams while championing open source employer branding. Jiri blends hands-on sourcing and headhunting with stakeholder partnership and data-driven reporting to deliver consistent candidate experience and hiring outcomes. A seasoned conference speaker and brand ambassador, he represents studios at major industry events across Europe and cultivates talent through community engagement. Outside recruiting he’s an open-source enthusiast, gamer and avid bread baker — a mix that reflects his curiosity and appetite for craft. Based in Brno, he connects technical depth with creative industry know-how to find rare hires who thrive in game development.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bc., English – Computer science, Bc., English – Computer science at Silesian University in OpavaSchool-leaving exam, General Studies, School-leaving exam, General Studies at Gymnázium Nymburk
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github contributions (5)
pholta/fedora-postinstall
Aug 2013 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 release, 41 commits, 39 pushes in 7 years 4 months
pholta/BFS
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
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