Michal Knizek
Freelance Principal Engineer & Technical Leader at Self-Employed
Prague, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolMichal Knizek is a freelance Principal Engineer and technical leader with over a decade of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale backend and cloud-native systems from Prague. He combines hands-on engineering with interim leadership, having led server, mobile and R&D teams at tado° before moving to cloud architecture consulting for startups. Michal focuses on pragmatic solutions that maximize business value, maintainability, and developer effectiveness while coaching teams to improve delivery. Recently he’s been building AI agents to automate real operational processes, blending systems engineering with applied AI. Comfortable switching between coding and strategy, he brings depth in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and product-driven engineering. His background in software engineering from Czech Technical University underpins a methodical, systems-oriented approach to solving complex technical and organizational challenges.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (Ing.), Softwarové inženýrství, Master's degree (Ing.), Softwarové inženýrství at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical EngineeringJečná
Github Skills (76)
python10
grails-plugin10
class-properties10
mqtt9
home-automation9
faunadb9
automation9
home-assistant9
grav-plugin9
plugin9
privacy9
raspberry-pi9
iot9
grails8
api8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
macrosak/fishconfig
Jan 2015 - Aug 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 9 years 7 months
tadodotcom/grails-timestamped
Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
configurabletransformpropertiespluginast
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