Pavel Grochal
Senior Backend Developer at Rossum
Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolPavel Grochal is a Senior Backend Developer with 13 years of experience building and operating backend systems, currently based in Brno and working at Rossum. He is a polyglot engineer proficient in Python, Java, PHP and JavaScript, with deep experience in Django/Flask, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, and server orchestration using Ansible, KVM and Nginx. Pavel pairs hands-on development with infrastructure and network expertise—managing virtualization, routing, and security for production environments—and has run both Linux and Windows server estates. He is an active open-source contributor to projects like streamparse and the EasyBuild ecosystem, improving Python integration with Apache Storm and hardening scientific software builds and tests. With a PhD focus in Geoinformatics and a history of roles from IT specialist to Czech Tribe Leader, he brings research-grade rigor to pragmatic, reproducible deployments. Colleagues rely on him for bridging custom backend logic, reproducible build pipelines, and resilient infra operations.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geoinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geoinformatics at Masaryk University Brno
Czech, English, German, Spanish
Github Skills (28)
storm10
filesystem10
scite10
python10
patch10
testing10
linux10
build-system10
hpc10
file-operations10
makefile10
fileio10
scilab10
science10
scientific-computing10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
A collection of easyconfig files that describe which software to build using which build options with EasyBuild.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 341 commits, 126 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Pavel primarily contributed to the EasyBuild project by modifying and adding easyconfig files and patch files, which are used to describe software builds. These changes involved fixing build processes, tweaking compiler flags, and updating dependencies for various scientific software packages. The contributions span across multiple programming languages and scientific domains, and the user’s changes directly impact the reproducibility and usability of software builds within the EasyBuild framework.
pythondescribecpplinuxscientific-software
easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks
Oct 2019 - Nov 2020
Collection of easyblocks that implement support for building and installing software with EasyBuild.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 45 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Pavel primarily focused on enhancing the `easyblocks` within the repository, specifically adding support for building and integrating external software packages. Their contributions included adding easyblocks for Qt-based applications (QScintilla), CMakeNinja and LAMMPS, as well as updating existing easyblocks for SEPP and QuantumESPRESSO. The user demonstrates an understanding of the build processes for scientific software and the integration of dependencies.
pythoninstallinglinuxscientific-softwarehpc
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