Summary
Petr Hejda is a blockchain-focused software engineer and educator with nine years of hands-on experience building and advising production systems from startups to enterprise. After a stint as a solutions engineer at Tatum and senior engineering roles across healthcare and SaaS, he now leads blockchain teaching and tech initiatives at Czech Technical University in Prague. He blends pragmatic engineering with a product-first mindset—famously skeptical of "clean code" dogma in favor of measurable business value. As an independent blockchain mentor and consultant, he helps teams navigate smart contract development, integration, and go-to-market tradeoffs. His unconventional path—leaving and later returning to academia—underscores a commitment to practical knowledge transfer and mentoring the next generation of developers. Based in Prague, he pairs real-world delivery experience with a clear focus on making blockchain technology drive tangible outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Software Development, High School, Software Development at High School of Applied Cybernetics, Hradec Kralove, CZ
Czech, English