Summary
Petr Joachim is an experienced software leader and coach with over a decade of hands-on engineering and management, currently serving as Director of Product Engineering at IP Fabric. He specializes in backend systems using Python and Node.js, having led high-traffic web services at Seznam.cz and contributed to product-scale platforms at Kiwi.com and ThreatMark. Petr combines technical depth—scaling services with SQL/NoSQL, C++ and modern backend stacks—with a strong focus on engineering leadership, mentorship, and organizational coaching offered through his freelance practice. He has scaled teams to 20+ engineers and guided architecture and availability for sites serving millions of daily pageviews, yet retains a minimalist, pragmatic approach to code and processes. Based in Brno, his unusual mix of formal IT education and studies in psychology/gender studies informs a people-centered leadership style that prioritizes team growth alongside reliable delivery.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Psychology, Gender Studies, N/A, Psychology, Gender Studies, N/A at Masarykova univerzita Brno
High School, High School at Gymnasium, Fr. Hajdy, Ostrava
IT, N/A, IT, N/A at Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava Fakulta elektrotechniky a informatiky
English, Czech, Slovak