Petr Kalis
Pipeline TD at Freelance, self-employed
Prague Metropolitan Area Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolPetr Kalis is a Pipeline Technical Director and seasoned ETL engineer with 9+ years of experience building data integration and VFX/CG pipeline tools, currently developing the open-source Ayon platform and Adobe/Toon Boom integrations at ynput. He combines deep expertise in Python, CloverDX, SQL databases and cloud services with hands-on DCC and synchronization work for remote studios, bridging backend systems and artist workflows. Petr’s background in large-scale data migrations across finance, insurance, telecom and ticketing gives him a strong analytical approach to pipeline design and performance optimization. A frequent trainer and knowledge-sharer (StackOverflow contributor and past CloverDX instructor), he’s comfortable leading projects, writing integration tests, and shrinking onboarding time from days to hours. Based in Prague, he pairs curiosity about ML and cloud tech with practical experience in Maya, Nuke and OpenCue fundamentals, making him adept at translating artistic needs into reliable engineering solutions.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ing., Computer Science, Ing., Computer Science at Vysoké učení technické v Brně
English, German
Stackoverflow
806reputation
60kreached
48answers
7questions
Github Skills (49)
python10
animation10
world-of-warcraft10
rendering10
halo10
devkit10
render10
trinitycore10
azerothcore10
pipeline10
mamba10
autodesk10
addon10
visual-effects9
deep-learning8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ynput/ayon-harmony
Jul 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:15 reviews, 14 PRs, 35 pushes in 7 months
addonayonhost
kalisp/PySide2Examples
Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:39 commits, 10 pushes in 7 months
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