Summary
Václav Kužel is a software leader with 13 years of experience who blends hands-on engineering in Java and Kotlin with team leadership and product delivery for financial systems. Currently serving as Head of M7 Gas Development at Deutsche Börse Group, he is responsible for driving a production-ready intraday gas exchange platform targeted for 2027 while also handling recruiting, supplier management and performance processes. He progressed from PHP and Oracle PL/SQL into distributed, high-performance backend work—designing trading-grade systems based on Raft, WebSocket/Protobuf APIs and robust integration with banking clearing centers. A pragmatic contributor who still codes under limited capacity, he brings startup grit from co-owning Factorify and practical security-aware integrations (CAdES/XAdES, TLS) from payments and banking projects. Based in Prague, he is curious about broadening his craft through side projects and cross-border experience gained during a development stint in Barcelona.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation degree, Foundation degree at Higher vocational school, Pardubice, Czech Republic
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at West Moravia College, Czech Republic