Michal Haták

Software Engineer & Architect

South Bohemia, Czechia

I'm a software engineer and architect with 14+ years of experience in the software industry.

Michal Haták

Work Experience

Senior Software Architect & Technical Lead

Inizio Internet Media České Budějovice Apr 2011 - Present ()

"I've done everything wrong first so that you don't have to."

2011 → 2014
PHP HTML MySQL

Started as an HTML coder, quickly transitioned to PHP Developer. Led the development of internal framework/CMS for two years. Delivered many websites and e-commerce projects.

2014 → 2018
Python Angular AWS Lambda MongoDB

Joined AUTOPROP, a Canadian startup - a Python-based search engine for real estate. Built a platform that scales with 120+ 3rd party data sources. Complete rewrite from server-rendered HTML to SPA with real-time WebSocket results.

2018 → Present
Java Docker EKS Serverless Keycloak

LTSA acquired AUTOPROP. R&D work including Blockchain research for real estate, cross-platform mobile development (Flutter), mass OCR scanning architecture, and NFT tokenization in Land Title processes. Led containerization of all services and Keycloak identity management implementation.

Skills

Core Stack

Python 12+ years
Angular / TypeScript 12+ years
AWS Lambda, EC2, EKS, S3, CloudFormation
Architecture System design, scaling, DX

Secondary

Java / Spring
Docker / Kubernetes
MongoDB / MySQL
Terraform / Ansible

Soft Skills

Team Lead 8+ years
Business Understanding
Agile / ShapeUp

Languages

Czech Native
English Fluent (daily use since 2014)

Talks & Publications

Our Release Process

Čtvrtkon

Semver, conventional commits, GitLab integration

AWS Serverless

PoSobota

Talk about AWS and Serverless architecture

Čtvrtkon.cz - JAM Stack Case Study

Čtvrtkon

Migration from WordPress to Gatsby.js, Netlify, NetlifyCMS

Scaling WordPress in AWS

WP Weekend

High availability WordPress using AWS services

Ansible - Automation for Everyone

WP Weekend

Ionic by Example

Čtvrtkon

Chrome Extensions Development

Čtvrtkon

Profiling PHP Applications

Čtvrtkon

Community & Open Source

Čtvrtkon

Co-organizer since 2012

Local meetup group for web developers in South Bohemia. Organizing speakers, venues, and events. Built the website (Gatsby + Netlify) and mobile app (Flutter).