Jakub Vorel

As a Senior Backend Developer at Simple Poll, I developed features for a product used by millions of Slack users. I worked in a small team, tackling loosely defined problems and delivering product features end-to-end, while also addressing technical debt and performing analytics work.

As Technical Team Lead at Twisto, I focused on improving team delivery predictability, managing the backlog of bugs, conducting code reviews, mentoring junior members, and enhancing documentation while remaining hands-on with the codebase.

As a Backend Developer at Twisto, I worked on credit card transaction processing within a team responsible for a monolithic Django application and smaller Flask services, utilizing technologies like Celery, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

As Group PM at Kiwi.com, I led a team of 5 Product Managers while managing a product area that contributed significantly to the company's revenue. I balanced product management responsibilities with leadership duties.

As Engineering Manager at Kiwi.com, I managed a full-stack product organization, overseeing technical and product strategy, budgeting, and leading teams across multiple locations while implementing OKRs.

As Technical Team Lead at Kiwi.com, I managed a team of Python developers, focusing on technical vision, mentoring, and ensuring smooth delivery in collaboration with product management.

As a Python Developer at Kiwi.com, I worked on flight data acquisition and backend development, implementing SOAP APIs and enhancing the flight booking platform for multi-currency support.

As a Data Acquisition Developer intern, I wrote scripts to scrape artwork-related data from public websites using Ruby and Python.

Worked as a data acquisition developer intern, writing scripts to scrape artwork-related data from public websites using Ruby and Python.