Pavel Kalandra

location_on Prague, Czech Republic

Software engineer and engineering leader dedicated to building resilient systems and high-performing teams.

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Pavel Kalandra

My Manifesto

Designing systems that don't just work today, but evolve gracefully over time.

  • architecture
    Resilient Architecture

    Systems that evolve gracefully as business needs shift.

  • groups
    Empowered Teams

    Autonomous cultures where every engineer has ownership and a path to mastery.

Allow yourself to scale expand_more
Software shouldn't be hard. Every piece of software requires maintenance and learning. If it doesn't make your life easier, build it different. Or don't build it at all. Don't get stuck in maintenance mode. Use your time for building value.
Be happy about your work expand_more
Most engineers do this job because they love building. Give them some free time and just watch how they make your software grow. Motivating engineers shouldn't be difficult.
Focus on DX expand_more
By applying the two points above, you get a simple implication. Fix what's bothering the engineers and they will make your product better in return. Everybody wins. Everybody's happy.
The Path

Career Journey

Jun 2025 — Present

CTO

tickadoo

Responsible for overall system architecture, feature design and ways of working.

Feb 2025 — Aug 2025

Staff Software Engineer

Outreach

Owning the product surface, coordinating larger changes across the R&D organization. Left for a great opportunity as CTO at tickadoo.

Apr 2024 — Jan 2025

Tribe Lead

Rossum

Led one-third of engineering, restructuring into product-focused teams and coaching new leaders.

Mar 2018 — Mar 2024

Mews

6 years across 3 roles

Apr 2023 — Mar 2024

Staff Engineer

Single-handedly drove a DX initiative that cut local startup time by 61%, saved 137 GB of database bloat, and overhauled the FuncSharp library — improving hot-path performance and adding stronger type-safety to prevent entire categories of bugs at compile time. Championed culture changes across backend engineering.

Jan 2019 — Apr 2023

Engineering Manager, Finance

Led cross-functional team overseeing billing, reporting, and fiscal compliance. Transitioned to multi-tax systems for global expansion.

Mar 2018 — Dec 2018

Back End Developer

Apr 2016 — Feb 2018

Software Developer

ZENTITY a.s.

Managed ASP.NET web application; later migrated from SQL reporting to custom d3.js/Vue.js reporting.

2014 — 2017

Early Career

CN Group CZ · Lynax

Started as a C# intern during university, progressing through WPF development and CodedUI testing. Built desktop applications and tablet interfaces.