CV – Denis Vojtuk

Key Strengths

Cloud-native platformsKubernetes & containersSystems architectureEngineering leadershipZero-to-production deliveryCross-team deliveryStakeholder alignmentDeveloper experienceObservability

Skills

Technical

Go, containers, platforms, and systems

Languages: Go (primary language for production systems), Bash, JavaScript/TypeScript.
Cloud & Infra: Kubernetes platforms for data-intensive workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP; Docker, Helm.
Backup & DR: Kubernetes-native backup, KubeVirt, data protection workflows, disaster recovery.
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK; SLI/SLO definition and metrics design.
Data & DB: MySQL/Galera, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ; operational reliability.
CI/CD & Tooling: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Codefresh, Bitbucket Pipelines; developer environment automation.
Networking: OSI model and modern protocols (HTTP/2, HTTP/3, gRPC).
Security & Reliability: Secure deployment practices, defense-in-depth, resilience and failure testing.

Leadership & Ways of Working

Hybrid IC/manager: owns architecture while managing 16+ engineers.
Builds teams around autonomy, clear ownership, and technical standards.
Effective at building autonomous product teams in both startups and large organizations.
Values lean process with pragmatic compliance over bureaucracy.

Target Roles

Senior Engineering Manager – Platform / Cloud-Native / Infrastructure
Director of Engineering – Developer Platform / Infrastructure
Staff+ Engineer / Architect – Cloud-Native & Kubernetes Platforms

Education

Kurgan State University

2001 – 2006

Master’s, Software for Computers and Automated Systems

Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Science

2008 – 2011

Master’s, Economics and Company Management (Telecommunications)

Languages

English – Full professional
Czech – Full professional
Russian – Native

Work Preferences

Remote or hybrid in Prague; relocation considered for significant career-boosting roles (e.g., Director/Head of Platform).
Clear ownership and responsibility boundaries; high trust; lean process with pragmatic compliance.
Avoids heavy micromanagement and process for process’s sake.

Profile

Engineering leader with 15+ years in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems. I build and scale cross-functional teams that own critical platform features end-to-end.

I specialize in cloud-native platforms on Kubernetes, developer tooling, and reliable systems. In recent roles I’ve grown an EU engineering hub, led cross-team initiatives, and combined hands-on Go/Kubernetes work with coaching 16+ engineers. I own both technical direction and execution.

Experience

Senior Engineering Manager

Veeam Software · Prague · Apr 2025 – Present

Cloud-native backup & disaster recovery – Kubernetes (Kasten platform)

Lead two cross-functional R&D teams (~16 engineers) building Kubernetes-native features for enterprise customers.
Took end-to-end ownership of a system-critical, company-wide initiative (NDA), aligning multiple teams around a single architecture and delivery plan.
Drove delivery of KubeVirt support from concept through production rollout, enabling customers to protect virtualized workloads alongside containers.
Scaled the EU engineering org from a small seed team to 20+ engineers: hired and onboarded talent, defined team topology, and established growth paths.
Standardized coding practices, reviews, and observability across teams.
Shape product direction through strategic planning and represent the platform at customer and community events (KubeCon, WeAreDevelopers).

R&D Team Lead

Veeam Software · Prague · Nov 2021 – Apr 2025

Led an R&D team of 8 engineers delivering production components for a Kubernetes-based platform.
Owned end-to-end delivery for multiple cross-team projects—from requirements through implementation and rollout.
Introduced coding standards, review practices, and technical mentoring.
Partnered with Product Management on backlog shaping, turning loosely defined ideas into shippable increments.

Team Lead & Consultant

Jobtome · Remote · Oct 2020 – Nov 2021

Modernized technology stack and engineering practices for a product team.
Introduced automated testing, coding standards, and CI/CD improvements.
Implemented containerization, observability (Prometheus, Grafana), and structured logging.

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Codership (Galera Cluster) · Remote · Jan 2019 – Oct 2020 (part-time)

Backend engineer for Galera Manager – a management and monitoring tool for Galera Clusters.
Designed and implemented Go services integrating monitoring, management, and CI/CD on Kubernetes.

Head of Development / Senior Engineer

Feedo® · Prague · 2016 – 2020

Led a team of up to 9 engineers; transitioned a legacy monolith to microservices on Kubernetes.
Implemented CI/CD, code quality standards, security practices, and observability tooling.

Advisory Work

Technical Advisor / Consultant

NJQ & Associates · Remote · Sep 2012 – Present (12+ years, part-time)

Designed and built a custom CRM platform for IP industry clients from scratch, evolving it into a core business system.
Led a small distributed engineering team, defined long-term architecture, and guided the platform through multiple iterations.
Owned development and production environments, CI/CD, and code quality processes; act as ongoing technical advisor.

Personal Projects & Open Source

Developed network analysis and monitoring tools: TCP/IP protocol analysis, packet inspection, and traffic pattern recognition for defensive security purposes.
Author of prometheus-metrics-bundle (Symfony) with 3.5M+ installations and 170+ GitHub stars — widely adopted observability library.
Created and maintain error handling libraries and linters (Go) used in production by multiple teams (errx, nolintguard, collaborator in revive).
Contribute to CNCF projects (Kanister) and open source (go-extras, kopia, others).
Recognized as an Arctic Code Vault Contributor with achievements such as Pull Shark and Starstruck.