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ALENA MARTINKOVÁ / Tech & team lead · Ostrava / remote

From an idea. To production.

Full stack developer focused on backend
Backend Lead @ Mesocort AI

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01about

I code. I lead.

As Backend Lead at Mesocort AI, I’m responsible for backend development across the company. I also take on client projects across the whole stack on the side. I’m big on architecture that still makes sense a year later, APIs that survive real traffic, and deadlines that hold.

From frontend to team leadership

I started in 2019 with agency work — e-shops, booking systems and internal tools for international clients — and grew from frontend through full stack to leading a team. Leading didn’t take the code away from me: I still write a good part of it myself.

How I work

Architecture in practice

My daily stack is Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ, with React in front. I care about clean architecture, tests that earn their keep (PyTest, Cypress) and observability you can actually debug from.

Leadership without micromanagement

Leading a team means clear specs, honest code review and mentoring without micromanaging. Outside the code I enjoy the creative side — anything that makes the product feel better to use.

7+

Years of shipping products

40+

Services & apps delivered end to end

4

Teams led

02stack

Every layer. Considered.

One system. From the interface to infrastructure.

01 / UIReact / Vue

State · Forms · Real-time

02 / APIPython / FastAPI

REST · SQLAlchemy · Stripe

03 / EVENTSRabbitMQ

Event-driven · Async jobs

04 / DATABASEPostgreSQL

Data models · SQL

05 / CACHERedis

Cache · Fast reads

06 / DELIVERYDocker / Kubernetes

CI/CD · PyTest · Cypress

01

Backend & platform engineering

APIs, queues and data models that keep their shape under real load.

  • Python · FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL · SQLAlchemy
  • Redis · RabbitMQ
  • API design & event-driven services
02

Product & frontend

Full stack means the product has to work, not just the endpoints.

  • React · Vue
  • State, forms & real-time UI
  • Close collaboration with design & product
  • Accessibility & performance
03

Delivery & reliability

I like systems that don’t break at 2 am. Or worse — during a Friday release.

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Docker · Kubernetes
  • PyTest · Cypress · integration tests
  • Metrics & logging
04

Leading & AI-assisted work

The whole team should understand the system — not one person holding it all in their head.

  • Mentoring & code review culture
  • Specs, estimates & planning
  • AI in the loop where it genuinely speeds us up
  • Architecture decisions stay with engineers

03work

Work that lives on.

A selection from product work and client deliveries. Most of it still runs in production — which is the part I’m proud of.

01 / E-sports analytics platformBackend Lead

Rankacy.

View platform

Rankacy tells CS2 players what to improve. I run the backend that makes that possible — match ingestion and processing, stats APIs, subscriptions — mine from the first architecture decision to the last implementation review.

  • Event-driven FastAPI services — match processing fanned out through RabbitMQ
  • PostgreSQL with millions of match records, Redis caching the hot reads
  • Runs on AWS, serving players worldwide
  • Subscription & billing flows built on Stripe
FastAPIPostgreSQLRedisRabbitMQStripeAWSDocker
02 / E-commerce & ERP-connected systemsvia WAPS Technologies

SVX.

Visit site

An industrial-supplies e-shop built as a fully custom system — FastAPI backend with a React storefront and admin: dynamic pricing, multilingual catalogue, ERP synchronisation.

  • Logistics, shipping and payment API integrations rolled out without downtime
  • Internal administration for order & product management
PythonFastAPIReactPostgreSQLPayment & shipping APIs
03 / Spa booking platformvia Moravio

Spanamo.

Visit portal

A Booking-style reservation portal for spa stays, written from scratch in Laravel and React — the public web and the internal administration as one custom system. My last and biggest agency project.

  • Custom availability & reservation flow, no ready-made booking engine underneath
  • Public portal and back-office administration built as one whole
LaravelReactMySQL

More client work12

Kofola

Investor relations site of the Kofola beverage group

WordPress · PHP

Veolia

Portfolio of Czech Veolia sites plus a public-procurement system

Drupal · PHP

Bushman

E-shops of the outdoor brand across four markets

PHP · e-commerce

Sareza

Portal for 12 sports centres in Ostrava

WordPress · Laravel

FINIDR

Site of one of Central Europe’s biggest book printers

WordPress · PHP

Jelínek

Site of a traditional solid-wood furniture maker

WordPress · PHP

Chefparade

Web of the biggest cooking school in Czechia

WordPress · PHP

Finclub

Web and mobile app of a health-products seller

Shopsys · PHP

Stamaco

Web presentation of a roofing company

WordPress · PHP

Personal projects

Things I build for fun, each with a home of its own.

MCU Companion

A fan-made guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Track the films and series you’ve seen, check what to watch first, and find your next watch without spoilers.

Explore MCU Companion

Browser games

My collection of games to play in your browser. A standalone project with its own site — a place for playful ideas and small experiments.

Explore the games

04career

Every step adds up.

Full history on LinkedIn

  1. 2024 — present

    Backend Lead Developer · Mesocort AI

    Joined as a full stack developer, took over backend leadership after two months. Architecture, planning, reviews — and the day-to-day running of the platform team.

  2. 2023 — 2024

    Frontend Developer · GIMMEDATA

    React and GraphQL front-end work on data-driven client products.

  3. 2022 — present

    Full Stack Lead Developer · WAPS Technologies · freelance

    Freelancing since 2019; from 2022 I lead full stack client deliveries for WAPS — architecture decisions plus hands-on implementation.

  4. 2019 — 2023

    Frontend → Full Stack Developer · Moravio

    Started on frontends (Vue, WordPress), grew into full stack Laravel and Next.js work. Owned CI/CD and testing, presented releases directly to international clients.

  5. 2018 — 2024

    BSc & MSc (Ing.) · VŠB-TUO, Ostrava

    Information technology. Master’s thesis: a blockchain framework built from scratch in Python.

05contact

Let’s buildsomething.

Building a backend or looking for a tech lead?

Drop me a few lines about what you’re planning — a new project, or a team that could use a hand — and let’s talk.