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Kristof SzalontaiKS

Kristof Szalontai

Staff Software Engineer / Architect

€500/day
Budapest, HU
15+ years
Java
Python
Google cloud
Amazon Web Services
IT Architecture

Average response time: 1 hour

About Kristof

T‑shaped software architect with 14+ years building backend systems and reliable platforms, from senior IC to staff and architect-level roles, and comfortable on the front end when needed. I design maintainable, well‑tested software guided by clean‑code principles, and I partner closely with product teams to understand and solve the right problems rather than just the stated ones. I thrive in agile, cross‑functional teams and am motivated by curiosity, autonomy, and collaboration.
Banking and Financial Services
E-commerce
Digital and IT Services

  • Hungarian

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Budapest (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Rabbit
    Architect
    January 2026 - Today (7 months)
    Budapest, Hungary
    ● Redefined Rabbit's application architecture and coding practices (ADRs, DoR/DoD) across an 8-engineer org to support fast-paced growth, piloting the new model on a first service ahead of org-wide rollout
    ● Standardized observability enabling AI agents to proactively detect and auto-remediate incidents, reducing reliance on manual on-call response
    ● Drove adoption of agentic Continuous Delivery practices, including trunk-based development, CI/CD pipeline hardening, and DORA metrics, to increase deployment velocity and release confidence
    ● Tech stack: Java, Node, React.js, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Claude Code, Cursor, GCP, Terraform
    Java Google cloud IT Architecture Node.js React.js
  • EPAM Systems
    Lead Software Engineer
    DIGITAL AND IT
    October 2024 - January 2026 (1 year and 3 months)
    Budapest, Hungary
    ● Delivered an MVP of aggregating distributed service-mesh data to power RAG-based context retrieval for a customer-facing LLM application
    ● Acted as deputy Team Lead for a 5–10 engineer team, covering code reviews, architecture decisions, and mentoring, and stepping into delivery/stakeholder communication as needed
    ● Tech stack: Java, Guice, Trino
  • NDVR
    Staff Software Engineer
    January 2024 - March 2024 (2 months)
    Budapest, Hungary
    ● Planned and delivered a re-architecture of the wealth forecasting engine
    ● Designed and implemented multi-account support as a cross-cutting concern, extending it consistently across the product's existing features, phasing rollout across the company to minimize disruption
    ● Proposed and helped implement organizational changes, including a shift to feature teams, contract testing, and CI/CD improvements
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Education

  • Computer Engineering, MSc
    Budapest University of Technology and Economics
    2013
  • Computer Engineering, BSc
    Budapest University of Technology and Economics
    2010

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