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Pavel Miska
Senior Software Developer · IT Architect · Financial Trading Systems
Profile
Senior Software Developer and IT Architect with 25+ years of experience designing and building complex software systems — trading infrastructure, financial risk platforms, cloud-native microservices, and enterprise applications. Equally comfortable at the architecture level and deep in implementation. Strong background in Python, C#, C++, and Java across a wide range of domains: capital markets, energy trading, fund management, document management, and early e-commerce.
Core Skills
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
Trading Systems
Infra / DevOps
Professional Experience
iTechFinance
Senior Software Developer Architect
Market-data engine · Pricing microservices · Risk pipelines · Trading dashboards
Tech: Python 3.11, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy async, Pydantic v2, React, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
- Designed and built a cloud-native market-data engine
- Developed pricing microservices for multi-asset products
- Implemented asynchronous risk-calculation pipelines
- Built trading dashboards and web-based risk UI
- Introduced CI/CD automation and containerised deployment workflows
XAIA AG
Senior Software Engineer
Credit pricing · NAV calculation · Exposure management · Market-data pipelines
Tech: Sophis Value, C#, WPF, WCF, NHibernate, Matlab, R, Oracle, MSSQL, Cassandra, Git, Jenkins
- Built pricing and exposure tools for credit portfolios
- Developed NAV-calculation modules and workflow automation
- Implemented market-data pipelines and time-series storage on Cassandra
- Optimised Sophis Value integrations
Aquantum AG
Senior Developer
Commodity fund workflows · Risk reporting · Bloomberg integration · NAV
Tech: C#, REST, Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Bloomberg API, HTML/CSS/JS, Git
- Developed risk-reporting components for commodity funds
- Integrated Bloomberg market-data feeds
- Improved data-quality and reconciliation processes
RWE Supply Trading
Senior Developer
Risk calculations · Market-data ingestion · ENDUR workflows · Reporting
Tech: C#, Oracle, MSSQL, ENDUR, AngularJS, Git, CI/CD
- Developed risk-calculation modules for energy trading desks
- Built market-data ingestion and transformation pipelines
- Integrated ENDUR workflows into FO/MO/BO processes
- Automated reporting and improved data-quality controls
ING Brussels / Amsterdam
Quant / IT Developer
Commodity curve building · Vol surfaces · PL Explain · Trader support
Tech: Sophis Risque, SophisAPI, C++, F#, PLT Scheme, Excel/VBA, Bloomberg API
- Built multi-commodity forward-curve engines
- Developed volatility-surface models for commodity options
- Delivered P&L Explain and sensitivity analytics
- Supported traders with daily pricing and scenario workflows
DetraCo AG
Software Engineer
Automated trading · Order routing · Real-time monitoring · EUREX / EURONEXT
Tech: C++, EUREX API, EURONEXT API, Multithreading, WPF
- Built low-latency trading components for EUREX / EURONEXT
- Implemented order-routing logic and monitoring dashboards
Assenagon AG
Developer
Fund-management workflows · Data integration · Reporting
Tech: Sophis Value, Oracle, MSSQL
- Extended Sophis Value workflows and improved data integration
HVB / UniCredit AG
Quant / IT Developer
Pricing (FX, IR, Credit, Exotics) · Risk analytics · Market-data pipelines · Model validation
Tech: QuantLib, C++, Java, F#, C#, Sophis Risque, FrontArena, MUREX, Oracle, MSSQL
- Developed pricing models for FX, IR, credit and exotic products
- Built market-data pipelines and risk-calculation components
- Integrated Sophis Risque and FrontArena
- Implemented model-validation tools and regression-test frameworks
Sizar Group / Infotechnique SA
Software Engineer
OCR digitisation · Document management · EU institutions (EC, EP, CJEU)
Tech: Java, C++, Visual Basic, OCR, DMS, XML, Oracle, MSSQL
- Developed OCR and DMS solutions for EU institutions
- Built workflow automation for document-processing systems
HT-Computers GmbH
Developer
Groupware · Enterprise communication · E-commerce
Tech: C++, Java, Lotus Notes/Domino, HTML/CSS/JS, MSSQL
- Built groupware, messaging components and early e-commerce frameworks
Login AG
Developer
Groupware processes · Workflow automation
Tech: Java, C++, Visual Basic, Lotus Notes, MSSQL
- Developed workflow automation tools and groupware extensions
Technical University Zvolen
Research Assistant
Statistics · GIS modelling · Scientific data analysis
Tech: SPSS, GIS, C/C++
- Statistical modelling and GIS research
- Data-analysis tools for scientific computing
Education
Languages
Publication
Dirty Quart Dozen
Functional Programming Approaches for Trading Risk Systems