Live Bench · Updated Weekly
These are the engineers I would put in front of a CTO today. Not a catalogue. A shortlist. Availability changes — ask before it does.
“We interview every engineer ourselves. No algorithm. No automated scoring. One standard. 15+ years of recruiting experience. Every engineer is assessed by someone who has spent over a decade understanding what US engineering teams actually need.”
— Jerry K. · Founder, CzechDevUSA
— Jiri K. · Founder, CzechDevUSA
These profiles represent the engineers available right now. The roster behind them is deeper.
Backend & Platform Engineering
Java and Kotlin engineers who’ve shipped production systems processing billions in transactions. Available for Series A–C companies that need backend ownership, not ticket execution.
Availability changes day to day, so we confirm every engineer is free before we introduce them.
14 years · Staff level
“Scaled microservices at a high-growth European tech platform. 7 years at a major European bank. Owns systems, not just features.”
Best fit: Series B–C · fintech · SaaS · logistics
8 years · Senior
“4+ years production event-sourcing architecture for a major European automotive group. Built a live payments platform with real users and real transactions.”
Best fit: Series A–B · event-driven architecture · microservices
12+ years · Senior
“12+ years Java/Kotlin. Production microservices across enterprise and startup environments.”
Best fit: Series A–B backend
DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps engineers who think in systems, not tickets. Each has saved companies $30K–$65K annually in infrastructure costs.
Availability changes day to day, so we confirm every engineer is free before we introduce them.
8+ years · Staff level
“Scaled infrastructure from 3M to 45M+ users. Zero-downtime OAuth migration across 100+ services. Drove significant monthly reductions in cloud spend.”
Best fit: Series A–C · any stack
12+ years · Senior
“12+ years across multi-cloud deployments. Kubernetes at enterprise scale across GKE, EKS, and AKS. DevSecOps and MLOps pipelines in production.”
Best fit: Series B–C · security requirements · multi-cloud
15+ years · CTO / Director level
“Multiple CTO roles. Built IoT cloud systems at scale. Available for VP Engineering or Principal Architect engagements.”
Best fit: async-first Series A–B
Async-first companies onlyTypeScript · Node · React
Full-product engineers who own the frontend and the backend behind it. Used to working directly with founders and product leads.
Availability changes day to day, so we confirm every engineer is free before we introduce them.
Senior
“TypeScript/Node/Go across API-first product companies. Serverless at scale on AWS.”
Best fit: Series A–B product company · API-first
Senior
“AVP-level fintech background. Active LLM integration experience. Shipped real production AI features. TypeScript and Node at a level most engineers don’t reach.”
Best fit: AI-adjacent SaaS · product analytics
10+ years · Senior
“10+ years TypeScript/JavaScript/Python. Proven US async remote experience.”
Best fit: Series A–B async product teams
20 years · Senior / Architect
“20 years. Deputy CTO twice. Built and rearchitected a SaaS invoicing platform serving paying customers across multiple countries.”
Best fit: Product SaaS · fullstack architecture · team leadership
Senior
“Eliminated 90% of redundant change detection cycles via Angular Signals migration. 95% first-delivery acceptance rate across healthcare and fintech products. WCAG 2.1.”
Best fit: Angular-first product teams · fintech · healthcare
.NET · C# · Azure
C# engineers who’ve shipped .NET systems for regulated industries — banking, fintech, enterprise SaaS. Clean architecture, real delivery speed.
Availability changes day to day, so we confirm every engineer is free before we introduce them.
10+ years · Senior
“Senior .NET architect with 10+ years. Team lead at enterprise scale. Clean architecture, CQRS, microservices. Available for immediate placement.”
Best fit: Enterprise SaaS · Azure-first companies
20 years · Senior
“20 years in .NET and fintech. Genuine cloud-native delivery on Kubernetes, Azure, and AWS. Blue-chip client history. Rarely available at this level.”
Best fit: Series B–C cloud-native .NET · fintech
12 years · Senior
“Polyglot senior engineer across TypeScript, Python, .NET, and Elixir. US async remote since 2019. Rare multi-stack depth with real production delivery across all four.”
Best fit: Series A–B polyglot teams
20 years · Senior / Independent Consultant
“20 years. 30+ clients from startups to Fortune 500. Found a $100K computation error in a live insurance system. Published open source .NET libraries.”
Best fit: Legacy modernization · cloud migration · performance-critical systems · any stack
Data · ML · Scientific Computing
The rarest vertical on this page. A PhD physicist who built petabyte-scale systems at a particle accelerator, and a 20-year database specialist who’s optimized Oracle at 200-server scale. Not profiles you find anywhere else.
Availability changes day to day, so we confirm every engineer is free before we introduce them.
10+ years · Senior / Principal
“PhD Physics, a US research university. Led a large-scale computer vision project. Real-time C++ at a European particle accelerator facility processing petabyte-scale datasets.”
Best fit: AI/ML product · scientific computing · computer vision
US citizen · Native English · Hamburg20+ years · Principal
“20 years database engineering. Oracle across hundreds of servers at enterprise scale. 1M+ transaction/day eCommerce optimization. Predictive analytics for enterprise clients.”
Best fit: data-heavy fintech · logistics · enterprise analytics
Data & analytics roles onlySenior · Team Lead
“Senior Python engineer with team lead experience. Built and led async remote engineering teams.”
Best fit: Python data / backend teams
Graphics · GPU · Rendering
This vertical has one public profile because I have one engineer who meets the bar at this level. That is the point.
Availability changes day to day, so we confirm every engineer is free before we introduce them.
10+ years · Staff / Principal
“Rebuilt the rendering pipeline for a major vector graphics application from scratch. Migrated a Direct3D9 codebase to Direct3D12. GPU-accelerated Metal pipeline for a production video editor.”
Best fit: graphics software · game engine · creative tools
One engineer in this vertical. Available now.Statuses updated weekly. We confirm current status before every introduction.
The CzechDevUSA Standard
Application review
CV, code repositories, and work history screened against our baseline. Most applicants don’t pass here. That’s the point.
English assessment
Live conversation in English. Fluency, clarity, and async communication style assessed directly by the founder. Not a self-reported level. Not a certificate.
Technical depth interview
Stack-specific assessment built around real production problems — the same problems that come up in week one on the job. Not puzzle-solving. Not whiteboard theater. Engineering judgment under realistic conditions.
Code & repository review
Actual repositories reviewed. Commit history, code quality, architecture decisions, project ownership. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket — whatever they actually use. Not just “has a profile.”
US remote work assessment
Async discipline, ownership mentality, proactive communication under ambiguity. Czech and Slovak engineers who thrive in US remote environments have a specific profile. We know exactly what it looks like.
Market calibration
Every engineer’s rate expectations are aligned to US market reality before any introduction. No surprises mid-negotiation. No wasted calls on both sides.
CV positioning
Every CV is restructured to US standards — impact over responsibilities, numbers over descriptions. A CTO should understand what this engineer owns in under 10 seconds. If they can’t, we fix it before anyone sees it.
Cultural fit evaluation
How they think about deadlines, escalation, disagreement, and working across timezones. Technical skill is table stakes. This is where most mismatches actually happen.
Work history verification
Employment claims, tenure, and seniority validated against what the engineer has stated. Discrepancies are disqualifying.
Contract & compliance check
Active OSVČ or equivalent B2B entity confirmed before placement. Legal readiness to work with US companies verified before the engineer meets any client.
Final approval & deliberate matching
Only engineers who clear all ten steps enter the active roster. Every introduction is deliberate — each engineer presented is matched to the specific role, team size, and technical context. You receive a shortlist. Not a stack of CVs to sort through.
Every step conducted or personally reviewed by the founder, in conjunction with domain experts where the role demands it.
Tell us which vertical and we’ll confirm availability today.
Real engineers from the current roster, every one interviewed personally and cleared for introduction. Names and employers stay off this page on purpose: ask and you get the full profile.