Engineering Leadership & Strategy
Turning Technical Chaos into Business Value
20 years transforming engineering organizations. I help leaders avoid the costly mistakes I've already solved.

Vojtech Gintner
CTO @ Finviz
Trusted by leading companies
From startups to enterprise
About
Real-world leadership, not just theory
As the active CTO of Finviz, I don't just advise on strategy - I execute it daily. I navigate the same market shifts, technical bottlenecks, and leadership challenges that you do.
With 20 years of hands-on engineering (from websites & mobile apps to distributed infrastructure), I bridge the gap between business goals and technical reality. I speak the language of your board and your developers.
Leadership & Culture
Transforming "feature factories" into product-minded engineering teams with clear ownership and mentorship structures.
Architecture & Scale
Moving beyond the "monolith vs. microservices" debate to design pragmatic, distributed systems that actually fit your business stage.
AI Adoption
Cutting through the hype to implement practical AI strategies that drive efficiency, not just novelty.
Services
How I can help
Partnering with founders and VCs to unblock engineering organizations and accelerate technical delivery.
Fractional CTO / Interim Leadership
Step into your engineering organization to provide executive-level technical leadership without the full-time commitment.
- Technical strategy and roadmap
- Team assessment and restructuring
- Stakeholder alignment
- Board-level reporting
- Engineering leadership mentoring
Strategic Architecture Consulting
Evaluate and redesign your technical architecture to support your business goals and scale requirements.
- Architecture review & audits
- Technical due diligence
- Scalability planning
- Technology stack decisions
- AI strategy & implementation
Keynote Speaking & Lecturing
Engage your audience with insights on engineering leadership, technical strategy, and organizational transformation.
- Conference keynotes
- Corporate workshops
- Team offsites
- University lectures
- Executive coaching sessions
Specialized in high-stakes environments
Where technical decisions directly impact business survival. From turnarounds to scale-ups, I help companies navigate the transition from MVP to distributed systems.
Latest Insights & Case Studies
From the field
Real lessons from real transformations. How I've helped companies navigate technical and organizational challenges.

Engineering Leadership Through Extreme Change
How I led 75% of Deepnote's engineering organization through restructuring, layoffs, and rapid expansion while maintaining velocity and rebuilding trust.

Strategic Alignment Saves Critical Refactor at Realpad
As Fractional CTO for Realpad, I conducted a comprehensive strategic audit that uncovered critical misalignments threatening a 90k EUR refactoring project. Through skip-level interviews and rigorous analysis, we avoided a potential disaster and established the foundation for sustainable engineering leadership.

Empowering Purple Technology with Next-Gen AI Workflows
How I helped Purple Technology break through the "Good Enough" plateau by transforming their engineering team from using AI as a helper tool to deploying it as an agentic partner that automates the entire Linear-to-PR pipeline.
Interested in a detailed case study for your specific challenge? Let's discuss
Testimonials
What leaders say
Feedback from founders, CTOs, and team members I've worked with over the years.
Helped us tremendously with tech debt
"We were struggling with the removal of tech debt. Scoping and prioritization turned out to be very challenging. Vojta helped us tremendously by coaching the whole team including me and help us understand the best angle of attack. The whole cooperation was extremely professional, competent and friendly."
Marian Skvarek
Founder
Realpad
Best coach I have ever seen
"Together, we achieved to launch a SaaS product from scratch in 3 months, while improving team development velocity by 607%. He is the best coach I've ever seen. All the developers loved him for his unselfishness to share knowledge and support for any issue. He is extremely good at coaching and developing talents."
Shawn Chi
Lead Product Manager
Finviz
Improved company productivity and efficiency
"Vojta is a highly talented individual and wonderful colleague. He handles juggling of multiple projects with ease and is a very strong communicator and leader. He has improved company productivity and efficiency, handles complex projects and problems with ease and is truly a pleasure to work with."
Katie Kim
Head of Operations
Synthesized
One of the best engineering managers I have met
"Vojtech is one of the best engineering managers I have met. His managerial skills are outstanding - he met most of the team members even before his start date. He quickly established himself as a strong engineering manager. Team members almost immediately respected his professional opinions and he became the "go-to" person for any interpersonal issues."
Jan Matas
Former CTO at Deepnote
Kontext
Built strong foundation to scale
"Vojta has joined Backbone as the first Front-end engineer and has built a strong foundation to scale the product. He managed to level up his skills to keep up with the fast growth, onboarding hundreds of new users every month. He combined strong technical skills with his ability to manage and train a team, reporting directly to the CTO."
Dorian de Vinck
Co-founder & CEO
BACKBONE
Exceptional Engineering Manager
"Vojtech is an exceptional Engineering Manager. His genuine concern for his team members' well-being is truly commendable. He invests time in understanding their individual aspirations, providing mentorship to help them achieve their professional goals. His empathetic communication excels in navigating difficult topics and situations."
Michael Sive
Engineering Manager
CBOE
Best example of servant leadership
"Vojtech showed one of the best examples of servant leadership I had experienced in my career so far. He created space for his team to grow, managed diverse personalities, and facilitated communication with stakeholders so the team could maintain a clear focus on building the product. Any team would be lucky to have him."
Daniel Zvara
Senior Product Engineer
Attio
Exemplary communication skills
"Vojtech's communication skills are exemplary, effectively articulating complex technical concepts and fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams. His flexibility shines as he adapts to changing priorities, remaining composed and adjusting strategies to meet project deadlines without compromising quality."
Martin Felcman
Product Leader
Productboard
Incredible asset to the team
"Vojta was an incredible asset to the team, helping us build our Platform from scratch. Vojta is a strong leader, loved and looked upon by his reports. His analytical and human skills made him a key employee. I strongly recommend him."
Antoine Tomasini
Co-founder & COO
BKBN
Experience
Proven at Scale
Real-world experience architecting and leading systems that serve millions of users and process billions of requests.
20
Years in Tech
1500+
Engineering Assessments
150+
Engineers Mentored
30M+
Monthly Active Users
10B+
Monthly Requests
Petabytes
Data Served Monthly
Chief Technology Officer
Finviz
Leading technical strategy for one of the world's most trusted financial visualization platforms with millions of monthly active users.
- Modernizing legacy systems into scalable, distributed architectures
- Leading AI-driven market analysis integration
- Building high-velocity engineering loops
Consultant for Leadership, Architecture & AI
VojGin Consulting
Partnering with founders and VCs to unblock engineering organizations and accelerate technical delivery.
- Turnaround: Diagnosing stalled product roadmaps
- Scale-Up: MVP to distributed systems transitions
- Leadership Mentoring: Building culture & ownership
Senior Engineering Manager
Deepnote
Owned engineering delivery and organizational health across multiple cross-functional squads during critical scale-up.
- Strategic alignment between Product, Design, and Engineering
- Transformed ad-hoc processes into predictable delivery pipelines
- Built mentorship structures increasing developer retention
Technical Lead
BACKBONE
First technical hire recruited to build the engineering foundation from scratch.
- Zero-to-One: Architected initial Frontend systems
- Scaled team from 1 to 11 people in 18 months
- Led cross-functional team to ship MVP
Let's Connect
Ready to turn your technical chaos into a competitive advantage?
Whether you need a fractional CTO, strategic architecture review, or just want to discuss your engineering challenges - I'm here to help.
The Turnaround
Diagnosing and fixing stalled product roadmaps, helping startups regain their shipping velocity.
The Scale-Up
Guiding companies through the transition from MVP to distributed systems.
Leadership Mentoring
Coaching engineering leaders and founders to build culture, ownership, and alignment.