Tihomir Selak

Tihomir Selak

Development Team Lead and software engineer. I build real-time systems, developer tools, and the teams that ship them.

At Pixotope I lead a frontend team and stay hands-on across TypeScript, React, Node.js, Rust and Python, building the control, service and tooling layers behind real-time AR and virtual production. Before software I worked in video production and live AV.

Now
Development Team Lead at Pixotope, employed by TrackMen GmbH
Based
Augsburg, Germany
Elsewhere

Work

Work at Pixotope since 2020.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2021

Writing lives on the blog

Systems

I build the discovery, messaging, services and diagnostics that let studio machines find each other and talk. Fig. 1 is a generic sketch of that shape, not a product architecture.

Discovery across studio machinesTwo Windows hosts each run a discovery daemon. On host A, a control UI talks to its daemon over ZeroMQ request and reply, and the daemon writes to a SQLite state store. The two daemons find each other with UDP broadcast, which is the path this figure explains. On host B, the daemon reports health to a third-party render engine.host-a windowshost-b windowsControl UIreact / electronDiscovery daemonwindows serviceState storesqliteDiscovery daemonwindows serviceRender enginethird-partyzeromq req/repwriteshealthudp 41234
Fig. 1Discovery across studio machines. Generic sketch, not a product architecture.

Approach

  1. Clarify the operational problem and constraints.
  2. Turn ambiguity into decisions and executable work.
  3. Match ownership to engineers' strengths and growth goals.
  4. Keep delivery observable through review, tests, documentation, and feedback.

I lead two engineers today and have supported up to five, with regular one-to-ones and performance responsibility. Engineers shape the work; I match it to their strengths and clear what blocks them.

Experience

  1. Jul 2022 — Present

    Development Team Lead

    TrackMen GmbH / Pixotope

    Employed full-time by TrackMen GmbH, working with its sister company Pixotope across software for real-time AR and virtual production.

  2. Aug 2020 — Jul 2022

    JavaScript Engineer

    Pixotope

    Built features across React and Electron interfaces, Node.js and TypeScript services, Redux state, and ZeroMQ communication.

  3. Jun 2021 — Nov 2025

    Owner and Software Consultant

    Kobilica

    Delivered custom software and web development from specification through implementation and handover.

  4. Jun 2018 — Aug 2020

    JavaScript Developer; WordPress Developer

    Infinum

    Built client applications and WordPress solutions, including Gutenberg and React work in cross-functional teams.

  5. Earlier work

    Development, instruction, video and live AV

    Web, education and live production

    Earlier work includes web development, technical instruction, video production, and time-critical live audiovisual delivery.