Work Experience
SecurityScorecard
Jan 2019 - Present • 3 yrs 1 mo New York, U.S.SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings and the only service with over a million companies continuously rated. SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 1,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their externally facing digital footprint.
TECH STACKJavaScriptReactReduxRamdaJestcypressNodeJSstyled componentsCSSSassStorybookDockerMongoDBPostgreSQLJenkinsAWSVisual Studio CodeFront-end Manager, Squad Tech LeadJul 2019 - Present • 2 yrs 7 mos Prague, CZ- Managing the Prague front-end team of 8 engineers.
- Tech Lead for two squads which are mainly front-end focused.
- Participating in architectural decisions around the front-end and APIs.
- Helping Product Management with finding solutions for new features, identifying dependencies across the company, estimating development time.
- Certified as SAFe 4 Practitioner
- Optimizing processes so that developers can code instead of spending hours on meetings.
- Improving the deployment processes (aiming at continuous delivery).
Sr. Software Engineer (FULL-STACK)Jan 2019 - Jul 2019 • 6 mos Prague, CZ- Developed new fatures and maintained (someone has to squash those bugs right?) the SecurityScorecard platform.
- Developed and maintained APIs for the in house SPA and public APIs. (NodeJS)
- Implemented automatic API testing using Dredd testing framework, which runs against Swagger (OpenAPI).
- Migrated the platform to use latest React to enable use of new features such as Hooks and to get rid of technical debt.
- Contributing to the main codebase using React, Redux, Functional Programming.
GoodData
Sep 2016 - Dec 2018 • 2 yrs 3 mos San Francisco, U.S.TECH STACKJavaScriptTypeScriptReactReduxNodeJSJestTestcafeLodashHTML5CSSSassStorybookJenkinsVisual Studio CodeSr. Software Engineer (UI)Sep 2016 - Dec 2018 • 2 yrs 3 mos Prague, CZ- Worked on front-end of two main components of the GoodData SPA platform for big data analytics. Both solutions are written in React with Redux state management. We've rewritten the codebase to TypeScript.
- Worked on creating an open source React.js SDK to help developers integrate GoodData analytics into their own solutions. Written in TypeScript. You can have a look at the source code of GoodData.UI framework.
- Worked on delivering a documentation for the GoodDataUI SDK using Docusaurus. Have a look at the GoodDataUI documentation, or read through the source code.
- Worked on implementation of component and end-to-end testing for the UI applications using TestCafe
- Helped with creating a Grunt TestCafe runner.
CZECH NEWS CENTER a.s.
Sep 2014 - Aug 2016 • 1 yr 11 mos Prague, CZThe largest media house with highest number of readers at Czech market.
TECH STACKJavaScriptjQueryAngularJSHTML5CSSSassGruntXMLXSLTFront-end Lead & Front-end ArchitectDec 2015 - Aug 2016 • 8 mos Prague, CZ- Leading the team of front-end developers.
- Worked on planning, estimating and architectural decisions around new front-end features.
- Optimized processes on front-end development teams.
- Participated daily in code reviews for the team.
- Developed a design system of reusable components to speed up development and introduce consistency into the codebase (both programmatically and visually), cooperating with the UX team.
- Helped with integrating Agile processes.
- Continued contributing to the Superlife codebase and worked on improving performance of the web application.
Front-end DeveloperSep 2014 - Dec 2015 • 1 yr 3 mos Prague, CZ- Worked on developing front-end for largest media house websites in the Czech Republic. Example websites include Blesk.cz, isport.cz, Reflex.cz, Auto.cz, E15.cz, recepty.cz, zive.cz, and others.
- Worked on functionalities for the websites using JavaScript and jQuery.
- Worked as a lead developer on a greenfield web application Superlife (now called isportlife). The app was written in AngularJS, styled using Sass.
Independent Contractor
Jan 2012 - Oct 2014 • 2 yrs 9 mos Prague, CZWorking as a freelancer on projects based mainly on Wordpress CMS, or written in pure HTML + CSS + JS.
TECH STACKJavaScriptjQueryHTML5CSSSassWordpressPHPWeb DeveloperJan 2012 - Oct 2014 • 2 yrs 9 mos Prague, CZ- Worked as a freelance developer building websites
- Mainly worked with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
- Built websites based on Wordpress CMS, both creating custom built templates and modifying existing ones to customers needs.
- Worked partially in graphic designing as well (both web and print).
- Examples of work: BumperGames, Zubni-Literak, Polnonakup Liptov, Opravna SOS, and others...
MacPodpora
Oct 2012 - Dec 2013 • 1 yr 2 mos Prague, CZCompany with a first class support for users and companies that are using Apple products and need a help.
User Support SpecialistOct 2012 - Dec 2013 • 1 yr 2 mos Prague, CZ- Worked with clients, helping them fix problems that they had with their Apple devices.
- Worked on setting up Mac OS, iOS and other Apple products for customers.
- Helped setting up home connected systems, provided advice on buying, setting up, or configuring devices.
Education
Czech Technical University in Prague
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design2011 - 2017 Bachelor's degreeAttended following courses: Automata and Grammars, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer Structure and Architecture, Database Systems, Electronic Documentation Design, Introduction to Operating System UNIX, Introduction to Software Engineering, Multimedia and Graphics Applications, Operating Systems, Programming and Algorithmics 1 & 2, Programming in Java, Project management, Searching the Web and Multimedia Databases, User Interface Design, Web Technologies 1 & 2, and others
Kaplan Aspect Bournemouth, UK
English Language2008 - 2009 Certificate of Advanced EnglishOne-year english language-focused course in England, finished the school with a certificate of Advanced english, FCE certificate
1st International School of Ostrava
General Education2006 - 2011 Final State and School ExamsGraduated with honors from Mathematics(A), Physics(A), Czech language(A), and English Language(A). Attended the Copernicus Exchange Project in Ireland (presenting the Czech Republic)