Professional work experience

Having worked as both a freelancer and a full-time engineer, I’ve learned that I do my best when I can stay with one company long term. I value building deep team synergy and having time to truly master the domain. For me, it’s about sustained growth and seeing things through to completion.

During the years I developed a prefered dev environment - more about here.

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#TL;DR Summary

#The Journey

#Current Mission | Sabbatical & AI Orchestration

2024 – Present

After years in critical infrastructure and broadcast engineering, I stepped back to focus on my most important long-term project: my son. In parallel, I redirected my professional energy toward AI, exploring it as a new frontier for system orchestration. I’m currently working on several projects (see the learning page) and planning more.

#The Next Chapter: Looking for a New Boss Team Challenge New Boss

Personal projects keep me sharp, but I miss the impact of working in a professional environment and building systems at scale. I’m ready to return for a role where engineering decisions truly matter.

I’m looking for a team that values pragmatic, sustainable solutions—whether building from scratch or untangling legacy systems. If you need a system-oriented engineer who prioritizes clarity over a hype, let’s talk!

#ChyronHego Czech, s.r.o. | Senior Frontend Engineer

2012–2018 ~ Broadcast Graphics & Interactive Media

• Built a React engine converting legacy broadcast graphics to interactive HTML with full feature parity.
• Developed a custom JS animation engine for precise, broadcast-grade timing.
• Introduced Nx monorepos to scale UI development during rapid team growth.

#Nuvia a.s. | Senior Software Engineer & Solution Architect

2018–2021 ~ Industry 4.0 & Monitoring Systems

• Created real-time visualization systems for manufacturing plants, enabling international rollout.
• Maintained and refactored databases for nuclear waste repositories with strict data integrity.
• Defined FE/BE boundaries and introduced DevOps workflows to replace manual processes.
• More detailed info about work for Nuvia HERE.

The DAQIS website is a piece of my ’legacy’ work—built fast with minimal tools, yet its long-term survival speaks for itself. It’s screaming for an English version, a proper demo, and… well, it clearly needs me back :-D

#Full-stack Freelancer | Digital Nomad Era

2012–2018 ~ Global

• Delivered e-commerce and web solutions as both consultant and developer.
• Joined complex projects to ensure delivery under tight constraints.
• Combined graphic design, SEO, and backend architecture.
• Designed remote-first workflows and tooling before remote work was common.

Example: detska-doktorka.eu — 10+ years old, responsive, custom CMS, still in use.

#Red Hat | Software Engineer (Intern → Junior)

2010–2012 ~ JBoss Ecosystem

• Professional Growth: This was my transition from “writing code” to professional software engineering. I learned the complete development lifecycle within a massive open-source ecosystem.
• Team Synergy: I gained experience in how global teams communicate, use professional toolchains, and handle complex code reviews.
• Discipline & Quality: I focused on debugging and reproducing complex issues in large-scale enterprise systems. It taught me the importance of disciplined testing, rigorous documentation, and why “it works on my machine” is never enough.
• Open Source Mindset: I learned how to contribute to shared projects where every line of code is visible and must meet high community standards.
• Last but not least: I learned how important and refreshing it is to have a healthy and creative corporate/team culture.

#Stormware (Pohoda) | Software Engineer (Intern)

2008–2009 ~ ERP Systems & Web Integration

• Strategic Consultations: Collaborated on technical solutions and cross-platform integrations, including high-level discussions with competitors (Money) to aggregate and align industry-standard ideas.
• UI Development: Crafted and optimized front-end interfaces using PHP, JavaScript, and CSS, ensuring seamless user interaction within the ERP ecosystem.
• Quality Assurance: Responsible for rigorous testing of newly developed modules to maintain high stability in production environments.

#Education & Early Roots

FIT VUT (Brno University of Technology) | Computer Science & Mathematics

• Core Computer Science: Deep dive into algorithms and system-level thinking behind modern computing.

  I was offered remote work alongside studies, but real-world engineering quickly took priority over academia.

College of Polytechnics Jihlava | Management and IT Studies

• Integrity First: Studies ended after a conflict over system security and ethics, reinforcing my preference for competence over formal titles.

  The choice was simple: compromise integrity or leave. I left.

Secondary School of Graphic Arts (Jihlava) | Graphic Design

• Visual Perspective: Built strong foundations in UI/UX, typography, and visual detail, complementing my technical background.

  Realistic painting never worked for me—everything turns into a caricature.

Secondary School of Industry (SPŠT Třebíč) | Electronic Computer Systems

• The Beginning: Built my first chess engine and discovered a passion for logic and digital systems.
• Achievement: Winner of a national programming competition.

  The strongest competitor was sick, but results stand.

#Honorable Mention: Primary School

Primary School (ZŠ Valeč) | Critical Thinking Foundations

• Key Influence: I had the privilege of being in the class of Miloš Šlapal, now a renowned Czech expert on reading literacy and critical thinking.

  It was his first school, and we were his “guinea pigs” for methods he later refined throughout his career.

  His unconventional, interdisciplinary teaching shaped how I question, analyze, and seek the “why” behind facts… and my passion for books.