I live in a small town called Hlavnice near Opava in the Czech Republic. With my loving and lovely wife we have two children a 5 year old son and a 4 month old girl.
Outside of work, I mostly hang out with my family. If time permits, I enjoy going cycling, going for a workout, or going to the sauna. I occasionally enjoy going out for a drink with friends.
We love to travel a lot and enjoy it, often visiting the mountains in Czech Republic. We particularly enjoy the Mediterranean climate, culture, and cuisine. I am fascinated by the United States, which I have visited twice.
I was delighted when I came across the job advertisement for a Software Engineer at Bending Spoons on
LinkedIn.
After reading your article, I became interested in your company, which I honestly had not heard of.
But actually, I've heard a lot about your products like Evernote and Meetup, which makes me even more
interested.
I like what you believe in and what you want to achieve, we have similar goals. I am deeply concerned about the standard of the product that I am engaged in. The customer and every detail that can affect the comfort of using the product are important to me. I am not comfortable standing in the background, I try to get involved in the discussion. I am not solely interested in obtaining a salary and occupying a position, but rather in fostering and enhancing my skills, building a robust product that customers can rely on, and they like, and exchanging ideas and knowledge. Furthermore, I strive to achieve perfection in every aspect of my work, and of course, I accept personal accountability for my actions.
From the job description, you are looking for a person who can think logically and critically, who can accept the opinions of others, a person who wants to push things further. I worked as a technical support engineer for most of my professional career, but I have always been interested in software development. I have previously developed several Python or PowerShell scripts; however, I cannot claim to be an expert in these scripting languages. I believe that, even though I do not have a lot of experience as a software engineer, I could be the person you are looking for.
Vendavo is a leading company in pricing and selling solutions for businesses. The project referred to as VPP (Vendavo Pricepoint), which involves cloud-based commercial excellence solutions, was acquired by Vendavo through the acquisition of Nevetti. Working on tickets created by clients was the main objective, aiming for the quickest possible resolution. This entails, for instance, utilizing the MSSQL database, which houses the backend of the application. There was, of course, constant interaction with other teams, such as Cloud Operations and Engineering, or Technical Engagement Managers and Customer Success Managers. In May 2022, I was promoted to a senior role. I became a Lead Technical Support Engineer in October 2022. This entailed the replacement of the manager during his absence, focusing on sensitive cases, providing mentoring, and enhancing the process. In September 2024, I became a supervisor for technical support. The main task of this position is to supervise the daily operations of two teams of 14 people.
Over the past four years, our team has stabilized the product by gaining great product knowledge and awesome troubleshooting skills. New practices are brought in as standard, and we provide expertise to other teams. I would venture to say that I had a significant contribution to the accomplishments, but we achieved them collectively as a team.
A company that makes aluminum, steel, and stainless-steel sheets, strips, plates, bars, and profiles. My primary objective was to effectively oversee the transition from an outdated CRM to the new one. We decided to use IFS products. The main focus was to provide and manage an on-premises environment and data migration from Microsoft SQL to Oracle Database. I have created my own ETL scripts, written in Python.
The project turned out to be exceedingly challenging owing to the specialized industry. The CRM system required numerous customizations and new logic to be implemented. The transition to the new system has been many times almost canceled. But just before I left the company, the project went live and has been used in production.
Rockwell Automation is one of the leaders in automation. With over 24 thousand employees, we deliver automation solutions for any kind of task, such as controllers, drives, motion control, safety products, visualizations, automation software, etc. The small team had about 8 employees, and I was the first international person. Upon my departure from the company, the number of employees in the team had reached 100. The primary objective was to provide remote technical assistance on products for clients located worldwide, encompassing the entire product range of the company. I focused on various software products developed by the company, such as software for design, operation, and maintenance.
As an experienced engineer, I was responsible for training and introducing new employees. I have many times been recognized as employee of the month. My annual results have been above expectations. I was among the few employees who had the opportunity to visit a headquarters located in the United States.
Mobis is the main supplier for the new Hyundai factory in Czechia. My primary objective was to prepare diverse IT systems for production use. Starting from user support, encompassing server deployment and maintenance, to coworking to prepare systems for assembly lines. Top management, including my manager, were Korean, which gives me the chance to get acquainted with a new culture.
We were able to timely prepare all systems for automobile production. In a short timeframe, we achieved very high performance and stability in production.
2022 Certification - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Associate
2009 Certification - Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database
1999 – 2003 Net Office School - private vocational school of Information Technologies
Microsoft Windows Server, Linux/Unix, Networking
Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps
Microsoft SQL, T-SQL, PL-SQL
Python, PowerShell
Docker, Ansible, Terraform
Jira, Salesforce
English Fluent
Czech Fluent
Polish Fluent
This page has been created solely for the purpose of presenting to Bending Spoons.
The purpose was to demonstrate the way of thinking and skills without prior experience with web
development.
No frameworks, bootstrap, or AI were utilized.
The public Git repository is available at: https://github.com/pacioreklibor/bendingspoons
The issues section of the Git repository contains some future improvements and issues.