Vít Brunner

Participated in architecting and building the RESTful API backing the Swarms’ mobile app for workers and the admin interface for job providers. Built in Scala, using the Play Framework with Slick, Akka, and Cats, backed by PostgreSQL. Introduced integration tests for the major user journeys, significantly reducing the number of regressions. Migrated the backend to Docker, leading to a unified and predictable development environment and a speed up in continuous integration. Created a simple Python SDK for the API. Suggested several cost-optimization strategies for AWS.

Helped create a Docker-based continuous delivery pipeline. Built a service to check the health of Kubernetes clusters using Scala with Akka HTTP. Co-implemented a REST API to facilitate and process donations for a large non-profit organization, created an extensive integration test suite using Behat, set up AWS infrastructure, Varnish cache, performed load testing with Gatling2. Maintained a Symfony-based tool to help plan training and conference attendance of Inviqa employees. Prototyped a hyperlocal news application powered by ElasticSearch with an AngularJS frontend. Moved a large MySQL database to a different data centre with zero downtime.

Designed and created an in-house i18n system to cater to the specific needs of the company. Created reporting tools for the marketing and finance departments to make efficient business decisions. Prepared and conducted technical interviews of developer candidates.