Robin Bortlík

I'm a software developer with 10+ years of experience. For most of my career, I have been working within small teams building small and large scale web applications, using Ruby and Javascript.

I'm a great team player whose primary focus is on team goals. I try to help, share and deliver.

Employment History

Progression.co

Jan 2022 — Sep 2023 - London, Remote

Worked within a team of six developers to create a platform geared towards career development. My duties included designing the code architecture, building APIs, integrating third-party services, maintaining infrastructure, and exploring new technologies. One of the highlights of my work was integrating ChatGPT with VectorDB, which allowed us to develop a search functionality capable of answering user queries based on their data.

• Tech: Ruby, Javascript, Redis, ChatGPT, VectorDB, Postgres
• Skills: Product development, Research, AI

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Learnlife.com

Dec 2020 — Dec 2021 - Remote

Led a team of four developers to construct an e-learning platform and an internal CRM system, both under a unified single sign-on service. My role was primarily to support the developers by addressing their needs through 1:1 meetings, pairing sessions, and feature planning. Additionally, I continued to contribute code and design the platform's architecture.

• Tech: Ruby, Javascript, Redis, Terraform, Elasticsearch, Postgres
• Skills: Leadership, Project management

Reevoo.com

May 2016 — Nov 2020 - London, Remote

Throughout my career at Reevoo, I engaged in diverse projects that ranged from maintaining Ruby on Rails monolithic applications to refactoring them using a microservices architecture. I also dealt with big data tasks such as large feed file imports and data aggregation using Logstash and Elasticsearch. Additionally, I helped onboard new team members as their "buddy."

• Tech: Ruby, Javascript, Redis, RabbitMQ, Terraform, Elasticsearch, Logstash, AWS, Kubernetes
• Skills: Self-management, Microservice architecture, Big data processing

Panter.ch

Nov 2014 — Nov 2015 - Remote

Primarily worked on small Ruby on Rails applications that served as internal platforms. My focus was on writing clean, well-tested code.

• Tech: Ruby, Javascript

USU Software

Sep 2013 — Aug 2014 - Prostějov

Joined USU Software to contribute to the development of a SaaS platform using Ruby on Rails, while also educating my colleagues about best practices and industry trends.

• Tech: Ruby, Javascript
• Skills: Knowledge sharing

Polarion Software

Sep 2012 — Aug 2013 - Prague

At Polarion, I was part of a team focused on developing a brand-new PLM software built with Ruby on Rails and EmberJS. Communication between the backend and frontend was facilitated through OSLC REST API.

Railsformers

Sep 2007 — Apr 2011 - Ostrava

My first professional experience in software development. I had the opportunity to learn Ruby and proved myself as a valuable team member. My primary role was backend development, and our projects generally consisted of internal systems and small web presentations built on our proprietary CMS system.

Education

University of Ostrava, Bachelor

Sep 2007 — Aug 2010

Information technologies in education