Jakub Mikuláš
VP Of Engineering at Waratek
Greater Malmö Metropolitan Area Sweden
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Top SchoolJakub Mikuláš is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of hands-on experience building developer tooling, security-focused CLI products, and integrations across TypeScript, Go, and Java. As VP of Engineering at Waratek and previously Director/Manager roles at Code Intelligence and Snyk, he has led cross-functional teams delivering high-scale security tooling used by hundreds of thousands of developers. He combines an architect’s eye for maintainable systems with a developer’s discipline—refactoring tests, improving CI, and adding practical features like in-place Markdown editing to open-source projects. Comfortable both in management and deep technical work, he repeatedly tackles architectural puzzles in fuzz testing and CLI platforms. Based in Greater Malmö, he balances engineering rigor with a knack for technical writing and a curious tinkerer’s approach to problems.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Masaryk University Brno
Polish, Russian, French, English, Czech
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (29)
markdown10
javascript10
testing10
php10
markdown-it10
vulnerabilities10
nodejs10
github-ci9
file-writing9
cicd9
css9
devops9
documentation9
githubaction-workflow9
text-editing9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
snyk/cli
Jul 2019 - Sep 2022
Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:409 reviews, 323 commits, 594 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jakub contributed to the Snyk CLI project by introducing a `dangerfile.js` to check commit messages and improve the build processes by removing and replacing dependencies. The user also refactored existing tests and added new ones for testing different aspects of the tool. The user's work indicates a focus on improving the quality, maintainability, and reliability of the codebase.
monitorssarifmonitorsecurity-toolsvulnerabilities
justinwalsh/daux.io
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
Daux.io is an documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly. It helps you create great looking documentation in a developer friendly way.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 12 days
Contributions summary:Jakub implemented a file editor feature, allowing users to directly edit Markdown files within the documentation generator. They added front-end functionality using JavaScript to handle editing, saving, and closing the editor, as well as integrating the Autosize library for dynamic textarea resizing. Backend modifications involved handling AJAX requests and saving changes to the corresponding files. Additional contributions included CSS adjustments for layout and formatting improvements.
documentation-generatoron-the-flygreatdauxfolder-structure
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