Jiří Horák
C Competence Leader Senior Software Developer at Novanta Inc.
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolJiří Horák is a C# and .NET competence leader with nine years of professional experience building cloud-ready web and backend systems from Brno, Czechia. He has led development and architecture work across Azure, microservices, gRPC, and database stacks (MS SQL, Redis, MongoDB, SQLite) and currently combines hands-on senior engineering with team leadership. His background spans product-focused roles at Dlubal and Thermo Fisher to embedded/enterprise integrations at Novanta and BringAuto, giving him strong end-to-end delivery experience from APIs to UI and mobile (Xamarin). Jiří is an active contributor to rsyslog—improving core logging functionality and documentation—demonstrating a practical interest in reliable observability and tooling. He pairs formal IT education (BSc, MSc) with real-world delivery and an unusual mix of branch management and deep technical work, which helps him bridge stakeholder communication and technical execution.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Applied InformaticsBachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information TechnologyEngineering - Information Systems, Engineering - Information Systems at SPSŠ SokolskáHercikova Brno
Github Skills (17)
sphinx10
c1110
rsyslog10
c1710
logging10
documentation10
syslog10
software-design9
c-language9
system-design9
configuration-management9
sys9
configuration-file9
configurations9
cprogramming-language9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rsyslog/rsyslog-doc
Jan 2017 - Feb 2020
documentation for the rsyslog project
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:10 commits, 10 PRs, 13 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jiří's contributions primarily involve updating and expanding the documentation for the rsyslog project. Their work includes adding detailed descriptions of new features like the 'fsync' and 'WorkAroundJournalBug' parameters, clarifying existing configurations, and correcting typos. The commits demonstrate a focus on improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation, aimed at helping users configure and understand the software.
rsyslogloggingsphinx
rsyslog/rsyslog
Feb 2017 - Jun 2020
a Rocket-fast SYStem for LOG processing
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 48 PRs, 266 comments in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jiří primarily contributed to the core functionality of the rsyslog project. They implemented features like logging host and process names for rate-limited messages and enhanced the handling of symlinks in imfile. Further contributions included fixing bugs in the code, optimizing performance, and refactoring existing functionality. The user's work focused on improving logging, file monitoring, and system stability.
syslogloggingrocketelasticsearchkafka
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