Lukas Polak
Co-Founder & CTO at Spacebrains
Slovakia
Summary
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Top SchoolLukas Polak is a product-focused engineer and Co-Founder & CTO with 10 years of experience building scalable React-based web applications and AI-enhanced product experiences. He leads technical strategy at Spacebrains, shaping an AI-powered talent-matching platform as part of Techstars Transformative World Torino '25. Previously at STRV and Lighting Beetle he shipped high-impact consumer and enterprise products—ranging from MLS and Barry’s customer experiences to design systems and PWAs for major Slovak companies. A hands-on front-end specialist, Lukas contributes to open-source UI work like the popular VS Code material icon theme, improving iconography and theme parity across light/dark modes. His background in business administration and early freelance work inform a pragmatic approach to product, client needs, and team delivery. Colleagues describe him as someone who turns subtle UX details into measurable product wins.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Business Administration and Management, General, Business Administration and Management, General at Business Academy
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Github Skills (14)
typescript10
typescripts10
vscode10
typescript-types10
front-end-development9
ui-design8
git6
css6
javascript6
oh-my-zsh6
macos6
keyboard-shortcuts6
react6
ubuntu6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
material-extensions/vscode-material-icon-theme
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
🎨 Material Design icons for VS Code
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 5 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Lukas primarily contributed to the UI/UX of the VS Code material icon theme. Their work involved adding and modifying icons, specifically for file types and languages like MJML and now.json. They addressed light and dark theme variations and optimized icon usage, ensuring proper visual representation within the VS Code environment. The contributions involved modifying TypeScript files containing icon definitions.
marketplacematerial-iconsvscodevscode-extensionvscode-icons
LukasPolak/lukaspolak
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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