Summary
Marek Pastierik is a systems and cloud engineer with eight-plus years designing and operating Linux-heavy infrastructure for finance and reinsurance, currently at Gcore after roles at Julius Baer and Swiss Re. He combines low-level C/C++ and Python development (maintaining UNIXLDAP) with practical DevOps skills—Puppet authoring and migrations, performance tuning, and automation across SUSE/Debian/RHEL environments. His background includes running large compute/storage clusters at Masaryk University and mentoring teams, reflecting strong operational ownership and teaching experience. Marek also founded a consumer-focused startup (Dodger App), showing an ability to turn ideas into products beyond enterprise work. He holds a master’s in computer science and is known for decoupling and modernizing configuration ecosystems while keeping legacy interoperability in mind. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, end-to-end solutions that bridge development, tooling, and production reliability.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mgr, Computer Science, Mgr, Computer Science at Masaryk University Brno
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at FER
Bc, Computer Science, Bc, Computer Science at Masarykova univerzita Brno
FIIT STU
Slovak, English, Spanish, Czech