Martin Jurča
Senior Machine Learning Researcher at Seznam.cz
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
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Top SchoolMartin Jurča is a Senior Machine Learning Researcher with 14 years of software engineering experience, currently driving deep learning and large language model research and deployment at Seznam.cz, the Czech Republic's most-visited web portal. He blends hands-on model design, training and evaluation with production-minded engineering, having progressed from frontend developer to development team lead and now ML lead within the same organization. His recent work includes research on Czech LLMs of tens of billions of parameters and building automation solutions that improve internal workflows. Martin is also an active open-source contributor—he has contributed TypeScript type definitions to the high-profile DefinitelyTyped repository—reflecting a rare mix of ML research, system design and practical developer tooling. A Brno-based engineer with a Master’s from Masaryk University, he pairs academic rigor with a long track record of shipping reliable, team-led software projects.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, A, Master's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, A at Masaryk University BrnoBc., Theoretical Informatics, Computer networks and communications, A, Bc., Theoretical Informatics, Computer networks and communications, A at Masarykova univerzita Fakulta informatiky
English, Czech, Slovak, German
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Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 12 commits, 3 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to defining and implementing TypeScript type definitions for the `youtube-player` library within the `definitelytyped` repository. Their work involved creating and modifying `.d.ts` files to accurately reflect the library's API, including function signatures, interfaces, and event types. This included writing and extending test code for the defined types and fixing any import paths. The user also updated the project metadata to reflect the correct TypeScript version.
typescriptdefinitiondtstypingstypescript-definitions
seznam/Hackathon-Brno-2021
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:7 commits, 4 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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