Pavel Marik
Principal Software Engineer at Perforce Software
Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolPavel Marik is a Principal Software Engineer based in Prague with over 7 years of recent experience and a long history of enterprise-grade Java and testing work stretching back to early J2EE roles. Currently at Perforce, he progressed through senior engineering positions at Broadcom and CA Technologies, delivering robust backend systems and performance-focused tooling. He contributes to notable open-source testing infrastructure—helping improve Taurus by fixing JMeter vulnerabilities, managing ChromeDriver versions and tuning virtual-user calculations—underscoring a pragmatic focus on reliability and automation. Pavel combines deep protocol- and tooling-level expertise with hands-on performance engineering, making him adept at diagnosing fragile integrations and hard-to-reproduce issues. His academic background in computer graphics from Czech Technical University hints at a strong foundation in systems thinking and precision engineering beyond typical backend specialties.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Graphics, Master's degree, Computer Graphics at Czech Technical University in PragueGymnasium Usti nad Orlici
English, Czech, German
Github Skills (13)
automation10
automations10
performance-monitor10
performance-analysis10
jmeter10
gatling10
python10
testing10
selenium9
selenium-ide9
docker4
cicd4
dockers4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
Blazemeter/taurus
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Automation-friendly framework for Continuous Testing by
Role in this project:
Test Automation Engineer & Performance Engineer
Test Automation Engineer & Performance EngineerContributions:1 release, 30 reviews, 48 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Pavel contributed to the automated testing framework Taurus by addressing issues related to JMeter version autodetection, Gatling version downgrades, and VU (Virtual User) calculations. They also fixed a vulnerability in JMeter and handled ChromeDriver version management. The commits demonstrate their involvement in enhancing the reliability and performance of the testing tools within the Taurus framework.
jenkinscontinuous-testinggatlingpythontest-automation
pavelmarik/ca-service-virtualization-plugin
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
This plugin provides out of the box integration of CA Service Virtualization capabilities into continuous integration pipelines.
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 19 days
boxservice-virtualizationcontinuousout-of-the-boxvirtualization
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