Petr Šimon
Freelance Javascript Java Programmer at Freelancer (Contractor)
South Bohemia, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolPetr Šimon is a seasoned software developer with 16 years of experience and a decade as a senior full-stack engineer at Phrase, focusing on browser-based rich-text rendering, Spring Boot, Java, TypeScript, Elasticsearch and Kubernetes. He blends deep engineering craftsmanship with a strong academic background in formal semantics and computational linguistics, bringing linguistic rigor to language-platform engineering and localization tooling. A long-time freelancer, Petr has built cross-platform apps and web systems in JS/TS, AngularJS, Cordova and native mobile stacks while also offering translation services across Chinese, Czech and English. Curious about emerging agentic systems, he actively explores new AI-driven paradigms, pairing research instincts from his PhD work with pragmatic production experience. Based in Tábor, Czechia, he thrives at the intersection of language, ML-informed tooling and reliable distributed systems.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Formal Semantics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Formal Semantics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityMgr, Chinese Philology, Philosophy, Mgr, Chinese Philology, Philosophy at Univerzita Palackého v OlomouciComputational Linguistics, Computational Linguistics at Academia Sinica, TaiwanMaster's degree, Chinese Language and Literature, Master's degree, Chinese Language and Literature at Palacký University in Olomouc
Czech, Chinese, English
Github Skills (98)
directive10
backend9
hierarchical9
java9
layout9
dotnet8
wordpress8
semantics8
javascript8
owl8
python8
intellij-idea8
selenium8
lucene8
ruby7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
floviolleau/geolocation-tcp
Sep 2013 - Aug 2019
Contributions:20 commits in 5 years 11 months
petrsimon/cordova.externalkeyboard
Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:25 commits, 1 push, 5 comments in 7 months
cordovakeyboard-shortcutscordova-pluginkeyboardios
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