Petr Zemek
Lead Software Engineer (CTO Platforms)
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
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Top SchoolPetr Zemek is a Lead Software Engineer and platform architect with 16 years of experience building cloud-native, threat-intelligence and platform systems from Brno, Czechia. He blends hands-on engineering in Linux, Python and Rust with technical leadership—driving platform migrations to Google Cloud, operating GKE and BigQuery, and overseeing multi-team threat intelligence services. His background spans industry and academia: a Ph.D. in theoretical computer science and past research in reverse compilation inform his work on decompilation tooling and security-focused pipelines. An active open-source contributor, he has improved build and release automation for RetDec and polished code quality in the widely used Flask project, reflecting attention to reproducible builds and developer ergonomics. Colleagues know him for combining systems-level rigor (Neovim, Tmux, low-level tooling) with pragmatic program management, student mentorship, and company-wide knowledge-sharing initiatives.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Vysoké učení technické v Brně
English, German, Czech
Stackoverflow
9,911reputation
288kreached
17answers
42questions
rust-cargo
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switch-statement
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Github Skills (18)
python10
scripting10
bash10
wget10
flask-ask10
script10
sh10
shell10
flask10
documentation10
testing9
switch-statement9
build-automation9
rust-cargo9
rust9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
avast/retdec-idaplugin
Dec 2017 - Jan 2020
RetDec plugin for IDA
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:19 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Petr primarily focused on improving the build and scripting aspects of the RetDec plugin. Their contributions included enhancing error messages related to OS type detection, refining the script used for downloading and building external libraries, and ensuring secure file downloads. Furthermore, the user updated the scripts to use a more standard way to invoke the shell interpreter.
idaretdecvisualstudio
pallets/flask
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
The Python micro framework for building web applications.
Role in this project:Technical Writer & Code Quality Specialist
Technical Writer & Code Quality SpecialistContributions:12 commits, 1 issue in 1 day
Contributions summary:Petr primarily focused on improving code quality and consistency within the Flask framework. Their contributions involved fixing typos in documentation and comments, as well as standardizing the use of language and formatting (e.g., "test suite" vs "testsuite," "URLs" vs "urls," and consistent spacing). This work demonstrates a strong emphasis on adhering to established coding style guidelines (PEP8) and improving the readability and maintainability of the codebase. The changes made by the user suggest a detailed understanding of the codebase.
micro-frameworkpythonweb-applicationspyramidjinja
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