Šimon Hrabec
Software Engineer at BlockTech
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolŠimon Hrabec is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience and a strong foundation in algorithms and mathematics, currently pursuing a Master's in Computer Science at ETH Zürich and based in Amsterdam. He specializes in high-performance C++ systems but regularly works across languages including C#, Python, Swift, and TypeScript, with production experience at Microsoft, STRV, Optiver, and most recently BlockTech. His background includes low-level optimization for ARM devices (NEON vectorization) and backend systems design, and he has a track record of proposing impactful optimizations that were adopted into products. A top 2% graduate who demonstrates problem-solving through competitive platforms like HackerRank, Šimon pairs rigorous academic training with international internships and collaborative research, making him comfortable in both R&D and fast-moving product teams. Notably, he has blended numerical methods and visualization in past research, showing an appetite for translating deep technical ideas into usable demonstrations.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Metropolia University of Applied SciencesCoursera EdX OpenEdX, Coursera EdX OpenEdX at MOOC platforms (Massive Open Online Courses)Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Undergraduate Computer Science, Undergraduate Computer Science at Czech Technical University in PragueComputer Science, Computer Science at Ajou UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at ETH ZürichComputer Science, Computer Science at USI Università della Svizzera italiana
English, Czech, Korean, Italian
Github Skills (37)
solver9
constrained-optimization9
eigen9
optimization8
react8
optimisation8
verification8
viper8
mathematics8
nodejs8
nonlinear8
optimization-methods8
optim7
security7
typescript7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
simon-hrabec/Algolab-2020
Dec 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:176 commits, 149 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
simon-hrabec/Programming-problems-solutions-algorithms-datastructures
Oct 2016 - Mar 2020
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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