Šimon Vacek
Software Developer at IBM
Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolŠimon Vacek is a software developer based in Brno with four years of hands-on experience focused on Keycloak and identity management, now working at IBM after progressing through roles at Red Hat. He combines full‑stack development with test automation skills—contributing to the high‑visibility open source Keycloak project by improving its testing infrastructure, Fuse adapter stability, and Selenium-based test suppliers. Šimon's background includes SQL Server reporting and BI modernization, reflecting an ability to move between backend engineering, QA automation, and data-focused tooling. Currently completing a master's in Software Engineering at Masaryk University, he brings practical open-source impact plus academic depth and a knack for improving developer workflows and test reliability.
4 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Software Engineering, Master's degree, Software Engineering at Masaryk University BrnoBachelor's degree, Information technology, Bachelor's degree, Information technology at Brno University of TechnologySyddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark
English, Czech
Github Skills (9)
keycloak10
javas10
junit10
selenium-ide10
selenium10
java10
test-automation10
saml9
oid9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
keycloak/keycloak
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Full-stack Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:82 reviews, 23 PRs, 73 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Šimon primarily focused on improving the testing infrastructure and the Keycloak Fuse adapter. Their work involved fixing test failures in the Fuse adapter tests by modifying the testsuite code. The user also implemented a ChromeWebDriverSupplier for the testsuite and updated Selenium dependencies. Furthermore, they contributed to the injection framework, specifically addressing support for multiple instances within the testing environment.
oidcauthorizationidentity-and-access-managementaccess-managementsecurity
vaceksimon/keycloak
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
Contributions:185 pushes, 60 branches in 1 year 8 months
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