Tomas Hofman
Softwarový Inženýr at Red Hat EMEA
Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolTomas Hofman is a seasoned software engineer based in Brno with 11 years of experience building and hardening Java back-end systems, currently contributing at Red Hat. He has a strong track record of fixing subtle production issues and improving robustness across major open-source projects such as WildFly, Apache ActiveMQ Artemis, Apache CXF, Undertow and Quarkus. Tomas excels at diagnosing protocol, serialization and deployment edge cases—IPv6 parsing, JMS/journal recovery, CLI memory leaks and schema/WSDL generation are recurring themes in his work. His contributions often include test coverage and fixes that prevent real-world failures, reflecting a pragmatic focus on reliability and developer experience. With a Master’s in Informatics from Masaryk University, he blends deep platform knowledge with steady, long-term stewardship of critical middleware components.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Informatika, Master's degree, Informatika at Masarykova univerzita Brno
Czech, English
Github Skills (49)
jakartaee10
dependency-management10
debugging10
debug10
authorizations10
brokers10
wsdl10
jms10
messaging10
testing10
hibernate-orm10
http10
user-authentication10
broker10
authentication10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
apache/activemq-artemis
Sep 2016 - Jan 2021
Mirror of Apache ActiveMQ Artemis
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 32 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Tomas contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the ActiveMQ Artemis messaging system. Their work focused on resolving issues related to journal loading, compatibility with older JMS clients, and improving the handling of connector parameters. They demonstrated knowledge of core messaging concepts, protocol implementations, and server-side configurations within the Apache ActiveMQ Artemis codebase. The user also made improvements to ensure the broker behaves as expected when recovering from certain failure scenarios.
brokerartemisopenwireactivemqhornetq
wildfly/wildfly
Jan 2015 - Mar 2025
WildFly Application Server
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 92 PRs, 155 comments in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Tomas's commits primarily focused on bug fixes and enhancements to the WildFly Application Server, specifically within the EJB3 and web services subsystems. The changes involved addressing issues related to response compression, handling XML parsing errors, and addressing inconsistencies in schema locations. Furthermore, they made contributions related to improving the server's functionality, such as adding a test case for passivation of stateful session beans that fail to serialize.
javawildflydockerapplication-server
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