Tomáš Sýkora
Senior Manager, Application Services Quality Engineering
Brno, Southeast, Czechia
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Top SchoolTomáš Sýkora is a Senior Manager in Application Services Quality Engineering at Red Hat with 13 years of experience in QA, test automation and distributed NoSQL systems. He oversees a ~50-engineer team across Red Hat Integration while retaining hands-on expertise in backend testing and build improvements for the widely used Infinispan data grid. A long-time open-source contributor and founder of the Infinispan OData server, he blends deep technical knowledge of replication, async APIs and rolling upgrades with practical leadership in university R&D labs. Known for prioritizing people over code, he actively coaches soft skills—communication, teamwork and stress management—alongside technical mentorship. Outside work he stays balanced through swimming, running, skiing and volleyball, and regularly lectures on Infinispan and NoSQL to students in Prague and Brno.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Informatics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Informatics at Masaryk University BrnoMaster's degree, Service - Science, Management, and Engineering, Master's degree, Service - Science, Management, and Engineering at Masarykova univerzita Brno
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Github Skills (16)
javas10
datagrid10
distributed-systems10
key-value-store10
infinispan10
replication10
java10
nosql9
api-design8
solidity6
macos6
listener6
python6
multithreading6
pynput6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
infinispan/infinispan
Jul 2012 - May 2015
Infinispan is an open source data grid platform and highly scalable NoSQL cloud data store.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Tomáš primarily focused on enhancing the testing capabilities of the Infinispan data grid platform. Their contributions involve adding tests for asynchronous APIs, exception handling in listeners, and read-only cache stores. Furthermore, the user implemented tests related to replication flags and rolling upgrades, demonstrating a focus on ensuring data consistency and stability in distributed environments. The user's work also involved fixing bugs and improving the project's build configuration.
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tsykora/infinispan-odata-server
Mar 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:75 commits in 1 year 2 months
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