Martin Kačmar

Prague, Czech Republic martin@kacmar.sk kacmar.sk github.com/mkacmar

Senior software engineer working on developer tooling, security, and distributed systems.

Work experience

Microsoft - Senior Software Engineer November 2023 - Present

  • C#
  • .NET
  • Python
  • Microsoft Azure

Technical lead in Microsoft's CoreAI organization, building static analysis tooling that enforces secure-coding standards across the company's repositories, increasingly using LLMs for the analysis. Mentor engineers on the team.

Conductor - Staff Software Engineer May 2022 - October 2023

  • Java
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon Web Services

Joined through ContentKing's acquisition. Built out Conductor's Data Platform and integrated ContentKing's infrastructure, unifying data pipelines across both products.

ContentKing - Software Engineer February 2020 - October 2023

  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • AWS Lambda
  • Cloudflare
  • Redis
  • RabbitMQ
  • Bare Metal

Designed and maintained a rendering system built on the Chrome DevTools Protocol for real-time SEO monitoring, and built a CDN data ingestion pipeline. Ran services on hybrid bare-metal and cloud infrastructure. Managed the company's Bug Bounty Program, coordinating vulnerability disclosures and remediation.

Freelance - Software Engineer April 2019 - December 2020

  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Redis
  • Microsoft Azure

Re-architected a fintech client's monolithic application into microservices, resolving scaling bottlenecks and improving performance while preserving functionality.

Cimpress Technology - Lead Software Engineer July 2017 - January 2019

  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • PostgreSQL
  • Amazon Web Services

Led an engineering team building a shipping optimization platform for carrier selection, route planning, and automated package sortation, working directly with the logistics team at one of the company's plants.

iflix - Software Engineer January 2017 - June 2017

  • Node.js
  • AWS Lambda
  • Kubernetes
  • Amazon Web Services

Designed a high-throughput user-activity tracking service and built payment and authentication integrations with telecommunications partners.

SalesChamp - Co-founder & Lead Software Engineer August 2011 - December 2016

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Bare Metal

Owned all engineering for the startup, building a field sales management platform. Managed bare-metal infrastructure and deployments.

Technical skills and interests