Iván Szkiba (@szkiba)
14 karma
Software Engineer
Biatorbágy, Hungary
Becoming (a good) programmer is an endless adventure
About
I'm a software engineer who wants to be a craftsman in his profession one day.
Skills
Java ⋅ Expert
Go
Go
Go ⋅ Advanced
JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript ⋅ Advanced
Java
Java
HTML ⋅ Advanced
Microservices
Microservices
CSS ⋅ Advanced
Databases
Databases
NoSQL ⋅ Advanced
HTML/CSS
HTML/CSS
Microservices ⋅ Advanced
Dart
Dart
Rust
Rust
Projects
xk6-g0 - Write k6 tests in golang.
xk6-output-plugin - Write k6 output extension as a dynamically loadable plugin using your favorite programming language.
muxpress - Express.js like micro web framework for goja
xk6-dashboard - A k6 extension that enables creating web based metrics dashboard for k6.
xk6-prometheus - A k6 extension implements Prometheus HTTP exporter as k6 output extension.
xk6bundler - A CLI tool and GitHub Action makes bundle k6 with extensions as fast and easily as possible.
xk6-top - A k6 extension to updating the current k6 metrics summaries on the terminal during the test run.
xk6-mock -A k6 extension enables mocking HTTP(S) servers during test development.
ini4j - java api for handling windows ini file format
Production Information System for Kaba Sugar Factory
Probably it was one of the first intranet applications, but at that time the term intranet was not introduced yet.
xk6-g0 - Write k6 tests in golang.
xk6-output-plugin - Write k6 output extension as a dynamically loadable plugin using your favorite programming language.
muxpress - Express.js like micro web framework for goja
xk6-dashboard - A k6 extension that enables creating web based metrics dashboard for k6.
xk6-prometheus - A k6 extension implements Prometheus HTTP exporter as k6 output extension.
xk6bundler - A CLI tool and GitHub Action makes bundle k6 with extensions as fast and easily as possible.
xk6-top - A k6 extension to updating the current k6 metrics summaries on the terminal during the test run.
xk6-mock -A k6 extension enables mocking HTTP(S) servers during test development.
ini4j - java api for handling windows ini file format
Production Information System for Kaba Sugar Factory
Probably it was one of the first intranet applications, but at that time the term intranet was not introduced yet.
reveal-plantuml.github.io
A reveal.js plugin that allow using PlantUML diagrams on slides
JavaScriptHTML
docsify-mustache.github.io
A Docsify plugin that allow preprocessing markdown documents with Mustache template engine.
HTMLJavaScript
phantauth-service
PhantAuth OpenID Connect provider + Random User Generator service
DockerfileJavaHTMLJavaScriptGroovy
phantauth-avatar
PhantAuth Avatar service returns a human avatar picture URL based on an identifier.
JavaScriptHTMLCSS
ini4j - Java API for handling Windows ini file format
The [ini4j] is an Open Source Java API for handling configuration files in Windows .ini format.
Java
Production Information System for Kaba Sugar Factory
Probably it was one of the first intranet applications, but at that time the term intranet was not introduced yet.
HTMLPL/SQLSQLC++
Experience
System Architect
NNG LLC nng.com
Aug 2017 to Present ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- System architect of navigation services
- Support and coach software architects
- Architect authentication/authorization/licensing related development
- Lead by example in software development, automated testing, documenting
- Evaluating and selecting technologies to use
- (Go, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS)
System Architect
NNG LLC nng.com
Aug 2017 to Jul 2023 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- System architect of navigation services
- Support and coach software architects
- Architect authentication/authorization/licensing related development
- Lead by example in software development, automated testing, documenting
- Evaluating and selecting technologies to use
- (Go, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS)
System Architect
NNG LLC nng.com
Aug 2017 to Jul 2023 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- System architect of navigation services
- Support and coach software architects
- Architect authentication/authorization/licensing related development
- Lead by example in software development, automated testing, documenting
- Evaluating and selecting technologies to use
- (Go, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS)
Head of Cloud Competence Center (interim role)
NNG LLC nng.com
Jul 2022 to Mar 2023 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Leader of 4 Engineering Managers (4 developer teams, 2 operation teams)
- Support and coach Engineering Managers
- Emphasis on Software Engineering
- Supporting the recruitment of a successor
Head of Cloud Competence Center (interim role)
NNG LLC nng.com
Jul 2022 to Mar 2023 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Leader of 4 Engineering Managers (4 developer teams, 2 operation teams)
- Support and coach Engineering Managers
- Emphasis on Software Engineering
- Supporting the recruitment of a successor
Lead Software Architect
NNG LLC nng.com
May 2014 to Jul 2017 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- System Architect of navigation related Enterprise Java development projects
- Leading the architecture team (3 java architects)
- Technical leader of 18 java developers and 3 test automation developers
- Evaluating and selecting new technologies
- Making technology related decisions
- Recruiting new java developers
- Managing code quality (measure, create quality profiles)
- Introduction of Continuous Delivery
- (J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, Maven, SVN, Ant, Struts, Linux, PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Jenkins, Sonar, JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, JaCoCo, ANTLR)
Lead Software Architect
NNG LLC nng.com
May 2014 to Jul 2017 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- System Architect of navigation related Enterprise Java development projects
- Leading the architecture team (3 java architects)
- Technical leader of 18 java developers and 3 test automation developers
- Evaluating and selecting new technologies
- Making technology related decisions
- Recruiting new java developers
- Managing code quality (measure, create quality profiles)
- Introduction of Continuous Delivery
- (J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, Maven, SVN, Ant, Struts, Linux, PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Jenkins, Sonar, JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, JaCoCo, ANTLR)
Lead Software Architect
NNG LLC nng.com
May 2014 to Jul 2017 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- System Architect of navigation related Enterprise Java development projects
- Leading the architecture team (3 java architects)
- Technical leader of 18 java developers and 3 test automation developers
- Evaluating and selecting new technologies
- Making technology related decisions
- Recruiting new java developers
- Managing code quality (measure, create quality profiles)
- Introduction of Continuous Delivery
- (J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, Maven, SVN, Ant, Struts, Linux, PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Jenkins, Sonar, JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, JaCoCo, ANTLR)
Head of Platform Development
NNG LLC nng.com
Apr 2007 to Apr 2014 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Formation of server-side development teams
- Leading the development team (15 java programmers)
- Supervising the system administrator team (3 system administrators)
- Designing system architecture
- Evaluating and selecting technologies to use
- Recruiting new java developers
- Cooperating with project managers in a matrix structure
- Making technology related decisions
- (J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, Maven, SVN, Ant, Struts, Linux, PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Jenkins, Sonar, JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, JaCoCo, ANTLR)
Head of Platform Development
NNG LLC nng.com
Apr 2007 to Apr 2014 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Formation of server-side development teams
- Leading the development team (15 java programmers)
- Supervising the system administrator team (3 system administrators)
- Designing system architecture
- Evaluating and selecting technologies to use
- Recruiting new java developers
- Cooperating with project managers in a matrix structure
- Making technology related decisions
- (J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, Maven, SVN, Ant, Struts, Linux, PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Jenkins, Sonar, JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, JaCoCo, ANTLR)
Head of Platform Development
NNG LLC nng.com
Apr 2007 to Apr 2014 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Leading the development team (15 java programmers)
- Supervising the system administrator team (3 system administrators)
- Designing system architecture
- Evaluating and selecting technologies to use
- Recruiting new java developers
- Cooperating with project managers in a matrix structure
- Making technology related decisions
- (J2EE, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, Maven, SVN, Ant, Struts, Linux, PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, Jenkins, Sonar, JUnit, EasyMock, Mockito, JaCoCo, ANTLR)
Head of Development
Bonus Online Ltd
Jun 2001 to Mar 2007 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Architect and technical lead of Bonus.com development (was a popular kid web site in US)
- Technical leader of development team (6-10 java developers)
- Technical leader of system administrator team (2 Unix administrators)
- Creating system architecture (web, geographic DNS based load balancer, database)
- Recruiting new team members
- Making technology related decisions
- (Java Servlets, Tomcat, Apache httpd, MySQL, CVS, Ant, Struts, JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Head of Development
Bonus Online Ltd
Jun 2001 to Mar 2007 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Architect and technical lead of Bonus.com development (was a popular kid web site in US)
- Technical leader of development team (6-10 java developers)
- Technical leader of system administrator team (2 Unix administrators)
- Creating system architecture (web, geographic DNS based load balancer, database)
- Recruiting new team members
- Making technology related decisions
- (Java Servlets, Tomcat, Apache httpd, MySQL, CVS, Ant, Struts, JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Head of Development
Bonus Online Ltd
Jun 2001 to Mar 2007 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Architect and technical lead of Bonus.com development (was a popular kid web site in US)
- Technical leader of development team (6-10 java developers)
- Technical leader of system administrator team (2 Unix administrators)
- Creating system architecture (web, geographic DNS based load balancer, database)
- Recruiting new team members
- Making technology related decisions
- (Java Servlets, Tomcat, Apache httpd, MySQL, CVS, Ant, Struts, JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Lead Software Developer
Bonus Online Ltd
Mar 1998 to May 2001 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developing key software components of Bonus.com (was a popular kid web site in US)
- Operation of 6-8 production servers (Solaris, Digital Unix, Linux) and several staging server
- Managing network and server security, firewalls
- Maintaining company email system
- (C/C++, Java Applets, PHP, Python, Unix shell scripts, RPM, APT, Digital Unix, Sun Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD)
Lead Software Developer
Bonus Online Ltd
Mar 1998 to May 2001 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developing key software components of Bonus.com (was a popular kid web site in US)
- Operation of 6-8 production servers (Solaris, Digital Unix, Linux) and several staging server
- Managing network and server security, firewalls
- Maintaining company email system
- (C/C++, Java Applets, PHP, Python, Unix shell scripts, RPM, APT, Digital Unix, Sun Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD)
Lead Software Developer
Bonus Online Ltd
Mar 1998 to May 2001 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developing key software components of Bonus.com (was a popular kid web site in US)
- Operation of 6-8 production servers (Solaris, Digital Unix, Linux) and several staging server
- Managing network and server security, firewalls
- Maintaining company email system
- (C/C++, Java Applets, PHP, Python, Unix shell scripts, RPM, APT, Digital Unix, Sun Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD)
Software Developer
Bonus Online Ltd
Sep 1996 to Feb 1998 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developed software components of Bonus.com (was a popular kid web site in US)
- (C/C++, HTML, CSS)
Unix System Administrator
Bonus Online Ltd
Sep 1996 to Feb 1998 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developed and administered company internal network and production web servers
- Design and implementation of company internet services and connections
- Design and implementation of network firewalls for company and for production servers
- Installation and operation of several different Unix systems
- Managing network and server security
- (Digital Unix, Linux, Cisco routers, Unix shell scripts, HTTP, SMTP, DNS, NTP, SSH, SSL, DHCP)
Software Developer
Bonus Online Ltd
Sep 1996 to Feb 1998 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developed software components of Bonus.com (was a popular kid web site in US)
- (C/C++, HTML, CSS)
Unix System Administrator
Bonus Online Ltd
Sep 1996 to Feb 1998 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developed and administered company internal network and production web servers
- Design and implementation of company internet services and connections
- Design and implementation of network firewalls for company and for production servers
- Installation and operation of several different Unix systems
- Managing network and server security
- (Digital Unix, Linux, Cisco routers, Unix shell scripts, HTTP, SMTP, DNS, NTP, SSH, SSL, DHCP)
Software Developer
Bonus Online Ltd
Sep 1996 to Feb 1998 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developed software components of Bonus.com (was a popular kid web site in US)
- (C/C++, HTML, CSS)
Unix System Administrator
Bonus Online Ltd
Sep 1996 to Feb 1998 ⋅ Budapest, Hungary
- Developed and administered company internal network and production web servers
- Design and implementation of company internet services and connections
- Design and implementation of network firewalls for company and for production servers
- Installation and operation of several different Unix systems
- Managing network and server security
- (Digital Unix, Linux, Cisco routers, Unix shell scripts, HTTP, SMTP, DNS, NTP, SSH, SSL, DHCP)
Assistant lecturer
University of Debrecen (UD) unideb.hu
Aug 1991 to Aug 1996 ⋅ Debrecen, Hungary
- I taught programming languages (C/C++ and x86 assembly), object oriented programming and computer networks for programmers.
- (C/C++, x86 assembly, TCP/IP, Novell NetWare)
Assistant lecturer
University of Debrecen (UD) unideb.hu
Aug 1991 to Aug 1996 ⋅ Debrecen, Hungary
- I taught programming languages (C/C++ and x86 assembly), object oriented programming and computer networks for programmers.
- (C/C++, x86 assembly, TCP/IP, Novell NetWare)
Assistant lecturer
University of Debrecen (UD)
Aug 1991 to Aug 1996 ⋅ Debrecen, Hungary
- I taught programming languages (C/C++ and x86 assembly), object oriented programming and computer networks for programmers.
- (C/C++, x86 assembly, TCP/IP, Novell NetWare)
Senior Software Engineer II
Grafana Labs grafana.com
Jul 2023 ⋅ Hungary
- Member of k6 Ecosystem Team
- (Go, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS)
Senior Software Engineer II
Grafana Labs grafana.com
Jul 2023 ⋅ Hungary
- Member of k6 Ecosystem Team
- (Go, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS)
Publications
Get a distributed service configuration database for free medium.com
Medium
Oct 14, 2019
Although it is not usually considered as such, the Domain Name System (DNS) is one of oldest — and most frequently used — distributed key/value configuration database of the internet.
How to get an unlimited number of test users? medium.com
Medium
Oct 9, 2019
Testing an authenticated application is rather difficult; to do so, you normally need several pre-generated test users. Additionally, if you test an application using a third-party identity provider, the test users have to be generated by the given identity provider (Facebook, Google, etc.)
Education
University of Debrecen
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Programming
Sep 1988 to Jun 1991
University of Debrecen unideb.hu
Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics and Physics Teacher Education
Sep 1986 to Jun 1991
University of Debrecen
Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics and Physics Teacher Education
Sep 1986 to Jun 1991
University of Debrecen unideb.hu
Master of Science (MSc), Mathematics and Physics Teacher Education
Sep 1986 to Jun 1991
Languages
English ⋅ fluent
Hungarian ⋅ native speaker
English ⋅ fluent
Hungarian ⋅ native speaker
Interests