Jiří Brada

A bit of a different milestone for me. After years focused on tech and architecture, I wanted to improve the language I use every day. I completed the Cambridge English C1 Advanced exam by the University of Cambridge, confirming advanced English proficiency. It’s a small but meaningful step that helps me explain ideas more clearly and collaborate more smoothly across teams.

I had the chance to speak at Meet Magento Netherlands in Amsterdam - a real highlight in my professional journey. It was a privilege to share the stage with some of the top names in the Magento community.

My talk, "Monorepo Explained: Harnessing Its Power in Magento Development" dug into how developers can rethink and level up their Magento projects with a monorepo approach. It was a great opportunity to share what I’ve learned, give back to the community, and pick up fresh insights from other brilliant minds.

PushON is an award-winning full-service eCommerce Manchester-based agency that provides a complete range of web development and marketing services.

My role is to manage, develop and design solutions based on Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento 2) platform. My work is not only about Magento 2, but I also contribute to CI/CD processes, perform code reviews or develop applications in other frameworks (Laravel). An essential topic for me is automated testing, which is an integral part of delivered solutions.

Earners of this credential have demonstrated a thorough understanding of how to leverage Adobe Commerce functionality to satisfy eCommerce business goals according to best practices.

Even after this certification, I'm sure I won't change my focus from development, but the broadening of my horizons was worth it 🙂💪

I successfully passed the highest Magento developer certification - Adobe Certified Master - Adobe Commerce Architect (a.k.a Magento 2 Certified Professional Developer Plus).

In 2020, I confirmed my knowledge of the Magento 2 e-commerce platform and earned the Magento 2 Professional Developer certification.

The key was to figure out which areas I was unsure about and then just be curious and ask myself for every particular task - Why is this done this way? Isn't there a better solution? After all, as I always do.

MageXo is a Magento 2 solution partner based in Prague (CZ), focusing primarily on medium and large-scale e-commerce solutions.

At MageXo, my position varied according to the project. I worked as a Tech Lead and Backend developer.

I shared my knowledge with others, did code reviews and enjoyed developing e-commerce solutions based on Magento 2 platform.

Shopen Group focuses on the sale and distribution of luggage in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

After merging the Tribound team into Shopen Group, I held the Tech Lead position.

My responsibility was to develop the e-shop solution on the Magento 2 platform with the team, the infrastructure, and the maintenance of related internal systems.

We migrated the original solution on the Magento 1 platform to Magento 2. It also included a facelift of the original design, infrastructure creation, and ERP integration.

I was involved in the whole process of getting the product to the customer, from order to dispatch.

Warehouse dispatch system for Shopen Group s.r.o.

It is a web application built on the Nette framework with real-time connection to ERP and packages delivery API.

In addition to web servers, the hardware stack also contains several computers with EAN readers and printers for automated label and invoice printing.

We made the work easier for warehouse workers and significantly increased their productivity. Great feeling.

I completed master's degree studies at Mendel University in Brno in System engineering and informatics - Economic Informatics.

I deliberately chose the university because of economics, marketing, and management overlaps of the System engineering study program.

The IT world is not just about hard technical skills. It's about combining all possible knowledge from many different disciplines into the best possible result.

Thanks to my alma mater for all those sometimes difficult but beautiful years of study.

Tribound is a small web development agency founded by two of my college friends (Tomáš Poulíček, Michal Bobocký) and me. It was a great leap into the unknown, which was the logical result of our enthusiasm for the field and the desire to work together.

We created web presentations, e-shops, apps and graphic design for many clients. Among other things, I created our own modular CMS system based on the Nette framework. My daily routine was Nette, WordPress, Magento, Less/CSS, Grunt, Docker or Javascript.

It was a great experience to perceive business from the owner's perspective.

I worked as a part of the X Production Team as a Frontend developer.

My responsibility was receiving graphic designs and translating visual ideas adequately into their web form.

It was a great experience to be in the team with many skilled and creative people.

I established cooperation with a small Graphic design studio located in Brno (CZ) in 2012.

I worked mostly on presentation websites and small e-commerce sites.

For each assignment, I received a graphic design, which I transformed into a functional web application.

I started to discover IT and web development in general.

I created my first website. I was involved in the development of instances of MaNGOS (Massive Network Game Object Server). Not only was it fun, but I started to enjoy programming. Among other things, I encountered PHP, SQL, C++ and Linux for the first time.

I became captivated by technology.