Jiří Brada

After years focused on tech and architecture, I wanted to improve the language I use every day at work. I completed the Cambridge English C1 Advanced exam by the University of Cambridge, confirming advanced English proficiency.

I had the chance to speak at Meet Magento Netherlands in Amsterdam. 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.

Since 2024, I hold the position of Technical Lead.

I earned the Solution Specialist Adobe Commerce Certification. The goal is to understand the platform as a whole from a business perspective and build the right solution for the client.

Even after this certification, I'm sure I won't change my focus from development, but broadening 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.

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.

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.

A great added value for me was the opportunity to see the development of digital projects from an agency owner's perspective and understand the broader business context.

I worked as a Frontend developer in the X Production team. My main responsibility was translating graphic designs into functional and visually accurate web form. Working with a team full of skilled and creative people was a very valuable experience for me.

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.