Bc. Adam Kurek

Experience

• Ardaco a.s.

  ~2 years

  Software Engineer

  The frontend developer on a 5-person team - primary engineer of a security-certified enterprise admin console (Vue 3, air-gapped delivery), built the SPA end to end incl. the design system. Plus a secure-communications platform - post-quantum VPN, a smartcard-auth secure-workspace endpoint, and the CA / management console. Mentored the frontend developer of a sister console; manage tasks for a 3-developer team.

• Ministry of Interior (SK)

  ~2 years

  Full-Stack Engineer

  Solo builds - a classified-records platform (20 entities, 136 endpoints) and a security-clearance vetting system in production today.

• Freelance

  alongside

  Engineer

  Internal tools, dashboards, and production systems - shipped end to end. Latest, an accommodation-lifecycle platform live in production: one-way DMZ→intranet sync, 7-role approvals, owned the architecture and the automated test suite.

Selected Work

• 01Certified Enterprise Admin PlatformAir-gapped admin console. Auth hardening, RBAC, and bulk editing that stays smooth at 1,900 users.
• 02Hardened Secure-Workspace EndpointA smartcard-auth Linux kiosk that replaces the OS login. The fail-safe that makes a stolen card impossible to lock.
• 03Classified-Information Records PlatformMy first production project. Hierarchical access control across 20 entities and 136 endpoints.
• 04Security-Clearance Vetting PlatformAn extension of a live government platform. The whole clearance lifecycle on top.
• 05Accommodation Lifecycle PlatformA one-way sync between a public and an internal zone. A pre-launch security audit.
• 06Local-First Operations DashboardA zero-data-loss save engine with no backend. Built for one user, me.

Skills

• Design · 4yFigma · UI/UX for every project I built · design-first workflow
• Languages · 4–5yPython · JavaScript / TypeScript · SQL · Bash · HTML / CSS
• Frontend · 4yVue 3 · Nuxt 3 · React 18 · Pinia · Tailwind CSS · TanStack · Vite
• Backend · 4yFlask · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · JWT + LDAP auth · REST API design · Claude API
• Databases · 4yPostgreSQL · Alembic migrations
• Desktop / Systems · 2yPyQt / Qt · PKCS#11 smartcard auth · systemd · TPM2 + LUKS · Linux internals
• Security / PKI · 2yX.509 PKI · post-quantum VPN (ML-KEM over IPsec) · OpenSSL · zero-trust attestation
• DevOps / Infra · 3yDocker · nginx · Linux administration · AWS · Vercel · Supabase · Git
• Testing · 6moPlaywright E2E · Vitest · Selenium
• AI-Agentic · 2yClaude Code daily · MCP servers · autonomous 24/7 agent loops · prompt engineering

Education

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