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kamila@ksp.sk
+44 7937 974 542
https://kamila.is
Zurich, Switzerland
Kamila Součková
I identify problems in systems before they eat your product, your kids and your family dog.Work & Volunteer Experience
2018:
- Head of Site Reliability Engineering for Data Center Light at ungleich
summer 2015:
Site Reliability Engineering intern at Google Switzerland
summer 2014:
Site Reliability Engineering intern at Google Switzerland
2014–2017:
- contributed to the Student Development Team at my university (development and server administration)
- designed and developed the backend of an in-house solution for an RFID-based access control system (https://github.com/fmfi-svt-deadlock)
- learned more about how operating systems work by making one from scratch (https://github.com/AnotherKamila/chaOS)
- server administrator for Trojsten – Linux and FreeBSD servers with diverse uses
- helped with organizing competitions and educational activities for students, giving various talks
2012–2013:
software engineer at MicroStep - MIS (www.microstep-mis.sk)
2009–2012:
web developer (front-end) at Lighting Beetle (www.lbstudio.sk)
2010, 2011:
contributed to several open-source projects as a participant of Google Code-In
Education
2016–present:
Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland: graduation with with MSc. expected in 2019
Thesis topic: Implementing the SCION next-generation Internet protocol with Software-Defined Networking: hardware-software co-design, work across the whole network stack
2013–2016:
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia: BSc.
Skills
- quick at absorbing information and learning new things
- enjoy system design with emphasis on reliability, scalability and correctness
- security-conscious
- algorithmic skills
- languages: English (fluent), Slovak (native speaker), Czech (fluent), German (basic)
- experience giving lectures about science (mainly computer science, physics and astronomy) at various institutions
- presentation skills
- an ever-increasing list of programming languages, database environments, operating systems and other technologies
- I know regular expressions!
Select Awards and Achievements
International:
- International Young Physicists’ Tournament: silver medal in 2013, 2011, 2010; bronze medal in 2012
- Internet Problem Solving Contest: 26th among high-school teams in 2012; 17th among 1-member high-school teams in 2011
- Google Code-In: completed 3 tasks in 2011 and 2010
National:
- Correspondence Seminar in Programming, category T (elite): 1st in 2012, 2013
- Young Physicists’ Tournament, State round: 1st / gold medal in 2010, 2011, 2012
- Olympiad in English Language, State round, category 2B: 1st / gold medal in 2012
Free Time Activities
- flying small aircraft
- music, esp. playing flute
- art and handicrafts, graphics and design
- archery, hiking, puzzle hunts (e.g. TMOU)
- physics, astronomy, mathematics