martin-hanzel-cv.json

{
  "name": "Martin Hanzel",
  "title": "(Remote) software developer",
  "contact": {
    "email": "martin@hanzel.io",
    "github": "https://github.com/arthanzel",
    "gitlab": "https://gitlab.com/arthanzel",
    "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/in/arthanzel"
  },
  "bio": [
    "I'm a computer scientist, a genetic engineer, a mentor, and a successful geek. I love to share my passion for technology with everyone around me. I live in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I'm working towards a Master's degree at [EPFL](https://www.epfl.ch/en/) in one of the best computer science courses in the world.",
    "I'm looking for interesting and challenging employment at a remote-friendly company with a great culture and opportunities for advancement. Let's talk together about solving problems with technology."
  ],
  "location": "Capable of working remotely. Living in **Lausanne**, Switzerland. Able to live+work in Canada, EU, and Switzerland.",
  "education": [
    {
      "title": "Master of Computer Science",
      "year": [
        2019,
        "present"
      ],
      "institution": "École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne",
      "research": [
        "Machine Learning",
        "Languages",
        "Distributed Systems"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "B.Sc. Computer Science",
      "subtitle": "Top in the Faculty of Engineering",
      "year": [
        2017,
        2019
      ],
      "distinction": "Summa Cum Laude",
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "research": [
        "Web Technologies",
        "Privacy and Security",
        "Blockchain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "B.Sc. Biomedical Science",
      "subtitle": "Minor in Computer Science",
      "year": [
        2013,
        2017
      ],
      "distinction": "Magna Cum Laude",
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "research": [
        "Biological Computation",
        "Genetic Engineering",
        "Ecological Modelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "title": "Software Developer (Student)",
      "place": "eSMART Technologies SA",
      "year": [
        2020,
        2021
      ],
      "tag": "technical",
      "remarks": [
        "Architected a **microservice-based**, **IoT** messaging system for internet-connected smart homes, capable of scaling to 100,000s of messages per second.",
        "Overhauled existing security architecture to a **token-based** scheme and enhanced security of device discovery and pairing protocols.",
        "Designed an **HTTP** and **WebSocket** API for inter-device messaging.",
        "Evaluated database software for **performance**, **data warehousing**, and **data-gathering**.",
        "Created automated provisioning and deployment processes for **cloud infrastructure**.",
        "Partially **remote**."
      ],
      "technologies": [
        "DevOps",
        "Typescript",
        "WebSockets",
        "Vue.js",
        "PostgreSQL",
        "MySQL",
        "TimescaleDB",
        "RabbitMQ",
        "Eclipse Mosquitto",
        "AWS"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Frontend Engineer (Remote)",
      "place": "GitLab Inc.",
      "year": 2019,
      "tag": "technical",
      "remarks": [
        "Self-managed tasks in an **all-remote** team of people from around the world.",
        "Participated in **code reviews** daily.",
        "Realized UI designs in **responsive CSS** for four or more device sizes.",
        "Created new **UI components** and migrated legacy jQuery code to **ES6 + Vue**.",
        "Practiced **TDD** and contributed to the migration of the test suite from Karma to Jest.",
        "Patched **security** holes in frontend code and managed security backports.",
        "Wrote at least as many lines of tests than production code, with **100% coverage**."
      ],
      "technologies": [
        "Asynchronous",
        "HTML/CSS",
        "JavaScript",
        "Vue.js",
        "Ruby",
        "Git"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Web Developer",
      "place": "Pivotree",
      "year": [
        2011,
        2018
      ],
      "tag": "technical",
      "remarks": [
        "Led **R&D** for next-generation **e-commerce** applications using **isomorphic rendering** and **microservices**.",
        "Developed **full-stack** B2B and B2C e-commerce applications for large retailers using the **Oracle Commerce** framework.",
        "Worked **remotely** from Valencia, Spain while collaborating with a team in Ottawa, Canada.",
        "Clients include: Princess Auto, Lorex, Simons, and Videotron."
      ],
      "technologies": [
        "Agile",
        "Java/J2EE",
        "JSP",
        "JavaScript",
        "React/Redux",
        "Oracle Commerce",
        "OracleDB, MySQL"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Freelance Web Developer",
      "year": [
        2013,
        2015
      ],
      "tag": "technical",
      "remarks": [
        "Designed and developed **custom webapps** for student groups at the University of Ottawa.",
        "Worked closely with clients to deliver and maintain **pixel-perfect** solutions.",
        "Clients include: University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium, Actions for Healthcare, iGEMuOttawa."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Residence Mentor",
      "place": "University of Ottawa",
      "year": [
        2014,
        2017
      ],
      "tag": "people",
      "remarks": [
        "Designed and piloted a mentors-in-residence program to provide full-time academic support to first-year students.",
        "Increased funding for the Mentoring Centre by **300%** within a year.",
        "Increased resident conversion rate **by a factor of 10** within a year.",
        "Developed software to **automate** data entry and reduced bureaucratic workload from hours to a few minutes.",
        "Organized weekly study groups and coordinated monthly **community-building events** for residents."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "President / Research Associate",
      "place": "University of Ottawa iGEM Team",
      "year": [
        2013,
        2016
      ],
      "tag": "people",
      "remarks": [
        "Led **iGEMuOttawa**, a genetic engineering and synthetic biology research group made up of undergraduate student researchers.",
        "Built *in vivo* genetic networks using computing and electronic engineering metaphors.",
        "Oversaw the group's **finances, fundraising, and hiring**.",
        "Wrote bioinformatics software for **data analysis** and genetic tooling.",
        "**Presented own research** three times at a world-wide conference in Boston, U.S.A..",
        "**Consulted** for a biotechnology startup in Ottawa.",
        "**Secured sponsorship** from universities and biotech companies."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Founder",
      "place": "uEducate",
      "year": 2013,
      "tag": "people",
      "remarks": [
        "Founded **uEducate**, an organization dedicated to **promoting higher education** in science and technology.",
        "Established an annual science competition for high school students in Ontario, Canada.",
        "**Created financial scholarships** for aspiring science students, in the amount of **$4000** in the first year and more in years after."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "skills": {
    "Java + Scala": 5,
    "HTML": 5,
    "CSS": 5,
    "JS/Typescript/Node": 5,
    "React/Vue": 5,
    "Linux": 5,
    "Git": 5,
    "Go": 4,
    "C#": 4,
    "C/C++": 4,
    "Python": 4,
    "SQL/RDBMS": 4,
    "NoSQL": 4,
    "Mathematica": 4,
    "Matlab": 4,
    "Ruby": 3,
    "Lisp/Scheme": 2,
    "Rust": 2
  },
  "languages": {
    "English": "Native",
    "Slovak": "Native",
    "Czech": "Native",
    "French": "B2",
    "Spanish": "A2"
  },
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Share Tree DB",
      "description": "A distributed database system, based on blockchain, allowing the secure storage an sharing of data on untrusted hardware. Enables fine-grained and revokable permissioning while guaranteeing data integrity. Supports secure web-of-trust and user management.",
      "links": {
        "thesis": "r/ShareTreeDB.pdf"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "The River Engine",
      "image": "r/tre.png",
      "description": "Research project in creating an agent-based model for simulating the lives of fish in a river ecosystem. It can simulate natural or man-made perturbations in an ecosystem and predict their effects. Built with Java and JavaFX. Thesis included.",
      "links": {
        "thesis": "https://github.com/arthanzel/theriverengine/blob/master/Thesis.pdf",
        "code": "https://github.com/arthanzel/theriverengine"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Evaluatex",
      "image": "r/evaluatex.jpg",
      "description": "LaTeX and ASCIIMath evaluator for Javascript. Formerly written as a math parser for the [Quantum of Cells](https://github.com/arthanzel/quantumofcells) differential equation solver, but usable as a standalone library. Written over the course of a weekend as an experiment in compilers and interpreters.",
      "links": {
        "demo": "http://arthanzel.github.io/evaluatex",
        "code": "https://github.com/arthanzel/evaluatex"
      }
    }
  ],
  "publications": [],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "Cognos Prize",
      "year": 2019,
      "note": "For best thesis in Computer Science",
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "href": "https://scholarships.uottawa.ca/p/a/18709/"
    },
    {
      "title": "University Gold Medal",
      "year": 2019,
      "note": "For the highest standing in the faculty of Engineering",
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "href": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190705080240/https://www.uottawa.ca/obtain-your-degree/prizes-and-medals"
    },
    {
      "title": "Faculty Plaque",
      "year": 2019,
      "note": "For the highest standing in the Department of Computer Science",
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "href": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190705080240/https://www.uottawa.ca/obtain-your-degree/prizes-and-medals"
    },
    {
      "title": "Dean's Honour List",
      "subtitle": "12 times of 12",
      "year": [
        2013,
        2019
      ],
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "href": "https://www.uottawa.ca/administration-and-governance/134-deans-honour-list"
    },
    {
      "title": "Undergraduate Research Scholarship",
      "year": 2013,
      "note": "One of 16 prestigious research positions awarded every year",
      "institution": "University of Ottawa",
      "href": "https://science.uottawa.ca/en/why-uottawa-science/scholarships-and-financial-aid/undergraduate-research-scholarship"
    },
    {
      "title": "Grand Prize",
      "institution": "Ottawa-Carleton Science and Engineering Olympics",
      "year": 2012
    }
  ],
  "certifications": [
    {
      "title": "First Aid + CPR C + AED",
      "institution": "St. John's Ambulance",
      "href": "https://www.sja.ca/English/Courses-and-Training/Pages/Course%20Descriptions/Workplace-Courses.aspx"
    },
    {
      "title": "Non-Violent Crisis Intervention",
      "institution": "Crisis Prevention Institute",
      "href": "https://www.crisisprevention.com/What-We-Do/Nonviolent-Crisis-Intervention"
    },
    {
      "title": "Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)",
      "institution": "LivingWorks",
      "href": "https://www.livingworks.net/programs/asist/"
    }
  ]
}