Šimon Kandráč
Software engineer, mostly backend.
PHP, Kotlin, Linux.
Software engineer, mostly backend.
PHP, Kotlin, Linux.
I'm 27 and I've been programming since I was 13, when I started my own Minecraft server. It ran until 2024, and that's where I learned PHP, then Java and later Kotlin. I've been working as a developer since 2017, mostly with PHP.
What I enjoy most is backend work, from how an application is designed to the servers it runs on. Before my current job I co-founded two products, an invoicing service and an e-shop platform.
| Oct 2022 – now |
Full-stack developer, Váš Hosting Customer administration, the VPS Centrum control panel and server automation. |
| Oct 2021 – Feb 2022 |
Backend developer, ModernTV Modernizing the Nette backend of the SledovaniTV customer website. |
| Apr 2021 – Oct 2022 |
Co-founder, Shoperia s.r.o. Faxio.sk (invoicing) and Shoperia.sk (e-shop platform). Architecture, infrastructure and full-stack development. |
| Jun 2018 – Aug 2021 |
PHP developer, MI:SU Design, Prešov Client e-shops and the agency's own e-shop platform, built in Nette. |
| Early career: two short jobs that showed me I prefer small teams. | |
| Feb 2018 – Jun 2018 |
Scala developer, Ness KDC, Košice Fraud prevention software, NICE Actimize team. |
| Sep 2017 – Feb 2018 |
React developer, LYNX, Košice Front-end development in React. |
| Own projects: two gaming platforms, each run for over ten years. | |
| Mar 2014 – now |
Developer and maintainer, Craftlist Minecraft server list in five languages: about 1,700 servers and 14.8 million votes. |
| Nov 2012 – Dec 2024 |
Founder, own Minecraft server Up to 460 players online, about 100,000 registered. Website in PHP, server plugins in Java and later Kotlin. |
| 2026 – now |
Author, noctud/collection Type-safe List, Set and Map for PHP. |
| 2025 – now |
Author, Nette plugin for PhpStorm Autocompletion and navigation for presenters, components and links, in Kotlin. |
| 2024 – now |
Maintainer, Latte and NEON plugins for PhpStorm Long-running community plugins for Nette's template and config formats. Latte since 2024 (contributing since 2020), NEON since 2025. |
| 2015 – 2018 |
High School of Information Technology Košice. Information and network technologies. All four Cisco Networking Academy CCNA Routing and Switching courses, seminars by AT&T. |
Slovak, Czech, English, passive Polish. Learning French for Symfony.
PHP, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, SQL, C (Arduino)
Nette, Symfony, Doctrine, React
Linux, nginx, Docker
Email: simon@kandrac.pro