Ludvík Prokopec

Prague, Czech Republic

Work Experience

Backend Developer

March 2025 – Present
Apify
  • Engineered a global proxy network to manage IP rotation for web scrapers, significantly improving unblocking capabilities.
  • Developed core backend services ensuring reliable execution of automated bots (Actors) and efficient output storage.
  • Managed and optimized the platform's database to enhance overall system performance and stability.

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, Proxy-Chain, PubSub, MongoDB

Tech Lead

September 2024 – November 2025
Resonect
  • Led end-to-end development of an IoT cloud platform for water level sensors, including a local management system.
  • Oversaw the entire development lifecycle, from project setup and environment management to testing and deployment.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines and containerization to ensure reliable delivery across multiple environments.

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, React, REST, ORM, PostgreSQL

Fullstack Developer

March 2023 – March 2025
SignageOS
  • Engineered a full-stack CMS for managing digital signage content with a robust backend and complex user interface.
  • Developed GraphQL APIs using Nexus and Pothos to power the system's data management capabilities.
  • Built a dynamic UI with React and TypeScript, integrating backend modules for seamless cross-screen functionality.

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, ORM, PostgreSQL

Frontend Developer

June 2020 – September 2022
NETVAREC
  • Developed complex front-end websites with administrative interfaces using Contember.
  • Implemented key features including user authentication and Stripe payment integration.

Stack: React, Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL

Projects

Open Source WebAuthn Authenticator Using Key Vault
  • Designed and built a virtual WebAuthn authenticator to as an alternative for physical security keys.
  • Implemented a browser extension to intercept and proxy navigator.credentials API calls to a virtual web REST API.
  • Engineered a backend service to handle cryptographic operations, CBOR processing and Key Vault key generation and signing.

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, WXT, REST, ORM, PostgreSQL

PTSQ

2023-2024
API Type-safe Library Development
  • Designed and implemented a custom library offering a strongly typed API with schema introspection.
  • Overcame boundaries of existing tools by creating an open API solution while maintaining the simplicity of tRPC.

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript

Kiq

2020
Reactive Frontend Library Development
  • Created a reactive proxy model to eliminate performance drawbacks of traditional DOM manipulation.
  • Optimized page editing by reducing the need for explicit interface updates and redrawing.

Stack: Node.js, TypeScript

Education

Master's degree, Web Engineering

2024 – Present
Faculty of Information Technology, CTU
  • Focused on middleware architecture, microservices, API design, and web service composition.
  • Gained deep understanding of web scraping, web graphs, and native text language processing techniques.
  • Acquired knowledge of multimedia database indexing and similarity-based searching (range and K-nearest neighbors queries).

Bachelor's degree, Web Engineering

2021 – 2024
Faculty of Information Technology, CTU
  • Specialized in the semantic web, modern data formats, and UML modeling.
  • Developed a strong foundation in advanced algorithms, data structures, and multi-threaded programming.
  • Acquired knowledge of distributed systems and database management for scalable web applications.