Jakub Herkel
Technical Leader at Pantheon Technologies
Greater Zilina Area Slovakia
Summary
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Top SchoolJakub Herkel is a technical leader with over two decades of hands-on experience in C++ and Java, currently guiding engineering at Pantheon Technologies from Slovakia. He has led and delivered systems for demanding domains including nuclear plants and telecommunications, blending systems design, project leadership, and development. His career spans roles from developer at Nokia Siemens Networks to IT team lead and senior developer, giving him deep operational and team-building experience. An active contributor to the Apache NetBeans IDE, he has improved refactoring tools, code coverage UX, and Java documentation (adding a @summary tag), showing attention to developer experience and tooling. Known for turning complex, safety-critical requirements into practical, auditable solutions, he balances architectural thinking with code-level craftsmanship.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Applied Informatics, Bachelor of Science, Applied Informatics at University of Ostrava
Slovak, Czech, Russian, English
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Github Skills (16)
javas10
refactoring10
netbeans10
java10
javadoc9
code-coverage9
ide8
code-editor8
javaswing7
swing7
osgi6
hibernate6
jpa6
aries6
jsf6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
apache/netbeans
Dec 2017 - Jan 2023
Apache NetBeans
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 11 commits, 13 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jakub primarily contributed to the NetBeans IDE's features and codebase, specifically focusing on refactoring tools, code coverage, and Javadoc improvements. They implemented enhancements to the "Replace Constructor with Builder" refactoring feature. Additionally, the user worked on code coverage features by adding tooltips. They also fixed Javadoc errors and added a new tag (@summary) for improved documentation.
netbeansnetbeans-platformidecode-editorjava
jherkel/netbeans
Nov 2020 - Oct 2025
Apache NetBeans
Contributions:37 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years
javaapachebig-datanetbeans
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