# Martin Kaše

**Senior mobile & front-end engineer** · Ústí nad Labem, Czechia · Europe/Prague

[mail@kasemartin.cz](mailto:mail@kasemartin.cz) · [GitHub](https://github.com/kasik96) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasemartin96) · [kasemartin.cz](https://kasemartin.cz/)

Martin Kaše is a senior mobile and front-end engineer based in Ústí nad Labem, Czechia, building mobile and web products end to end — from the first commit to the store listing — since 2013. Currently senior mobile engineer at Finviz and senior software engineer at Aukro. Remote by default, usually zero to one, and lately with a lot of help from agentic tooling.

## Experience

### Senior mobile engineer — Finviz

*2026–present* · Financial market visualisation, screening and research · [finviz.com](https://finviz.com)

Building the Finviz mobile app from the ground up in React Native — architecture, navigation, real-time market data and the release pipeline for both stores.

### Senior software engineer — Aukro

*2023–present* · The largest online marketplace in Czechia · [aukro.cz](https://www.aukro.cz)

Led the move off a legacy web wrapper onto a full CapacitorJS build with custom UI, native plugins, push notifications and an over-the-air package update system. App Store rating went from 2.2 to 4.4 stars.

### Software engineer, app developer — SCIO

*2021–2025* · National education and student testing company · [scio.cz](https://www.scio.cz)

Built the official SCIO app from scratch in React Native for both platforms, then owned it end to end. Grew to more than 50,000 users.

### Senior software engineer — Pricefx

*2018–2022* · Enterprise price optimisation and management platform · [pricefx.com](https://www.pricefx.com)

Built front ends for complex enterprise pricing systems in React and Ember, working across a distributed team. Joined as a software engineer in 2018 and moved up to senior in 2021.

### Front-end developer — ADLER Czech

*2016–2018* · Promotional textile e-commerce · [adler.cz](https://www.adler.cz)

Developed the Adler e-shop front end in React and Angular, from catalogue and search through to checkout.

### Microsoft Partner — Microsoft CZ

*2012–2016* · Windows Phone evangelism and app development

Evangelised Windows Phone and spoke on XNA and mobile development. Built Windows Phone apps of my own along the way — Databáze Knih, Bazoš (Neoficiální) and JRm — Dopravní podnik.

## Freelance & early work

### Web software developer — PIXBUF

*2016* · Web applications in PHP and JavaScript

Built web applications on Nette and MySQL with HTML5 and CSS3 front ends, plus Android automation work.

### Mobile software developer — City Taxi Brno

*2015–2016* · Taxi booking apps for iOS and Android

Built the iOS and Android apps in PhoneGap on a JavaScript and MySQL stack.

### Mobile software developer — BubbleMania Czech

*2014–2015* · Mobile apps for iOS and Android

Built both the front end and the back end of the iOS and Android apps in PhoneGap, backed by Azure SQL.

## Selected projects

- **[Swift for VS Code](https://github.com/kasik96/Swift-VS-Code)** (VS Code extension, 105 ★) — The first Swift language support extension for VS Code. Written before Apple or the VS Code team shipped anything official. Syntax highlighting, snippets and build tasks for Swift, and still the reference implementation people fork from.
- **[Nette Latte + Neon](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Kasik96.latte)** (VS Code extension, 57k installs) — Language support for the Latte templating engine and Neon config. Highlighting, snippets and formatting for Nette's Latte and Neon file formats. Passed 57,000 installs on the Marketplace.
- **[opengcontrol](https://github.com/kasik96/opengcontrol)** (macOS CLI) — Open-source CLI alternative to Logitech G software on macOS. Control Logitech G device lighting and settings from the terminal, without running the vendor's heavyweight desktop app.

## Skills

- **mobile:** React Native, CapacitorJS, Ionic, Cordova, Swift, iOS, Android
- **web:** React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Angular, Ember, Vite, HTML, CSS
- **server:** Node.js, PHP (Nette), MySQL, C#, XNA
- **ai & hardware:** Agentic AI, Home Assistant, ESP8266, IoT

## Education

- **Střední průmyslová škola Ústí nad Labem** — Information technology, 2012–2016

## Languages

Czech (native), English (fluent)

## Availability

Every day, 08:00–16:00 Europe/Prague