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Karel Kutchan / SENIOR FRONTEND ENGINEER / PRAGUE

I build frontend systems for products that have to last.

More than ten years in web development, currently in a lead frontend role. I work with React, TypeScript and Next.js across customer portals, internal enterprise applications and the component libraries underneath them.More than ten years in web development, currently in a lead frontend role. I work with React, TypeScript and Next.js across customer portals, enterprise applications and component systems.

Architecture, accessibility and long-term maintainability are part of the delivery, not follow-up work.Architecture, accessibility and maintainability are part of the delivery.

Lead Frontend Engineer at BlueGhost. Open to senior and lead frontend roles in Prague or remote (EU), employee or contract.

WORKED WITH

FLAGSHIP CASE / ENERGY

A customer portal built as a system, not a collection of screens.A customer portal built as a system.

Frontend leadership for a customer-facing energy product: architecture, component foundations, delivery quality and accessibility across a growing application.Frontend leadership for a customer-facing product and the component foundations beneath it.

React · TypeScript · Next.js · Storybook · Playwright

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  • PRODUCT UI

    Customer journeys

  • Shared components

    Accessible foundations · Tests · Delivery

SELECTED WORK

Complex products. Clear frontend decisions.

  • ENTERPRISE

    Maintenance applications

    Reusable frontend architecture for enterprise maintenance workflows.Reusable architecture for specialist workflows.

    React · TypeScript

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  • ENERGY PLATFORM

    Distributed energy platform

    Frontend foundations for a complex distributed-energy product.Frontend foundations for an evolving energy product.

    React · TypeScript

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  • ACCESSIBILITY

    Accessibility refactoring

    Practical accessibility improvements inside an established product.Inclusive behavior inside an established product.

    React · TypeScript

    Case study coming soon

HOW I WORK

Senior engineering is mostly about making good decisions repeatable.Good decisions should be repeatable.

  • Architecture with a reason

    Choose boundaries and patterns that reduce product risk.Reduce product risk.

  • Accessibility by default

    Build inclusive behavior into components and reviews.Build inclusion into components.

  • Quality that supports delivery

    Use tests, tooling and feedback where they protect change.Protect the changes that matter.

  • Leadership through clarity

    Make trade-offs visible and help teams move with confidence.Make trade-offs visible.

EXPERIENCE

From implementation to frontend leadership.

Web development since 2014. Today I lead frontend work across architecture, component systems, accessibility, testing and code review.

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Looking for a senior frontend engineer who can own the system behind the interface?

I am primarily interested in the right product and team. Selected consulting conversations are welcome.

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