Richárd Huszák

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About Me

Software developer with 8+ years of experience, 7+ in Ruby on Rails, passionate about clean architecture and maintainable back-ends. Comfortable leading features end-to-end, conducting code reviews, and mentoring teammates. Creator of Nissh — an ultra-light, custom-fit gaming mouse (30g).

Experience

Senior Ruby Developer

Distribusion Technologies GmbH

Oct 2025 — Present · Berlin, DE (Remote)

  • Delivering high-quality Ruby code within high-scale, high-load systems in the ground transportation industry.
  • Developing and maintaining a large fleet of microservices.
  • Tackling performance bottlenecks and driving optimization initiatives.
  • Contributing to system architectural decisions within the team.
  • Building internal tools and libraries; improving test coverage and deliverable quality.
  • Stack: Ruby, Rails, Grape, JSON:API, Microservices.

Senior Software Engineer

Starling Enterprises Kft.

Dec 2024 — Sep 2025 · Budapest, HU

  • Delivered full-stack features with Rails + React (Vite), improving customer workflows.
  • Optimized PostgreSQL schemas & queries → reduced query times by ~30%.
  • Implemented policy-based authorization (Pundit-style) to enforce secure access control.
  • Built and integrated REST APIs, consumed via Axios in React frontend.
  • Stack: Rails, React, PostgreSQL, TypeScript/JS, Git.

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

Valutico

Jun 2023 — Oct 2024 · Vienna, AT

  • Improved reliability of valuation platform by strengthening backend & release processes.
  • Automated testing and monitoring pipelines → fewer production regressions.
  • Championed developer enablement initiatives, shortening onboarding time for new hires.
  • Stack: Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL.

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Unit4

Oct 2022 — Jan 2023 · Granada, ES

  • Eliminated N+1 queries and refactored SQL/ActiveRecord → boosted API performance.
  • Applied RuboCop-driven refactors to enforce clean code.
  • Reduced frontend bug count by resolving Ember.js issues and removing unused features.
  • Stack: Rails, MySQL, EmberJS, JSON:API.

Full-stack Ruby on Rails Developer

BV-Technology Ltd.

Apr 2021 — Sep 2022 · Budapest, HU

  • Built new CMS features in Rails and React, used by 10k+ end users.
  • Enforced CI/CD and code review best practices → improved delivery speed and quality.
  • Stack: Rails, MySQL, React, JSON:API.

Full-stack Ruby on Rails Developer

E-Jogsegéd Ltd.

Jan 2019 — Apr 2021 · Budapest, HU

  • Led a 3-person dev team: task coordination, mentoring, reviews, deployments.
  • Took ownership of production reliability → resolved critical issues with minimal downtime.
  • Stack: Rails, MySQL, Vue, Vuex, JSON:API.

Engineering Information Technology

BOSCH (via BEKO)

Aug 2017 — Jan 2019 · Budapest, HU

  • Automated HIL test systems with C# and Jenkins, cutting manual testing effort.
  • Supported DevOps workflows with Python/Flask and C++/CMake/LLVM tooling.
  • Stack: C#/.NET, Jenkins, Python/Flask, C++, CMake.

Programming Instructor

Athéné High School & Logiscool

2016 – 2017 · Budapest, HU

  • Taught programming (C#, Scratch, Java) to high school and younger students.
  • Introduced OOP, data structures, and event-driven programming concepts.
  • Built mentoring and coaching skills later applied in dev team leadership.

Projects

Nissh One Mouse

Nissh.gg

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Designed and prototyped the Nissh One, a 30g custom-fit gaming mouse with optimized finger support and weight distribution. Developed an online configurator nissh.gg/one/build enabling user-driven personalization.

Skills

Core

Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Redis, RSpec, GitHub Actions

Frontend

React, Vue, TypeScript, ES6+, HTML5, CSS3

Architecture & Practices

Clean architecture (service objects / POROs), policy-based authorization (Pundit), SOLID/OOP, background jobs, caching, refactoring

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines, containerized dev (Docker), environment configs, logging/monitoring basics

Education

Óbuda University — BSc

Engineering Information Technology

2014 — 2022

Completed majority of BSc curriculum (missing 4 exams for degree). Details: University

High School — Neumann János

Advanced informatics/programming

C# (2y), C++ (2y), database basics, HTML/CSS. Details: High School

Courses

Udemy / LinkedIn Learning / Webler Educational Studio
Details: Udemy, LinkedIn Learning, Educational Studio

Contact

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