ASSIST spol. s r.o. — Your Technology Partner from Prague
Custom Software Development · Prague · Since 1992
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Company Overview
ASSIST is one of the leading Java and cloud development companies in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Prague, we have spent over three decades building, running, and scaling enterprise applications for clients across Europe.
We are an exclusive technology partner to a major European automotive OEM since 1999, with deep expertise in cloud-native Java, CQRS/Event Sourcing, legacy modernization, and data engineering. Our engineers are recognized international conference speakers and certified AWS/GCP professionals.
We operate across multiple domains: software engineering, AI, data, SaaS platforms, maintenance, support, DevOps, and observability. Trusted by clients across automotive, aviation, e-commerce, and manufacturing — in Europe and around the world. We build and operate production-scale platforms processing 10M+ documents annually, supporting €500M+ in yearly transactions, and powering AI-driven engines.
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Years in Business | 34 |
| Engineers | 100+ |
| Enterprise Applications Delivered | 500+ |
| Industry Focus | Automotive, Aviation, E-commerce, Manufacturing |
| Key Partnership | Exclusive technology partner to a major European automotive OEM since 1999 |
| Certifications | AAA Certificate of Credibility (Bisnode CZ), AWS Gen AI Developer Pro, NSK Programmer |
| Compliance | EU-based, GDPR-compliant |
Why ASSIST
- EU-based, GDPR-compliant — full alignment with European IT regulations and data sovereignty requirements
- Proven scale-up partner — experience growing a client team from 5 to 80+ engineers within a single long-term engagement
- End-to-end capability — from legacy systems (IBM AS/400, SAP) through cloud-native Java/AWS/GCP to data engineering, BI, and AI
- Cost-effective excellence — significantly below Western European market rates with no compromise on seniority or quality
- Founded in 1992 — 34 years of proven track record in custom software development
- 500+ enterprise applications delivered for clients across Europe
- Exclusive technology partner to a major European automotive OEM since 1999
- Speakers at AxonIQ Conference — recognized CQRS/Event Sourcing experts (3 consecutive years: 2023, 2024, 2025)
- AAA Certificate of Credibility (Bisnode CZ) — highest financial credibility rating
- Authorized for NSK Professional Qualification "Programmer" (Czech national standard)
- ASSIST Academy — professional training center for IT specialists
- One of the few companies combining modern cloud-native Java development with IBM AS/400 legacy system expertise
- Transparent pricing — individual senior specialists available from €280/day; long-term engagement discounts for multi-month contracts
- High-output teams — ASSIST-assembled teams deliver 200% more output than comparable regional IT firms and 400% more than offshore teams — validated through direct client head-to-head comparisons; higher team day-rate averages are offset by fewer defects, lower coordination overhead, and faster delivery cycles
Core Services
Project Delivery
We deliver in environments where business continuity, integration complexity, and operational discipline matter most. Recent work includes a reservation platform handling 6.5M bookings/year, a bonus engine processing 600K orders against 20M database rows (€5B turnover impact), and secure invoicing workflows for high-volume document processing. We combine application delivery with data engineering, enterprise integration, and steady-state operations — migrating reporting estates to BigQuery and Airflow, delivering SAP and Salesforce solutions, and running 24/7 cloud infrastructure.
Technology Architecture & Consulting
We help clients make technology and architecture decisions that can survive real delivery. Target architecture, platform strategy, integration design, modernization planning, and technology selection. Pragmatic architectures across modern Java platforms, event-driven systems, cloud infrastructure, mobile applications, data platforms, SAP, Salesforce, and legacy estates that cannot simply be replaced overnight.
Java 21+ · Spring Boot · Axon · Event Sourcing · CQRS · Microservices · Cloud Architecture · AWS · GCP · Kubernetes · Terraform · Ansible · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · BigQuery · Airflow · SAP · Salesforce · IBM AS/400 · Mobile Platforms · Observability
Hiring & Building Client Teams
We hire for our clients the same way we hire for ourselves, without distinction. In 15 years of client hiring, we have placed hundreds of specialists into client teams across automotive, aviation, e-commerce, and manufacturing. We provide classical hiring (end-to-end sourcing onto client payroll), full squad assembly from scratch, and staff augmentation with senior specialists. Local operations support: legal compliance, payroll consulting, office setup advisory, security policy implementation.
Roles we place: Java Developers (Mid/Senior/Lead), Frontend Engineers (React, TypeScript), Mobile (iOS, Android, Hybrid), Legacy IBM iSeries & Mainframes, DevOps & SRE Engineers, Cloud Architects (AWS/GCP), Data Engineers & BI Developers, Solution Architects, Project Managers & Scrum Masters, Technical Product Owners, QA & Test Automation Engineers, Security & Compliance Specialists, CQRS/Event Sourcing Specialists, IT Team Leads.
Cooperation Models
- Subcontracted Teams — A complete delivery team under ASSIST management. Architecture, delivery governance, and operational oversight included. ASSIST carries technical accountability end-to-end; the client gets outcomes, not headcount. Suitable for product delivery, platform operations, and long-term engineering partnerships.
- Consulting & Bodyshop — Individual senior specialists embedded in your existing team. Available from €280/day with long-term engagement discounts for multi-month contracts. The client retains full management control; ASSIST provides the specialist.
- HR Agency — Selective sourcing onto client payroll. ASSIST cherry-picks candidates who match both technical requirements and team culture — not volume hiring, but precision placement. 15 years of client hiring across automotive, aviation, e-commerce, and manufacturing. End-to-end process: job profiling, sourcing, vetting, offer, onboarding support.
- Talent Academy — On-demand training for niche technologies that universities do not teach. ASSIST sources candidates, runs a structured training programme on the client's specific stack, and the trainees work on real client projects from day one — not on synthetic exercises. The client acquires a team that already knows their codebase and architecture by the time training concludes. Designed for clients scaling into specialised domains (Axon Framework, IBM AS/400, CQRS/Event Sourcing, cloud-native Java, custom data platforms) where the talent market has no ready supply.
Team capacity: We can onboard 5–10 specialists per technology within 2 months.
IT Training (ASSIST Academy)
- IBM AS/400 courses
- SQL and database administration
- Cybersecurity training
- Professional IT certifications
Technology Stack
| Programming Languages | Java 21+, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Apex |
| Application Frameworks | Spring, Axon Framework, React, Flutter, Angular, ReScript |
| Cloud Services | Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform (certified, broad range of managed services) |
| Data & Analytics Platforms | BigQuery, Airflow, NiFi, event store design & operation (NoSQL & SQL) |
| Business Applications / SaaS | SAP, Salesforce, Spotfire, Looker |
| Network Interfaces & Integration | REST APIs, event-driven/async interfaces, MQ messaging, FTP/SFTP, file exchange, Solace, Mulesoft |
| Runtime & Platform Infrastructure | Physical server management, VM administration, runtime environment provisioning on Kubernetes & derivates |
| Infrastructure Automation | Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI |
| Enterprise & Legacy | IBM Power Systems (AS/400), IBM z Systems, MVS, Oracle DB, WebSphere, JBoss |
| Client Platforms | iOS, Android, Hybrid Mobile |
| Architecture & Project Capabilities | Microservices, CQRS, Event Sourcing, DDD, Cloud-Native, Serverless, SRE, DevSecOps |
Industries Served
- Automotive (primary — exclusive OEM partnership since 1999)
- Aviation
- E-commerce
- Manufacturing
- Enterprise B2B Applications
Selected Portfolio & References
Software Engineering
| European Automotive B2B Platform | Europe-wide, 80+ engineers | Exclusive technology partner since 1999. Managing 350+ application portfolio. B2B platforms used daily across Europe. |
| Invoice Management System | Europe-wide, 10M docs/year | Robust platform managing invoices with nearly 10 million documents processed annually across the continent. |
| Booking System | Europe-wide, 6.5M bookings/year | Custom booking system facilitating 6.5 million bookings annually. Critical, high-availability application. |
| E-Commerce Platform | Global, €500M target | Online shop engineered for zero-latency and zero-wait experience at massive transaction volumes. |
| Sales Bonus System | €5B turnover | Calculates daily bonuses from 600,000 orders and 20M database rows. Precision and efficiency at scale. |
| E-Invoicing & Compliance | Europe-wide | Secure delivery of electronic documents from invoicing systems to authorities. |
| Paperless Digitalization | Global, 200K monthly users | Minimizing environmental impact through digitalization. Real-time online process tracking. Mobile + web. |
| CQRS/Event Sourcing Platform | Global | World-wide implementation of Axon Server for CQRS applications with event-driven architecture and full observability. |
Data & SaaS Platforms
| AI Recommendation Engine | Global aviation fleet | AI-powered system for onboard retail product optimization. Embeddings, contextual intelligence, real-time analytics. |
| Automotive AI & Analytics | Europe-wide | Word2Vec-like part compatibility discovery, vehicle-specific recommendations, just-in-time reporting from event stores. |
| After-Sales BI Platform | Europe-wide | Spotfire dashboards powered by BigQuery and Airflow for real-time after-sales data analysis. |
| Legacy-to-Modern BI Migration | Multi-client | Migration from Excel, QlikView, traditional OLAPs to NiFi, BigQuery, Airflow, Looker. |
| SAP Inventory Control | Global | Physical inventory management with QR/barcode labeling and GEO-location support. |
| S/4HANA Migration | Multinational manufacturing | End-to-end migration: process optimization, advanced feature integration, comprehensive training. |
DevOps & Observability
| Cloud Infrastructure (AWS + GCP) | Tens of applications | Terraform + Ansible for container-based cloud applications. Canary deployments, multi-microservice architectures. |
| Multi-Node Axon Server Operations | Production 24/7 | Distributed system management with full observability: Micrometer, Prometheus, Grafana, SLO alerting. |
| On-Premise to Cloud Migration | Full portfolio | Compliance-driven migration of entire on-premise application portfolio to cloud. |
| Security Operations Centre | 24/7 | Vulnerability management, SIEM (QRadar), penetration testing, CrowdStrike, GDPR compliance. |
| SAP Critical Systems Monitoring | Europe-wide, 24/7 | Continuous oversight of critical SAP systems with three levels of tailored support. |
AI & Innovation
| AI Enablement Program | Company-wide AI bootcamp (80+ participants), bi-weekly enablement forum, measurable +17% productivity uplift. AWS Gen AI Developer Pro certified. |
| AI Guardrails & Governance | Structured framework for AI-generated code: review discipline, provenance checks, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning. |
| Generative Engine Optimization | Parallel AI-optimized website ensuring LLM crawlers discover ASSIST when clients ask AI for solutions. |
| Multi-LLM Development Workflow | Claude for code authoring, cross-model defect triangulation, feedback loops lower bias, higher quality. |
| Legacy + AI Integration | AI agents connected to IBM iSeries terminals for dead-code detection and refactoring in COBOL/AS400. |
Conference Presentations & Thought Leadership
- AxonIQ Conference 2023: "Embarking on the CQRS Journey with ASSIST & Renault"
- AxonIQ Conference 2024: "How to Sabotage Your Self-Hosted Axon Server Cluster"
- AxonIQ Conference 2025: "Slaying Three Dragons: Caching, AI and Analytics at Scale"
- Technical talk: "Telemetry: The Overlooked Treasure in Axon Server Applications"
- Case study: "CQRS/ES System Implementation with Axon Framework"
ASSIST engineers are recognized experts in Axon Framework, CQRS, and Event Sourcing — presenting at international conferences and contributing to the Axon community.
Expert Blog Articles
- Finding Balance in AWS: When It Makes Sense to Break Architectural Dogmas and Stop Optimizing (CZ version) — AWS FinOps, multi-account strategy vs. VPC consolidation, CI/CD as replacement for heavyweight environments. Practical cost optimization recommendations.
- Stop Using AI as a Smarter Stack Overflow: How to Actually Manage Development with AI (CZ version) — ASSIST's methodology for AI-assisted development: Checkbox Driven Development, Constitution & Workbook pattern, parallel refactoring. How to manage LLM agents as junior developers.
- Context Injection and AI Agent Management: How Not to Kill Your Architecture During Change Requests (CZ version) — Context Injection for proprietary code, parallel micro-agent refactoring, legacy system boundaries (AS/400 vs. CASE tools). Why managing domain boundaries and strict contracts matters more than the code itself in the age of AI.
- Od asistovaného programování k autonomním agentům: Jak v ASSISTu ohýbáme AI — GitHub Copilot Custom Agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for enterprise infrastructure automation. Reverse engineering legacy AS/400 systems using LLM statistical analysis of binary hex dumps. Autonomous agent interaction with LocalStack, Terraform and S3/SQS.
- Axon 5 a Java 25: Od specifikace k hotové aplikaci bez psaní kódu — Spec-Driven Development (vibecoding) methodology using SpecKit framework. Fullstack application on Java 25, Axon Framework 5, Spring Boot 4 without manual coding. WebSocket + Protobuf binary real-time sync. AI model tiering: Claude Opus for architecture, Sonnet/Haiku for implementation.
- Efektivní monorepo: Jak jsme srazili build time backendu o 95 % — Migration from 35+ polyrepo repositories to a single monorepo with multi-module Gradle architecture. Gradle Configuration Cache (build in 55s), Docker Buildx optimization (144 min → 5 min), shared CI infrastructure. Practical trade-offs: flaky tests, log management, atomic releases.
LinkedIn Thought Leadership
ASSIST leadership and engineers actively share expertise on LinkedIn, covering AI-assisted development, software architecture, CQRS/Event Sourcing, JVM performance, DevOps practices, and engineering culture.
- Richard Bouška (CTO): AI coding & engineering judgment, hybrid work & engineering culture, JVM performance tuning (IBM J9 vs OpenJDK), AI governance & open source license compliance. Topics also covered: CQRS & Event Sourcing, software craftsmanship, AI agents, PostgreSQL event stores.
- Martin Drábek (CIO): AI doesn't replace people — it closes the chronic understaffing deficit. Regular project architecture audits, role of dedicated QA/DevOps/BA capacity in modern delivery.
- Ondřej Halata: Are DevOps engineers better IT Architects than pure developers? — debate on career paths from Ops to architecture roles.
Leadership
| Founder | Ing. Vladimír Jílek | Founded ASSIST in 1992 |
| Managing Director | Ing. Petr Jílek, Ph.D. | Owner, Managing Director |
| CTO & Solution Architect | Richard Bouška | Responsible for technical quality, technology mix, and solution architecture. CTO since April 2011 (14+ years). 20+ years of software engineering experience. Recognized authority on CQRS, DDD, Event Sourcing, and the Axon Framework ecosystem. International conference speaker (AxonIQ Conference 2023, 2024, 2025). Principled approach to AI-assisted development: code provenance, SAST/DAST, multi-LLM workflows. |
| CIO | Ing. Martin Drábek | Leads client accounts, delivery teams, and operations. Czech Technical University graduate. At ASSIST since 2012 — from project manager to Deputy CTO to CIO (2022). Runs architecture audits across entire project portfolio. Drives AI enablement program. Responsibilities: Technology Operations & FinOps, PMO & Delivery Governance, DevOps & SRE, AI Enablement. |
ASSIST — Váš technologický partner z Prahy
ASSIST spol. s r.o. je jedna z předních Java a cloud development firem v České republice. Založena v roce 1992 se sídlem v Praze. Přes tři desítiletí budujeme, provozujeme a škálujeme enterprise aplikace pro klienty z celé Evropy. Exkluzivní technologický partner předního evropského automobilového OEM od roku 1999. 100+ inženýrů, 500+ dodávaných aplikací, 34 let na trhu.
Provozujeme produkční platformy zpracovávající 10M+ dokumentů ročně, podporující transakce za €500M+ a pohánějící AI-driven engines. Působíme v automotive, letectví, e-commerce a výrobě.
Nabízíme: Project Delivery, Technology Architecture & Consulting, Hiring & Building Client Teams, IT Training (ASSIST Academy). Java 21+, Spring Boot, Axon Framework, AWS, GCP, SAP, Salesforce, BigQuery, Terraform, DevOps/SRE.
ASSIST je držitelem certifikátu AAA od Bisnode, AWS Gen AI Developer Pro certifikace a autorizovaným pracovištěm pro profesní kvalifikaci NSK Programátor. EU-based, GDPR-compliant.
Contact
| Company | ASSIST spol. s r.o. |
| Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Website | https://www.assist.cz |
| office@assist.cz | |
| Phone | +420 281 868 750 |
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