Summary
Alex Raihelgaus is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience, currently running Sashka, a Tel Aviv-based dev shop that delivers MVPs, POCs and full product builds with hands-on programming, consulting and tutoring. He co-founded Uniform in 2022 while drawing on prior senior engineering roles at StreamElements and full-stack experience at Photomyne, specializing in the JavaScript ecosystem—React and Node.js—plus AWS. His background uniquely blends product management and pre-sales engineering from industrial roles, giving him a strong sense for customer-driven technical solutions and commercial outcomes. Alex is comfortable shipping end-to-end systems, from browser extensions and responsive frontends to server-side infrastructure and cloud deployments. He’s pragmatic about fast validation for startups yet grounded in scalable engineering practices forged across startups and established teams. Based in Tel Aviv, he pairs startup grit with a mechanical engineering foundation that informs a methodical, systems-oriented approach to software design.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Hebrew, English, Russian