Asher Barak
Software Engineering Manager at Meta
Israel
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Top SchoolAsher Barak is a seasoned software engineering manager with 14 years of experience leading cross-functional teams at Meta, Amazon, and Google, and a background that uniquely blends software development, product design, and economics. He has led strategic initiatives such as reimagining Alexa for the LLM era and driving Android Google app development, while co-founding an internal micropayments product at Area 120. Comfortable both hands-on and at scale, he has built vertical ERP-integrated solutions, SaaS B2B platforms, and big-data features earlier in his career. His public-sector experience as Head of Budgets & Planning at Israel’s Ministry of Health informs a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to product and team leadership. Based in Israel, Asher combines technical depth with economic insight to turn complex requirements into practical, auditable systems.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science (non-matriculated), BSc Computer Science (non-matriculated) at Bar-Ilan UniversitySoftware Develpment, Software Develpment at Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College
English, Hebrew
Stackoverflow
171reputation
30kreached
3answers
9questions
Github Skills (73)
web-performance10
javascript10
angular10
typescript10
nodejs10
input-validation10
react10
web-developer9
mfe9
typechecker9
web-framework9
raycasting9
datepicker-dialog9
maskedinput8
directives8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AsherBarak/LINQ-Expression-Projection
Jun 2012 - Aug 2017
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 5 years 3 months
linqdotnetcsharpprojection
AsherBarak/covid-19
May 2020 - May 2020
COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations
Contributions:104 commits, 102 pushes, 3 branches in 7 days
explainedmahjongsimulationssimulationraycasting
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