Assaf Hefetz
Co-Founder & CTO at Snyk
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolAssaf Hefetz is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder with 11 years of engineering and startup experience, currently serving as Co-Founder & CTO at Snyk from Israel. He combines hands-on software research and engineering roots—earlier roles include senior research at Skycure and Director of Technology and Innovation at Supercom—with strategic product and team-building at scale. Active in the startup ecosystem as a Techstars mentor and crew member at Jibe Ventures, he blends operator instincts with mentorship and investor-facing experience. With a BA in Computer Science from The Open University of Israel, he brings a pragmatic, security-minded approach to building developer-focused tools and platforms.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Computer Science Computer Science, B.A. Computer Science Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Github Skills (35)
snyk10
devsecops10
monitor10
artifactory10
security10
jenkins-plugin10
vulnerabilities10
nodejs10
cli10
cloud-foundry9
jenkins9
protect8
buildpack8
falcor8
foundry8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
AH7/add-to-package_2
Dec 2016 - Feb 2026
Adds Snyk to node packages, both for test, protect and version bumps.
Contributions:56 PRs, 33 pushes, 29 branches in 9 years 3 months
protectnodejssnykbumps
AH7/test-project
Jan 2018 - Apr 2026
Contributions:5 PRs, 13 pushes, 12 branches in 8 years 4 months
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