Avi Knecht
Vice Executive Chair Of Hand Modeling at Google
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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Top SchoolAvi Knecht is a software engineer with a decade of experience, currently at Google where he focuses on fighting abuse across products and contributes to the privacy team. He blends full‑stack engineering chops with a pragmatic, security-minded approach to large-scale systems and user safety. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Avi holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Outside of work he pursues a prolific habit of playful, experimental side projects—publicly visible on GitHub—demonstrating a willingness to iterate quickly and learn from hacks that wouldn’t survive production. That curiosity fuels practical solutions for abuse and privacy challenges, pairing technical rigor with a sense of humor. Colleagues know him for shipping reliable, thoughtful features while keeping an eye on real-world adversarial behavior.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science & Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science & Mathematics at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (52)
minecraft10
javascript9
forge9
angular9
react8
typescript8
java8
pygame8
nodejs8
utility-mod8
spire7
callback7
web-framework6
web-performance6
pure-python6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
admiralbolt/lorebook
Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
Like gmhelper but with a much bigger vision in mind.
Contributions:158 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
computer-visionmindvision
admiralbolt/stream-stuff
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:123 commits, 107 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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