Aviv Shahar is a Senior Software Engineer with 5 years of experience building high-performance, scalable backend systems and driving reliability improvements across high-traffic environments. He has repeatedly reduced latency by 70–80% and scaled systems to handle 3x traffic through microservices, event-driven design, and optimized CI/CD pipelines. Aviv’s background includes modernizing legacy platforms as a tech lead at ZoomInfo and hardening critical intelligence systems during reserve service with Unit 8200, where he introduced observability with Elastic APM. Now at LayerX Security, he combines hands-on system design with mentoring and open-source contributions around Nest.js, bringing a security-conscious perspective shaped by operational roles in the Israeli Air Force.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Contributions:32 releases, 26 PRs, 123 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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Aviv Shahar - Senior Software Engineer at LayerX Security