Benny Zilberstein is a seasoned software engineer based in Israel with two decades of experience focused on algorithms and backend systems, and a decade of concentrated industry work across startups and tech giants. He has held senior and leadership roles at Microsoft, Waze, Quixey and TaKaDu, and is currently building at Meta, demonstrating fluency in both research-driven development and production-scale engineering. Benny’s background spans research software roles in the IDF and academia to principal engineering and team leadership, reflecting a rare blend of deep algorithmic thinking and practical system design. Known for translating complex requirements into reliable backend architectures, he brings four years of formal team leadership experience and a history of driving technical direction in fast-moving environments. An Israel-based CS and Math graduate from Tel Aviv University, he often operates at the intersection of research insights and product delivery.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science and Math, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science and Math at Tel Aviv University
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