Binyamin Yawitz
Platform Engineer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarBinyamin Yawitz is a platform engineer based in New York with 11 years of hands-on experience building full-stack and cross-platform solutions, from low-level C/C++ utilities to Flutter mobile apps and TypeScript backends. He combines strong backend expertise—evidenced by meaningful contributions to the popular open-source Appwrite project around API logic, event handling, and schema changes—with proficiency in deployment and infrastructure using Docker, Nginx, and Traefik. As a former founder who delivered 70+ client projects, he’s comfortable owning product, technical documentation, and client relationships alongside coding. His background spans web stacks (PHP, Laravel, WordPress), modern front-end frameworks (Vue, React), and native mobile languages (Swift, Objective-C), making him versatile across platforms. Notably, he bridges design and engineering, prototyping in Figma/Adobe XD and producing pixel-accurate frontends, while enjoying continuous learning and travel.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
English, Hebrew
Stackoverflow
325reputation
19kreached
19answers
4questions
Github Skills (15)
appwrite10
php10
api10
backend10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
phpunit10
database-design9
webpack-hmr6
multilingual6
typescript6
javascript6
vue6
electron6
android6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
appwrite/appwrite
Feb 2023 - Oct 2024
Build like a team of hundreds_
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:39 reviews, 54 PRs, 181 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Binyamin primarily focused on backend development, contributing significantly to the core functionality of the Appwrite project. Their work involved extracting and refactoring code related to function validation, event handling, and API logic. Furthermore, the user demonstrated proficiency in testing, developing and integrating APIs, and creating and modifying database schemas and collection attributes.
serverlessfirebase-alternativeiosbackend-as-a-servicesecure
byawitz/linkos
Feb 2024 - May 2024
Fully featured Open-source Realtime processing URL Shortener
Contributions:7 releases, 2 reviews, 73 PRs in 3 months
linkosshortenershortener-url
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