Boris Veltman
Senior Director Of Engineering - Infrastructure, Platform & AI
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBoris Veltman is a Senior Director of Engineering based in Austin, leading a global organization of ~250 engineers across 30 teams to deliver Web, Mobile, and AI/ML platforms. He combines hands-on full‑stack expertise (Go, Java, Kafka, React/React Native, SQL/MongoDB/DynamoDB, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes) with strategic leadership that aligns engineering execution to business outcomes. At Compass he has driven measurable impact—integrating generative AI for agent workflows, launching an event‑driven Services platform projected to improve operational efficiency, and accelerating deployment velocity with an internal CD solution. Former roles as Principal Engineer and team lead at Puppet and Distelli show a track record of building CI/CD systems, enterprise integrations, and scalable product features from concept to revenue. He’s known for recruiting and mentoring technical leaders, fostering inclusive, empowered teams, and translating deep technical judgment into multi‑year technical roadmaps. A former research fellow and competitive academic performer (UT Austin, Penn State), he brings both rigorous engineering foundations and a bias for shipping practical, high‑impact systems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Penn State University
English, Russian, Hebrew
Github Skills (17)
puppet6
pagerduty5
go3
docker-image3
container-registry2
golang2
microservices2
typescript1
docker1
react-component1
kubernetes1
expressjs1
testing1
react1
api1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
baveltman/CriminalIntent
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:60 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
baveltman/nodejs-docker-example
Jan 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
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