Eli Sherer
Chief Architect at Stealth Startup
Israel
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Top SchoolEli Sherer is a seasoned software architect and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building scalable web and cloud systems, currently shaping infrastructure as Chief Architect at a stealth startup in Israel. He has led architecture and product development at companies like Papaya Global and Payoneer, spanning front-end expertise in React and React Native to microservices, API gateways, and graph databases such as Neo4j. An active open-source contributor, Eli improved visualization capabilities in the widely used Cytoscape.js library by adding linear and radial gradients and has contributed practical automation and screenshot enhancements to Chromeless. Known for translating complex system requirements into pragmatic, production-ready designs, he combines hands-on coding with strategic technical vision and a background in both academic CS (Technion) and applied engineering. A quieter indicator of his drive: he creates developer-facing products like kidev.io and devek.app, reflecting a passion for tooling and education alongside architecture.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyPractical Engineer Software Engineering, Practical Engineer Software Engineering at Gimenasia Realit, Rishon Lezion, Israel
Hebrew, English
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
visualization10
typescript10
cytoscapejs10
cytoscape10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
visualizations10
graph-theory10
src9
webgl9
threejs9
analyse9
nodejs9
web-development9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
schickling/chromeless
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
🖥 Chrome automation made simple. Runs locally or headless on AWS Lambda.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 18 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Eli contributed to the Chromeless project by implementing features and resolving issues related to the screenshot functionality. They refactored code, making it possible to omit the selector argument, and fixed TypeScript linting warnings. The user also merged code from the master branch, resolving conflicts, and expanded the local screenshot capabilities. Furthermore, the user updated and refactored the local-runtime.ts and util.ts files, adding viewport, clear cache, delete cookie and clear input functionalities.
headlessserverlessaws-lambdalocallychrome
cytoscape/cytoscape.js
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
Graph theory (network) library for visualisation and analysis
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 7 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Eli primarily contributed to enhancing the visualization capabilities of the Cytoscape.js library. They added support for advanced styling features, specifically implementing linear and radial gradients for node and edge coloring. These changes involved modifying core rendering components and style parsing logic to incorporate the new gradient properties. Furthermore, the user addressed a spelling mistake in the codebase.
visualisationanalysisjavascriptcytoscapejsnetwork-theory
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