Gal Barak
Software Engineering Team Lead at Plus500™
Haifa District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolGal Barak is a software engineering team lead with eight years of experience building real-time, scalable systems and leading cross-functional teams at Plus500. He combines deep hands-on expertise in C#, Java, Python and C/C++ with a track record shipping high-throughput marketing and communications platforms used by millions. Prior roles span defense and robotics—developing a self-navigating drone algorithm and building mission-critical military software—bringing rigorous systems thinking and disciplined quality practices. A former naval combat officer, he leverages leadership under pressure and operational planning skills to drive reliable delivery and clear engineering processes. Based in Haifa, he pairs academic grounding in computer science and business with practical full-stack training to bridge technical and product needs. Colleagues describe him as an independent learner who thrives on complex challenges and steady mentorship.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Operations and weapons officer Anti-submarine warfare officer, Operations and weapons officer Anti-submarine warfare officer at Advanced Naval Academy for officersFull Stack Developer Angular & .Net, Full Stack Developer Angular & .Net at John BryceMaritime Military and Strategic Leadership studies , Maritime Military and Strategic Leadership studies at Israeli Naval AcademyBachelor of Science - BS.c Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS.c Computer Science at University of HaifaComputer Science and software design, Computer Science and software design at Kadoorie regional High School
Hebrew, English
Github Skills (4)
java4
spring4
spring-boot4
spring-security3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
galbarak161/Restaurant-Reservations-Online
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Server - Client project developed with Angular framework and C# web API
Contributions:8 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
apiclient-projectclient-servercsharpweb-api
galbarak161/Software-Eng-Spring-2020-ProjectPrototype
Apr 2020 - Feb 2022
Software-Eng-Spring-2020-ProjectPrototype
Contributions:9 PRs, 31 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 9 months
spring-bootspringboot3engspringjava
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