Ilya Bass
Director Of Engineering at Motif
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIlya Bass is a seasoned software entrepreneur and senior engineering leader with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering desktop and SaaS applications across startups and large enterprises. Currently Director of Engineering at Motif, he has led cross-functional, distributed teams through cloud-native multi-tier architectures, geometric modeling, and high-performance parallel computing. His background includes leadership roles at PathAI, TripAdvisor and Autodesk, where he guided major products like Revit and building simulation platforms from architecture to production. Ilya blends hands-on architecture and coding with strategic product thinking, frequently stepping into technical lead roles to unblock complex engineering challenges. He also volunteers technical expertise to nonprofit causes—helping build and maintain Azure-hosted sites and logistics apps—reflecting a pragmatic commitment to impact beyond corporate goals. Colleagues rely on him for turning mathematically complex domains and multi-user collaboration requirements into scalable, performant systems.
9 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Leadership development program, Leadership development program at AutodeskШкола Интернат №2The Lean Startup Machine Boston 02/25/11-02/27/11Business Unit Leader Development program, Business Unit Leader Development program at Personnel Decisions InternationalIntroductory training course on User Centered Design, Introductory training course on User Centered Design at Bentley University1.5 yrs Theoretical Mathematics, 1.5 yrs Theoretical Mathematics at Primorsky Jobs
Github Skills (20)
python10
django-framework10
django10
orm10
web-framework9
addon6
rust5
ckeditor5
ide5
django-cms4
djangocon4
django-project4
django-admin3
compiler3
xadmin3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Path-AI/django-request-stats-example
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1 review, 15 commits, 1 PR in 2 months
contextref/django
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
django-frameworkpythonframeworkdeadlinescreative-commons
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