Jenia Barabanov is a Principal Software Engineer with nine years of experience leading performance, architecture, and full-stack initiatives across fast-growing product teams. Currently at HoneyBook after a multi-role tenure at Wix where he raised median Lighthouse scores by 20% and partnered with Google on web performance, Jenia blends hands-on engineering with cross-company technical leadership. He has architected external APIs and SDKs, led guilds to define frontend standards, and built resilient, highly tested user-facing platforms such as the Home Dashboard. Past roles at Philips and Intel show deep full-stack and systems experience—from microservices and TDD to embedded and desktop tooling—while his open-source enthusiasm and technical mentorship drive continuous improvement. Based in Spain and trained at Technion, he brings a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach and a knack for turning performance research into measurable product gains.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Physics and Computer Science, Physics and Computer Science at Kadoorie High School
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Jenia Barabanov - Principal Software Engineer at HoneyBook