Summary
Ori Bernstein is an independent software systems architect and hands-on engineering leader with 18 years of experience building high-performance, easy-to-operate platforms and teams that punch above their weight. He has driven core technology and cross-functional alignment as Chief Architect at PingThings, was a founding engineer building firmware-to-cloud stack at Level, and has production networking experience from Facebook and Google. Ori blends pragmatic architecture, mentorship, and execution—often empowering junior engineers to take on complex work—while acting as advisor, fractional CTO, and implementer for early-stage teams. Based in New York, he excels at simplifying systems for velocity and maintainability and has a knack for turning deep technical investment (GPU-accelerated query languages, telemetry, and update infrastructure) into tangible product and team leverage.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Bachelor's degree, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at McMaster University