Shani Zlotnik
Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Israel
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Top SchoolShani Zlotnik is a backend-focused software engineer with 8 years of experience and 4+ years specializing in Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS to build high-scale microservices and resilient production systems. At Autodesk she led migrations from MySQL to PostgreSQL and from DB-backed queues to AWS SQS, cutting DB load ~30% and improving peak scalability while modernizing a large codebase to TypeScript to catch 15–20% more issues at compile time. Comfortable owning end-to-end delivery, Shani combines on-call reliability, CI/CD and observability expertise with a pragmatic DevOps mindset to keep services healthy under heavy traffic. She leverages AI-assisted tooling (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) for faster prototyping, testing and refactoring, and brings a creative, get-it-done energy that complements rigorous engineering practices. Now at Palo Alto Networks, she continues to focus on scalable architectures and operational excellence from Israel.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.Ed.Des - Bachelor Education and Design, Graphic Designer And Teacher, B.Ed.Des - Bachelor Education and Design, Graphic Designer And Teacher at The NB Haifa School of DesignBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
English, Russian, Hebrew
Github Skills (18)
starter-kit9
boilerplate9
mongodb8
nodejs8
fastify8
packed8
postgresql7
responsive6
eslint6
html-email5
typescript5
responsive-email5
nunjucks4
mjml4
react4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
shanizlo/nestjs-tasks-management
May 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
shanizlo/faceSmartBrain
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 23 days
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