Summary
Shmulik Willinger is a hands-on Chief Architect with 19 years of experience designing and operating high-scale, data-intensive distributed platforms across automotive, cybersecurity, blockchain, and AI domains. He currently drives the end-to-end architecture of a global AI and data platform, owning 11 production-grade databases, RAG pipelines and vector architectures while embedding AI into engineering workflows to accelerate delivery by 37%. Previously he led a global team delivering enterprise-grade blockchain solutions at Fireblocks and built mission-critical connected-vehicle platforms at HARMAN, demonstrating rare fluency across cloud, embedded and security-sensitive systems. Comfortable entering new technical domains, he combines deep implementation experience (.NET, Kafka, Spark, Docker, ELK) with strategic decision-making and organizational leadership. Based in Tel Aviv, he’s known for turning experimental AI and cutting-edge technologies into reliable, cost-conscious production services that scale globally.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer at Microsoft
Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree at Udacity
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University