Timofey Makhlay
Founding Engineer at Stealth Startup
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolTimofey Makhlay is a founding engineer and full-stack developer based in San Francisco with about a decade of hands-on experience shipping web and mobile products. He specializes in React, Next.js, TypeScript and Python, and has repeatedly driven performance and security improvements—introducing SHA-256 and AES-256 protections across consumer and fintech projects. Timofey has led architecture shifts that reduced codebase size by 30% and implemented server-side loading optimizations that cut page loads by 40%, demonstrating a pragmatic blend of front-end finesse and backend efficiency. His background spans startups and product-led AI efforts, including building AI-assisted tooling and embedding TensorFlow gesture models into React Native apps. A Make School alumnus and former founder, he pairs entrepreneurial instincts with production-grade engineering, often focusing on user-centric design and accessibility. He’s comfortable moving between prototype experiments and high-traffic production systems, and enjoys tackling security-sensitive, high-performance challenges.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Y CombinatorBachelor of Applied Computer Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Computer Science Computer Science at Make School
Italian, Russian, English
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Github Skills (25)
api8
documented8
player6
social-media5
linkedin5
twitter-api5
pinterest5
twitter5
monitoring4
instagram4
facebook4
youtube4
health4
react4
tiktok3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
timomak/Alien-Escape
Jul 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:128 commits, 104 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 10 months
timomak/Overwatch-API
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
The best documented Overwatch API. Allows developers to find any Overwatch Player, see their stats and rankings. Can also provide all the data related to Overwatch heroes. See Documentation here:
Contributions:32 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
apioverwatch-heroesdocumentedoverwatch-apirankings
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