Summary
Vachik Hovhannisyan is a Technical Lead based in San Francisco with 11 years of software engineering experience focused on building secure, production-grade systems. He has progressed through senior and lead engineering roles at Cloudmark, Vera Security, Forcepoint, and now Check Point Software, bringing deep domain experience in security-focused products. Vachik blends hands-on development with team leadership, driving architecture and delivery across distributed systems and enterprise security stacks. Trained as a computer engineer with a master’s-level background from the State Engineering University of Armenia, he pairs formal engineering discipline with pragmatic product delivery. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex security requirements into maintainable, auditable solutions and to mentor engineers stepping into higher-impact roles. He tends to favor durable, security-first designs that scale across large enterprise deployments.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Research Engineer, Computer Engineering, Research Engineer, Computer Engineering at State Engineering University of Armenia