Yakir Zaken
Freelance Backend Developer at Self-Employed
Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, Center District, Israel
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Top SchoolYakir Zaken is a pragmatic backend engineer with 6+ years focused on designing scalable, cloud-native systems and a total of eight years in software development. He specializes in Java (Spring Boot) and Python (FastAPI, async), and routinely builds production-grade services using AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3), Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD. As a freelancer he sharpens system design and algorithmic skills while simulating real-world microservices and security-conscious APIs, drawing on prior roles at CyberArk and Tremor Video DSP. Based in Israel, he blends hands-on implementation with infrastructure automation and a developer mindset that keeps code interview-ready and resilient under load. An understated strength is his habit of using personal projects to validate architecture decisions before applying them in client engagements.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
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Github Skills (3)
react4
redux4
firebase4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
shakzaken/Expert
Dec 2018 - Aug 2019
Bookstore application for experts
Contributions:40 commits, 41 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
reactbookstore-applicationexpertsfirebaseredux
shakzaken/Expert-1-out-of-date
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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