Summary
Yaron Sumel is a backend-focused software engineer with a decade of experience building cloud-native, mission-critical systems, currently leading efforts in AI-powered identity security at a stealth startup. Previously he spent six years at Proofpoint designing and developing remote browser isolation components using Go, Kubernetes, and other cloud technologies. He has a strong track record across startups and scale-ups—from founding roles to senior backend positions at HelloFresh, simplesurance, and Slidely—bringing both product-minded engineering and hands-on system design. Known on GitHub as a “backend of things” engineer, he combines pragmatic engineering with a security-conscious mindset and a bias for reliable, production-grade services. Based in Israel, he blends entrepreneurial experience with deep backend craftsmanship in distributed systems.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Hebrew, English