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Hey There!
My name is Uri Shamay. I am a passionate technology enthusiast, startup advisor, and founder with a hacker's spirit. I've spent my career building and architecting systems at internet scale, previously serving as a tech lead and chief architect.
With over two decades of experience, I've delved into polyglot programming primarily in the startup domain. I've built and architected a diverse range of systems and infrastructures in multi-cloud environments, focusing on massively distributed and high-performance setups. My past roles have also encompassed technology mentorship and leadership positions among software engineers.
One of my favorite hobbies is building & experimenting with custom hardware, specifically tailored with specialized CPUs & GPUs for compute-intensive algorithms. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I volunteer as a mentor with the 8200 Alumni Association, a leading nonprofit that operates some of Israel's premier entrepreneurship, education, and tech programs.
I'm an active community contributor and public speaker. I co-founded both the Java IL and Tech Leads IL communities.
I've served as a mentor for children in tech schools, provided guidance to students from peripheral areas in the academy, and have also taken on the role of a computer science lecturer within the academic realm.
In recent years, I have been volunteering with FIRST, a global robotics community that prepares young people for the future.
> CTO @ Team8 VC
TodayCTO at Team8, leading both capital and venture creation. I oversee technology strategy, due diligence, and platform building for a leading venture group.
> Software Alchemist@Null
Research the engineering and security aspects of LLMs (Large Language Models).
> Principal Architect @ Check Point (Spectral acquisition)
Post-AcquisitionI lead the security research for the Spectral division and oversee the cloud security architecture for the entire cloud division.
> Co-Founder & Chief Architect @ Spectral
Acquired by Check PointAt Spectral, we empower modern teams with security solutions. Our goal is to enable teams to develop and deploy software swiftly, ensuring they steer clear of security pitfalls, credential leaks, misconfigurations, and data breaches.
> Infrastructure Architect @ Next-Insurance
Acquired by Munich ReI spearheaded platform engineering and core infrastructure, serving as a 360-degree player, bridging the domains of Engineering, BI, and Security.
> Founding Developer & Lead Developer @ Juno
Acquired by GettPlayed a pivotal role in building services for millions of users in the ride-sharing domain. Spearheaded the data, BI, and fraud prevention efforts.
> Pioneering Member @ Cotendo
Acquired by AkamaiTech Lead, Software & System Architect, and Infrastructure Team Leader. Following acquisition, served as principal lead for next-gen internet infrastructure (edge servers across 250K locations).
Within R&D, while I value the 'D', it's the 'R' that truly excites me. My research extensively delved into:
- ✦High-performance network I/O programming (coroutines vs. native threads)
- ✦Coarse-grained locks and Intel TSX Transactional Synchronization
- ✦CUDA/OpenCL parallel algorithms via GPU parallelization
I wield a polyglot arsenal across the entire spectrum of modern engineering—from low-level systems programming and hardware-level optimizations to high-performance backend languages and agile frontend frameworks. My playground is the core of the Operating System, orchestrated through modern containerization across all major Cloud Platforms.
I architect massive-scale, distributed systems using Microservices and Event-Driven patterns, fueled by high-throughput Big Data engines and streaming architectures. My observability stack ensures that every cycle in a massively distributed environment is accounted for and optimized.
Lately, I've been deep in the trenches of Generative AI and LLM research, specifically focusing on security, RAG architectures, and coding agents. This is underpinned by a hardcore commitment to Cybersecurity—from application security standards to active research into emerging threats and offensive security techniques.