Alex Yershov
Senior Backend Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Center District, Israel
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Top SchoolAlex Yershov is a Senior Backend Engineer with six years of experience building scalable, secure architectures for cybersecurity products, currently driving backend initiatives at Palo Alto Networks. Proficient in Go and Python, he combines cloud-native expertise on GKE with practical experience across Azure, AWS, and containerized microservices. His background spans startup agility at Cyvore—where he worked full-stack with React, Node.js and mail integrations—and enterprise-grade security engineering, giving him a pragmatic view of shipping reliable systems. Alex holds a BSc in Computer Science with honors from Hadassah Academic College and is comfortable moving between backend services and integration touchpoints. He brings a hands-on mindset to complex problems, often bridging gaps between front-end needs and backend constraints. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic implementer who favors measurable, production-ready solutions over academic perfection.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, with honors, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, with honors at Hadassah Academic CollegeProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AlexYershov1/TinyFighter
May 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:76 commits in 28 days
AlexYershov1/Battleship
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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