Information Security Software Engineering

Nir Palombo M.Sc.

Tel Aviv, Israel Mobile: +972-**-***-**** **********@*****.***

Hands-on Software Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience designing scalable systems and leading product delivery across cloud, data, and security domains. Combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership and mentorship to drive engineering excellence, product quality, and business growth. Core Strengths: Distributed Systems · Cloud Architecture (AWS & GCP) · Python & C++ Development · Data Engineering · Performance Optimization · Security & Compliance · CI/CD Pipelines · Product Delivery · Technical Leadership · Team Mentorship

Work Experience

Stay or Go – CTO & System Architect (Co-Founder)

2020 – Present

• Scaled B2B and B2C FinTech platforms (openassure.com.au, stayorgo.com.au) to $1M ARR, integrating with three of Australia’s Big Four banks under CDR compliance.

• Architected a serverless AWS stack using CDK, ECS, SQS, and PostgreSQL, delivering >99.9% uptime with 30% lower infrastructure cost.

• Designed and led development of a multi-tenant backend in FastAPI and a modern React frontend ensuring high availability and performance.

• Established security and compliance frameworks across network, data, and application layers to meet banking-grade standards.

• Implemented Pantsbuild monorepo and CI/CD automation, reducing build and release cycles by 50%.

• Mentored a 6-engineer team, improving code quality, ownership, and delivery consistency. DOV-E – CTO & System Architect (Co-Founder)

2014 - 2020

• Developed patented real-time ultrasonic communication technology, deployed on millions of devices for partners like Coca-Cola Japan, Intel, Alibaba, and BBVA.

• Delivered cross-platform C++14 SDKs for iOS, Android, and Windows, enabling secure, low-latency data transfer.

• Engineered embedded Linux systems with custom kernels, drivers, and low-level audio/Bluetooth stacks for offline mobile payments.

• Deployed scalable backends on AWS and GCP (Docker, Redis, MySQL) processing tens of thousands of TPS.

• Led an R&D team of 4 senior engineers, driving agile processes and end-to-end product delivery. WatchDox (acquired by BlackBerry) – Senior Software Engineer, iOS & MacOS 2011 - 2014

• Built enterprise-grade secure document-sharing apps in Objective-C and C, with encryption and authentication frameworks used by Fortune-500 clients.

• Developed an SDK architecture with Core Data and multithreading, enabling 50% faster feature reuse across multiple products.

Appcell Systems – Software Engineer and Project Lead 2009 - 2011

• Led development and delivery of multiple iOS (Objective-C) and Android (Java) applications.

• Managed full app lifecycle from requirements to release, with several apps achieving Top 10 App Store rankings.

Education

M.Sc. Software Engineering and Business Administration – University of Melbourne, Australia (2018 – 2020) B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Computer Science & Communications) – HIT, Israel (2005 – 2010)

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