Tal Grynbaum
Verified Expert in Engineering
Back-end Developer
Meneou, Larnaca, Cyprus
Toptal member since August 4, 2022
Tal is an experienced software engineer and entrepreneur who has managed several multi-level projects and is passionate about finding simple, efficient solutions to complex problems. He has vast knowledge in multiple software development areas and technology. Tal is familiar with working in various company sizes, from small startups to large corporations.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Node.js, GraphQL, Technical Leadership
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is an insanely secured cryptocurrency exchange, which operates under the premise that any service can be hacked, but no harm can be done.
Work Experience
CTO and Co-founder
Circular.markets
- Visioned, designed, and developed a visionary product for social influencers.
- Developed the product's app with Next.js and Internet Computer back end (ICP).
- Implemented smart contracts in Solidity and Motoko.
CTO
Power My Analytics
- Developed a marketing automation platform that connects to 50+ advertising and eCommerce platforms.
- Managed a distributed development team of eight developers.
- Managed developing new connectors and migrating existing connectors to a new technology.
Full-stack Lead Developer
Harvard Kennedy School of Government - Main (Toptal Projects)
- Researched various visualization tools and libraries suitable for Harvard's requirements.
- Created architecture for Harvard's Workforce development sector almanac.
- Planned the development effort and required team for the implementation.
Director of Innovation Lab
Investing.com
- Refactored the company's old PHP infrastructure to use a modern GraphQL server.
- Managed a project of migrating our fundamental financial data provider.
- Designed a brand new real-time quotes delivery system, supporting delivery of real-time quotes of 300,000+ financial instruments to a huge number of concurrent subscribers.
CTO
Market Group
- Managed the development of a full-scale eCommerce marketplace, using the market.com and sport.com domain names. It was set to compete with leading marketplaces like Amazon and Wish.
- Developed a state-of-the-art, microservices-oriented platform with over 100 microservices.
- Managed company-level architecture, platform, data configuration processes, and implementation protocols.
- Collaborated with third-party vendors to implement a new mobile app.
- Interpreted multifaceted technological issues into defined frameworks and highly scripted action plans.
CTO
TMobi
- Led the development of mobile advertising SDK and apps.
- Managed company-level architecture, platform, and data configuration processes as well as implementation protocols.
- Maintained high-level knowledge of current and emerging technology development and applications.
CTO
Omnibit
- Led the development of a cryptocurrency exchange system and various crypto-related products.
- Managed company-level architecture, platform, and data configuration processes as well as implementation protocols.
- Tested security technologies regularly and implemented network penetration assessment tools.
- Provided project leadership in a dynamic, technology-driven environment with multiple priorities.
- Developed and implemented a long-term strategic technological blueprint.
CTO & Co-founder
Apprival
- Founded a mobile intelligence platform and developed most of its code, including the Android SDK, the Node.js back end, and its big data processing in Scala on Spark.
- Participated in Dreamit NY, a leading startup incubation program.
- Led the company through two rounds of fundraising.
CTO & Co-founder
Cryptodom
- Co-founded a software development company focused on developing cryptocurrency solutions, which included a highly scalable and customizable gaming platform for casino games.
- Oversaw every aspect of the project, including planning, designing the architecture, coding, and deploying the platform on cloud servers.
- Developed 3D front-end games using HTML5, three.js, GSAP, and CSS3.
CTO & Co-founder
Appwrks
- Co-founded a company that developed a platform for social gaming that allowed game developers to concentrate on building the game itself while the platform handled any other aspect of the game.
- Ensured the platform was highly scalable to support social applications with hundreds of thousands of daily active users.
- Developed our home brand social casino to showcase the platform.
CTO
XWise R&D
- Managed the team that developed the marketing and affiliate system used by major online casino operators such as William Hill, Ladbrokes, and Europartners.
- Took over and improved a poorly-implemented product developed by a Bulgarian company that supported only a couple of hundred requests per second.
- Supervised the team that improved the product mentioned above to support 50,000 requests per second on the same hardware.
Chief Architect
Playtech
- Oversaw the company's entire architecture and development efforts and managed three local architects.
- Managed the development of Playtech's next-generation multiplayer game server and environment. Assembled a team of 25 top developers in the company.
- Performed technical due diligence for the various companies that Playtech was interested in acquiring.
CTO
Projelogic
- Supervised the technology development in a group of companies held by the same owner, which included gaming operators, payment processors, a hotel chain, a booking site and others.
- Closely designed and monitored the development of an affiliate system.
- Performed technical due diligence for multiple perspective companies.
Chief Architect
Jacada
- Integrated the cross-protocol communication layer with Jacada's tools.
- Managed a development team building integration software for the mainframe and AS/400 machines.
- Designed and developed Jacada's tools for call centers and deployed them to various clients, including West Corp and Vodafone.
- Developed a .NET application server based on Jakarta EE concepts.
Engineering Manager
Sun Microsystems
- Developed connectors for Sun's application servers that connect to various external platforms, including mainframes, AS/400, MQSeries, and Tuxedo.
- Participated in the JEE Community that specified specs for Java Enterprise Edition.
- Promoted and lectured about JEE for Sun's customers and at conferences.
Experience
Investing.com
http://investing.comCryptocurrencies Exchange
market.com - eCommerce marketplace
The back end was designed as a headless back end, which served both the web/mobile web Angular client and iOS and Android native apps. The marketplace hosted around 100 merchant accounts.
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, REST APIs, RxJS, Sockets, Socket.IO, API Development, jQuery, NgRx, React Redux, Stripe API, Stripe, JavaScript Charting, OpenID, Three.js, Shopify API, WebGL, Vue, Pandas, D3.js
Tools
Git, Jira, Auth0, GitHub, Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), RabbitMQ, NGINX, Webpack, Google Analytics, Jenkins, Figma, Remix IDE, Tableau, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), JavaScript Testing, Vault, PWABuilder, AWS CloudFormation, IBM MQ, AWS IAM, AWS CLI
Languages
GraphQL, Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, SQL, CICS, C++, JavaScript 6, Object-oriented JavaScript (OOJS), PHP, HTML5, Kotlin, Python, CSS, C#, C#.NET, C, Assembly, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Visual Basic, PHP 7, Solidity, Scala, CSS3, Less, Sass
Frameworks
Android SDK, Express.js, Vanilla JS, .NET, Next.js, Spark, OAuth 2, Apache Spark, Angular, GigaSpaces, Spring, Spring Boot, Bootstrap, Material UI, Redux, Web Frameworks, gRPC, React Native, Jest, .NET Core, Hibernate, GWT, NestJS, Cypress, AWS HA, Ant Design
Paradigms
REST, Requirements Analysis, Back-end Architecture, Microservices, MEAN Stack, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Asynchronous Programming, Concurrent Programming, Scalable Application, Design Patterns, Scrum, Agile, Test-driven Development (TDD), Unit Testing, ETL, DevOps, UI Design, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), UX Design
Platforms
Android, Apache Kafka, Amazon EC2, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Mobile, Kubernetes, Oracle, Sanity Studio, Shopify, JEE, Databricks, Blockchain, Heroku, Firebase, New Relic, AWS Lambda, WordPress, Netlify, Ethereum, GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP), Magento 2, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM WebSphere, Mapbox, AWS NLB, HubSpot, Vercel
Storage
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, IBM Mainframe, IBM Db2, NoSQL, Databases, JSON, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Aerospike, Greenplum, HBase, Redis, Data Lakes, JBoss AS, Google Cloud, Elasticsearch, Firebase Realtime Database, ScyllaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Cloud Firestore, Amazon DynamoDB
Industry Expertise
Travel & Leisure
Other
Apollo Server, Bitcoind, APIs, Architecture, Full-stack, Web Development, System Architecture, CTO, Technical Leadership, Software Architecture, Team Leadership, Remote Team Leadership, Back-end, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Trading, Cryptocurrency, Leadership, MERN Stack, IT Strategy, Full-stack Development, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Data Scraping, Front-end, Scalability, Technical Hiring, Source Code Review, Code Review, Task Analysis, Interviewing, Containers, Debugging, Games, Asynchronous Servers, Solution Architecture, User Interface (UI), Gaming, Authentication, API Integration, Dashboards, Software Design, Scalable Architecture, Metrics, Cloud, OAuth, Distributed Systems, Web Services, AWS Cloud Architecture, Online Payments, Cloud Platforms, Webhooks, Interactive UI, Mobile Apps, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), eCommerce, Headless Software, WebSockets, Encryption, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), RSA, PWA, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), Big Data, QR Codes, Login & Registration, Data Visualization, Responsive UI, Smart Contracts, Fintech, Serverless, CI/CD Pipelines, Security, Money Transfers, Know Your Customer (KYC), Data Warehousing, Visualization Design, UI Animation, User Experience (UX), Microsoft Office SDK, Office Add-ins, Layer7 API Gateway, Non-fungible Tokens (NFT), Interactive Maps, Payment Gateways, Payment APIs, Card Payments, Credit Cards, Apache Cassandra, FlashAir, Content Management Systems (CMS), Integration Testing, Video Streaming, Custom Shopify Apps, Shopify Customizations, Storybook, Data Science, Windows Internals, Mainframe, BEA WebLogic Server, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Service Meshes, Charts, Google Cloud Functions, Google BigQuery, Ethers.js, motoko
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