Avi Youkhananov is an experienced software engineer with a strong background in server-side applications and infrastructure development. Currently serving as Staff Engineer and Head of the Backend guild at Outbrain since September 2016, Avi focuses on building and maintaining R&D infrastructure, enhancing the development process, and implementing micro-services architecture using Java and Spring. Prior experience includes roles at myThings as Scrum Lead/Java Big Data, NCR Corporation as .Net Software Engineer, and Bank Leumi as a .Net Developer. Avi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Netanya Academic College.