Career Profile

Lead Software Engineer with a PhD in Neuroscience, currently spearheading healthcare technology development at Quantivly. Experience managing remote development teams and architecting scalable platforms that transform complex medical data into actionable insights. Deep expertise in Python, Django, and full-stack development, combined with strong research background in computational neuroscience and neuroimaging analysis. Passionate about open-source software and bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical industry applications.

Professional Experience

Quantivly

Quantivly

April 2023 - Present

Lead Software Engineer

March 2025 - Present
  • Continue leading Quantivly Hub platform development with expanded team management responsibilities
  • Manage distributed development team of 5 engineers across backend, frontend, and DevOps functions
  • Oversee production deployment and scaling of the platform architecture
  • Drive strategic development methodology improvements and project planning frameworks
  • Balance hands-on technical contributions with leadership and organizational responsibilities

Senior Software Engineer

February 2024 - April 2025
  • Led development of the Quantivly Hub platform from initial design through implementation
  • Implemented Django/React architecture with JSON-RPC over WebSocket communication for real-time data interaction
  • Designed automated CI/CD workflows and infrastructure deployment processes
  • Expanded technical expertise in Django, GraphQL, React, TypeScript, and security best practices
  • Participated in team growth initiatives including interviewing, onboarding, and mentoring new engineers
  • Transitioned to project management responsibilities while maintaining individual contributor work

Software Engineer

April 2023 - February 2024
  • Contributed to architecture and development of radiology data intelligence platform
  • Developed CLI tools for automating development workflows and deployment processes
  • Improved stack documentation and development setup procedures
  • Migrated company codebase from Bitbucket to GitHub, including workflow optimization
SpotItEarly

SpotItEarly

Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

Data Scientist

Oct 2022 - Apr 2023
  • Collaborated on data collection and validation processes
  • Developed signal processing algorithms for early cancer detection
  • Created a robust data pipeline for processing and analyzing experimental data
  • Generated informative reports and visualizations to support research findings
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

2015 - 2023

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Python for Neuroscience

2019 - 2023

Taught Python programming fundamentals to neuroscience graduate students, focusing on data analysis, visualization, and research applications.

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Machine Learning for Neuroscience

2019 - 2023

Instructed graduate students in neuroscience-oriented machine learning concepts, tools, and practical applications for brain data analysis.

Research Assistant

2018

Enhanced Flow Image Correlation Spectroscopy (FLICS) analysis implementation and developed an intuitive application for running analyses and visualizing results.

Neuroanatomy Laboratory Teaching Assistant

2015 - 2023

Guided undergraduate and graduate students through hands-on neuroanatomy laboratory sessions and practical learning experiences.

Education

PhD in Neuroscience

2017 - 2023
Tel Aviv University

Explored predictive modeling of subject attributes using MRI-derived parameters. Specialized in computational neuroscience, neuroimaging analysis, and machine learning applications in brain research.

MSc in Neuroscience

2014 - 2017
Tel Aviv University

Received full four-year scholarship from the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students. Completed diverse coursework across multiple faculties, from medical anatomy to educational theory. Graduated with honors (94.75 final grade) with M.Sc. thesis on cortical layer distribution analysis using inversion-recovery MRI.

Open Source Projects

Key projects developed as part of research efforts and open-source contributions. For additional contributions, see my GitHub profile.

Open DICOM - Cross-platform collaboration to enhance DICOM medical imaging management tools and standards.
The Labbing Project - Comprehensive platform for improving laboratory operations and research management workflows.

Publications

  • A framework for cortical laminar composition analysis using low-resolution T1 MRI images
  • Shamir, I., Tomer, O., Baratz, Z., Tsarfaty, G., Faraggi, M., Horowitz, A., & Assaf, Y.
    Brain Structure and Function 224 (4), 1457-1467, 2019
  • In vivo measurements of lamination patterns in the human cortex
  • Tomer, O., Barazany, D., Baratz, Z., Tsarfaty, G., & Assaf, Y.
    Human Brain Mapping 43 (9), 2861-2868, 2022

    Skills & Proficiency

    Python

    Django

    Git

    Docker

    Scientific Computing

    Platform Architecture

    Linux/Unix & Shell Scripting

    GraphQL

    Team Leadership

    CI/CD Pipeline Design

    Server Administration

    Data Analysis

    React

    Machine Learning

    TypeScript

    RPC Systems

    WebSocket Systems

    Javascript, HTML5 & CSS

    PostgreSQL