Yaniv Preiss

People management of 12 engineers, project management and operations of AWS Lambda code management. Responsible for quarterly roadmap prioritization and tracking, task assignment, performance management and career development. Reduced operational load and aligned team output with AWS's long-term service strategy.

Led 2 full-stack, remote, empowered and high-performing Kanban teams, expanding our retail omnichannel platform. Golang microservices over Kubernetes communicating over RESTful APIs, gRPC, SQS and using various AWS and managed services like Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, MongoDB and RabbitMQ with Terraform, React and React Native. TDD, pairing and trunk-based development.

• Increased OKRs by 42% by focusing on priority, reducing support efforts and incremental delivery

• Increased delivery speed and quality by 55% (DORA metrics) by adjusting the ways of working

• Increased retention, trust and alignment by introducing managerial practices, such as measurable OKRs, 1:1, feedback, coaching, training of Engineering Managers and revamping the hiring process.

Part of the executive team, responsible for technology, processes and people in making Engineering a force multiplier. Led engineers, QA, IT and DevOps in cross-functional autonomous teams, distributed over Germany, Poland and Ukraine, using Ruby on Rails, AWS, Heroku, Kafka and React.

• Reduced cycle time by 70% by introducing a productivity enhancement program

• Increased OKRs impact by 38% and 20% eNPS by introducing a tech strategy, performance management, career ladder, individual development plans, hiring remotely, educational activities and continuous training sessions for other executives

• Reduced expenses by 25% on infrastructure and software by negotiating, and fine-tuning usage