Zav Shotan

About Zav Shotan

Open to contracts. My website: askzav.com | experienced software engineer and physicist with a demonstrated history of working in research and business environments (Infrastructure, CI/CI, kubernetes, data pipelines, big data, data modeling, data and devices, databases, precision instruments, web integration, device integration).Cloud Systems: Kubernetes, Docker, Docker compose, GCS/AWS, CircleCI/Github Actions,Databases: BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQLCode: Javascript (+Node.js), Python, SQL, C#, C++, Bash, C, Matlab and others.(OO and procedural)System design: Test Driven Development, SRE, pipelines and prioritizationOptics: K-Space imaging, Confocal imaging, PLM, spatial filtering, STED microscopy, Lowemission microscopy (EMCCD and PMT), others.Microscopy devices: device control (stages, counters), Cavities: construction andstabilization, laser sources (diodes, TECL, fiber lasers).

Experience

1. Senior Production Engineer

   Meta

   Jun 2025 — Present · NY, US

   AI/AR infra modernization, bear metal provisioning, leading the k8s containerization for hardware testing initiative. Hardware/GPU infrastructure for device testing - glasses, wearables, computer vision.

Education

• Makif Yehud High school

  Computer Science

  1995 — 1998

• Bar Illan University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atomic/Molecular Physics

  2009 — 2014

• Bar Illan University

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Atomic Physics

  2007 — 2012

• Bar Illan University

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Physics

  2004 — 2007

Skills

• Matlab
• Javascript
• C++
• Data Analysis
• Spectroscopy
• Mongodb
• C
• Programming
• Experimental Physics
• Atomic Spectroscopy
• Algorithms
• Optics
• Image Processing
• Mysql
• Nanotechnology
• Jquery
• Html
• Mathematical Modeling
• Experimentation
• Server Administration
• C# 4.0
• Research
• Atomic Physics
• Science
• Ajax
• Physics
• C#
• Labview