Bio

A bit about Jacob Shore.
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Short intro

I’m Jacob Shore — software engineer, ordained Rabbi, and language learner based in Beit Shemesh, Israel. This site is a hub for my projects, writing, and whatever else I’m working on or thinking about.

Professionally I build backend systems and infrastructure. Outside of that: Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew, history, philosophy, long conversations, and the occasional stubborn side project.

What I do

Infrastructure for production systems. Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, CI/CD. I’ve run these in constrained, self-hosted environments where things actually have to work. I own deployments from first commit to post-mortem.

Backend engineering across the stack. Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask), Go, Node.js. I move between languages and ecosystems based on what the problem needs.

AI systems integration. RAG pipelines, semantic retrieval, agent orchestration. I’m approaching this as an engineer — building evaluation tooling, debugging context assembly failures, making retrieval systems reliable enough to ship.

Language as a professional tool. Multilingual with a focus on Semitic languages and the broader MENA region. Relevant for multilingual systems, regional work, and security-adjacent contexts.

Résumé (selected experience)

Backend & Infrastructure Engineer

Security-focused technology firm, Tel Aviv 2022–2025

  • Designed, deployed, and operated Kubernetes-based production systems in a security-constrained, self-hosted environment
  • Implemented GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code across multiple services
  • Led delivery of a customer-facing deployment portal — reduced manual onboarding effort by 60%
  • Owned backend services across Python, Go, and Node.js end-to-end
  • Defined engineering standards around testing, deployment, and operational practices

Backend Engineer

IronScales, Ramat Gan 2021–2022

  • Built Django/Python APIs for a high-availability enterprise security platform
  • Worked with infrastructure on deployment, scaling, and reliability on AWS

Backend & Infrastructure Engineer

DatAlign, Beit Shemesh 2019–2021

  • Designed CI/CD pipelines automating test and deployment workflows
  • Built Docker-based deployments for HIPAA-compliant healthcare infrastructure
  • Introduced infrastructure-as-code practices across environments

Prior background

Years of intensive textual study and teaching developed analytical habits, attention to detail, and the ability to explain complex ideas clearly — more useful in engineering than it might sound.

This résumé is intentionally selective. Happy to share details or code samples in conversation.

Spoken Languages

Language Level
English Native
Hebrew C1
Yiddish B1
Arabic B1
Dutch A1

Interests

  • Language learning
  • Writing — as a way to think, not to publish
  • History, philosophy, primary sources
  • Systems thinking and tool design
  • Long-form conversations and careful argument