Uri Peretz

Overview

Based in Tel Aviv. I lead API platforms at Quartz Labs. Moved 84% of public API traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Most at home with PostgreSQL and Python. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

Best reached early in the week

Experience

1. VP of Engineering

   Oct 2022 - Present
   Quartz Labs · 4 yr · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
   • Shipped 24 launches on the public API team without a rollback.
   • Brought on-call pages for public API down from 38 a week to 3.
2. Senior Backend Engineer

   Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
   Uber · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
   • Cut p99 latency on the public API services from 856ms to 72ms.
3. Staff Backend Engineer

   Jul 2018 - Feb 2021
   Standard Chartered · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
   • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 34% in two quarters.
   • Moved 73% of public API traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
4. Backend Engineer

   May 2017 - Jul 2018
   Aramco · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
   • Brought on-call pages for public API down from 20 a week to 2.
5. Principal Engineer

   Jun 2015 - May 2017
   Fiverr · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
   • Sit on 7 boards.
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.

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Education

1. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

   MS, Electrical Engineering
   2007 - 2009
2. Technion

   BSc, Electrical Engineering
   1999 - 2003