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Val Kotlarov Hoffman

AI Engineer & Architect | Strategic Engineering Leader

  • 🔭 Current Focus: Building AI-first products and Agentic NLP systems.
  • 🌍 Location: Rishon LeZiyon, Israel
  • 🛠️ Experience: 25+ years transforming technical debt into market-ready SaaS.

🚀 Strategic Expertise

  • AI & Data: LLM Architectures (RAG), Agentic NLP, Python Data Pipelines.
  • Architecture: Microservices, Cloud Cost Optimization, Cross-Server Platforms.
  • Compliance: ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2, SaaS Hardening.
  • Leadership: CTO as a Service, Roadmap Strategy, Engineering Org Scaling.

🛠 Technical Mastery

  • Core Languages: Python, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, TypeScript, C#.
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Redis, PostgreSQL, Firebase, Nginx.
  • Specialties: Agentic AI, Real-time Search, IoT Data, Compiler Design (Lex/Yacc).

Note: I am currently focusing on modern stacks. While I have deep roots in C++, Go, and JVM languages, I prefer architecting in Python, Ruby, and Node.js for high-velocity AI development.

💼 Recent Experience

Founder & CTO | vkhey! Mar 2025 – Present * Architecting multimodal RAG systems (text, video, audio) using LangChain and OpenAI.

  • Engineering event-sourced architectures with Firebase for 100% auditability.

Principal Developer | Labguru May 2023 – Mar 2025 * Built a first-of-its-kind cross-server communication platform.

  • Led technical implementation for ISO 27001, GDPR, and SOC 2 compliance.

Principal Developer | Kando Jan 2021 – Mar 2023 * Tech lead for the National COVID-19 monitoring project via IoT data streams.

  • Optimized data-processing algorithms and high-performance dashboards.

Principal R&D Dev | SeekingAlpha Jul 2015 – Jul 2020 * Built multi-million dollar ad products and analytics pipelines for millions of monthly users.

  • Standardized frontend excellence with React and BEM patterns.

📫 Connect with Me

Credits

This project uses the Brave Search API for real-time web grounding.
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