Boris Vinokur

Co-Founder

Walnut Creek, California, United States10 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Drove $200M revenue at AWS through strategic pricing optimization.
Built and scaled teams from 8 to 40+ engineers.
Founded AI products and secured significant funding.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI-focused engineering leader with extensive experience in team management and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementArtificial Intelligence (ai)Amazon Web Services (aws)Team LeadershipSoftware ManagementStrategic Leadership

Other Skills

PythonTypeScriptReactNode.jsAWSDockerPostgreSQLOpenAI/Claude APIsVector DatabasesCI/CDAWS FargateMicroservicesContainerizationRAG pipelineEmail Automation

About

Engineering leader who builds teams that ship. 10+ years scaling products from 0→1 and teams from 8→40+ across AWS, Workday, and high-growth startups. What I do: → Build and scale engineering teams (hired 50+ engineers, promoted 12 to senior/staff levels) → Ship products that drive revenue ($200M+ impact at AWS) → Develop talent through structured 1:1s, career pathing, and hands-on mentorship Career highlights: • AWS: Drove $200M revenue, launched products across 15 countries, led cross-functional teams of 40+, 95% team retention • Workday: Built real-time collaboration tools for 500+ global users, scaled team 5→10+ engineers • Startups: Founded AI products, raised angel funding, built go-to-market from scratch Tech I work with: Python, AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3), Kubernetes, React, Node.js, AI/ML infrastructure, CI/CD Background: Berkeley MBA | Former quantitative trader | Built trading systems managing $100M+ AUM Currently building AI automation at SettleOn AI. Open to Engineering Manager and Director of Engineering roles.

Experience

10 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Settleon ai

Engineering Lead / Founder

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

Founded and led engineering for AI startup, building and managing a team while personally architecting three production SaaS platforms serving 100+ users.
Key Achievements:
Built and managed engineering team: recruited contractors, conducted technical interviews, established code review processes, mentored junior developers, and set engineering standards
Launched upply.app (AI form automation) on AWS Fargate: containerized microservices, horizontal auto-scaling, multi-tenant architecture; achieved 1,000+ forms processed, 100+ active users, 99.9% accuracy
Engineered legal intelligence platform with RAG pipeline integrating Claude/OpenAI APIs; secured $350K strategic data partnership with Unicourt
Developed RevNode email automation SaaS with intelligent campaign orchestration and personalization engine for marketing teams
Established engineering best practices: CI/CD with GitHub Actions, 90%+ test coverage, infrastructure-as-code with AWS CDK, CloudWatch monitoring, zero-downtime deployments
Technologies: Python, TypeScript, React, Node.js, AWS (Fargate, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CDK), Docker, PostgreSQL, OpenAI/Claude APIs, Vector Databases, CI/CD
Leadership: Team building, hiring, 1:1s, code reviews, technical mentorship, product roadmap, stakeholder management, agile development

PythonTypeScriptReactNode.jsAWSDocker+6

Amazon web services (aws)

Software Development Manager

Mar 2022 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Led a team of 15 engineers in strategic capacity planning and pricing optimization for EC2 Spot, serving millions of global customers across 15+ countries.
Key Achievements:
Built and scaled engineering team from 8 to 15 engineers; established hiring processes, conducted 50+ technical interviews, mentored senior engineers into tech leads
Generated $200M additional revenue by transforming price elasticity response, reinforcing AWS's dominance in cloud computing cost-efficiency
Delivered 2x capacity expansion (1.5B instance hours/month) through cross-functional collaboration with Product, Finance, and Operations stakeholders
Developed price-capacity allocation strategy adding 100M uninterrupted instance hours monthly, reducing interruptions by 1.5x
Automated service launches cutting manual work by 95%, saving 1,000 dev-hours annually; used Python, AWS Lambda, and CI/CD pipelines
Innovated on-call workflows reducing triage time from hours to minutes, boosting team output by 50%
Technologies: Python, Java, AWS (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3), Kubernetes, CI/CD, CloudWatch, Infrastructure-as-Code
Leadership: Agile/Scrum, sprint planning, performance reviews, 1:1s, career development, cross-functional team leadership, stakeholder management

PythonJavaAWSKubernetesCI/CDCloudWatch+2

Workday adaptive planning

Software Engineering Manager

Oct 2017 – Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Led a team of 10+ engineers building next-generation B2B SaaS financial planning platform serving Fortune 500 enterprises globally.
Key Achievements:
Built and scaled engineering team from 5 to 10+ engineers across 3 locations; conducted 20+ technical interviews, established performance review processes, mentored engineers into senior roles
Led real-time collaboration feature development serving 500+ global users; architected WebSocket-based infrastructure enabling multi-user editing with sub-second latency
Drove enterprise client acquisition by implementing SOC2 and GDPR compliance frameworks, securing contracts with Fortune 100 companies
Championed application performance optimizations, reducing page load times by 40% and improving user engagement metrics
Earned 'Team of the Quarter' recognition for leading Adaptive Insights merger integration and fostering inclusive team culture
Promoted from Senior Engineer to Engineering Manager based on exceptional technical leadership and business impact
Technologies: Java, JavaScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, REST APIs, Microservices
Leadership: Agile/Scrum, sprint planning, 1:1s, performance management, hiring, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management

JavaJavaScriptReactNode.jsPostgreSQLRedis+6

Bank of america

Technical Team Lead

Aug 2014 – Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · On-site

Led 8-engineer team modernizing portfolio management infrastructure for global trading operations supporting multi-billion dollar portfolios.
Served as manager and product owner, optimizing trading desk integration and spearheading a diverse team of engineers and consultants, aligning with leadership in diverse and high-performing team environments.
Directed comprehensive team dynamics, encompassing interviewing, recruiting, performance management, and strategic staffing, fostering a culture of excellence and inclusive growth.
Orchestrated a major overhaul of the portfolio management system, leading a global engineering team to achieve a fourfold enhancement in system performance and user engagement, showcasing global team management and technical innovation.
Promoted due to exceptional leadership and impactful advancements in the software development lifecycle, incorporating sophisticated collaboration and progress tracking tools, aligning with high-performance and innovative team management.

Software ManagementStrategic Leadership