Bar Hochman

Full-Stack Engineering · Go & React · Cybersecurity

Building secure products. Connecting services and interfaces. Automating the repetitive parts.

I build SaaS and AI security products at Valence Security, working across Go backend services and React interfaces. My background is in Python, APIs, developer tooling, and security automation, with experience in identity, authentication, and predictive threat protection.

• Keep code maintainable with clear interfaces, type safety, and useful tests.
• Connect backend services and frontend behavior to solve product problems end to end.
• Automate repetitive work, from local development and CI/CD to QA and update monitoring.

Go (Golang) · Python · TypeScript · FastAPI · Pydantic · REST APIs · Asynchronous processing

React · TypeScript · JavaScript

PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · Docker · Kubernetes · Linux

Pytest · mypy · GitHub Actions · CI/CD · Developer tooling

SaaS & AI security · Current

• Build core product capabilities for Identities and Integrations.
• Develop across the stack, from backend services in Go to frontend interfaces in React.
• Build AI workflows for automated scraping of updates and automated QA, and adapt software development practices to incorporate AI throughout the development lifecycle.

Identity & authentication

• Developed passwordless identity and authentication products.
• Migrated application logic from the backend to the frontend.

Predictive cybersecurity

• Broke down a monolithic API into microservices to reduce load and improve performance for customers.
• Built CI/CD pipelines to automate software delivery.

• Developed software for developer-first security products.

Security orchestration, automation & response (SOAR)

• Joined Palo Alto Networks through its acquisition of Demisto in March 2019.
• Contributed to the Demisto SDK, building Python tooling for developing and validating security integrations and content in the Cortex XSOAR ecosystem.

• M.A. in Urban Planning, Bar-Ilan University · 2023–2026 · Completed July 2026
• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Holon Institute of Technology · 2016–2019

• The soundtrack: Guitar, bass, and ukulele.
• The sidelines: Hapoel Holon basketball.
• The side quest: Former video game journalist, including an invitation from Rockstar Games to preview Red Dead Redemption 2 in Athens.