Summary
Avi Zurel is a distinguished software engineering leader with 14+ years of experience spanning B2B and B2C, driving architecture, platform, infrastructure, and SRE across the product lifecycle. At Hippo Insurance, he leads as Distinguished Engineer, after previously scaling infrastructure and platform, and advises ML/AI platforms at MLtwist, combining cloud-native operations with AI/ML deployment. He has a proven track record of shipping reliable, scalable systems—e.g., at Globality he cut release cycles from monthly to daily while reducing bugs by 96% and achieved no-downtime deployments. Earlier at Gogobot/Trip.com, he scaled a large user base to 2.5M and built a big-data platform spanning multiple terabytes, plus architected an API platform for mobile. He excels at building self-serve DevOps workflows, mentoring teams, and aligning engineering with business goals, consistently transforming legacy systems and accelerating business capabilities. Based in Cedar Park, Texas, Avi combines hands-on engineering with leadership and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-impact technology programs.
14 years of coding experience