[{"content":"I started out as an energy engineer — spent four years at Kinneret Academic College studying thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and systems design, graduating with a 92 GPA. Somewhere along the way I got pulled into software. I wrote my first real program to automate a tedious calculation, and that was it.\nIn 2021 I completed a fullstack bootcamp and moved into software professionally. Since then I\u0026rsquo;ve shipped production systems across fintech, bioinformatics, cloud infrastructure, and industrial SaaS — mostly in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, with a growing focus on AWS architecture and DevOps.\nI don\u0026rsquo;t specialize narrowly. I\u0026rsquo;ve built React frontends, Node.js backends, Python ETL pipelines, Terraform infrastructure, Kubernetes deployments, and GitHub Actions CI/CD — often on the same project. I find the full stack more interesting than any single layer of it.\nWhat I care about in my work:\nClarity over cleverness. Systems that are easy to reason about outlast clever ones. Owning the whole thing. I\u0026rsquo;m comfortable taking a feature from requirements to production, including the deployment pipeline. Fast feedback. I work with AI tools daily (Claude Code since early 2025, GitHub Copilot before that) and think seriously about how to get better information faster. I\u0026rsquo;m based in Bala Cynwyd, PA (Philadelphia area) and open to remote roles. If you\u0026rsquo;re building something interesting and could use someone who spans development and infrastructure, let\u0026rsquo;s talk.\nStack: Python · TypeScript · React · Node.js · AWS · Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker · PostgreSQL · GitHub Actions\nContact: bestshahar9@gmail.com · GitHub\n","date":null,"permalink":"https://shahar.best/about/","section":"Shahar Best","summary":"\u003cp\u003eI started out as an energy engineer — spent four years at Kinneret Academic College studying thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and systems design, graduating with a 92 GPA. Somewhere along the way I got pulled into software. I wrote my first real program to automate a tedious calculation, and that was it.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2021 I completed a fullstack bootcamp and moved into software professionally. Since then I\u0026rsquo;ve shipped production systems across fintech, bioinformatics, cloud infrastructure, and industrial SaaS — mostly in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, with a growing focus on AWS architecture and DevOps.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"About"},{"content":"","date":null,"permalink":"https://shahar.best/projects/","section":"Projects","summary":"","title":"Projects"},{"content":"","date":null,"permalink":"https://shahar.best/","section":"Shahar Best","summary":"","title":"Shahar Best"}]