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Liel Amar

Hi, I am Liel Amar

I am a Senior Software Engineer, currently working for Nebius

Black-and-white portrait of Liel Amar in a white T-shirt, smiling, in front of a glass wall

About

I've been building my own and others' ideas since I was 13, and I'm passionate about software design & architecture. I have experience building high-availability and production-ready software, and AI & ML systems.

I have a master's degree in Computer Science, and I'm currently researching AI optimizations at Nebius.

Offline you might find me shooting videos, watching FC Barcelona play, going to the cinema, or traveling the world!

Experience

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    Oct 2026 – Present

    Nebius, Tel Aviv

    I work on adding elastic capabilities to Nebius Token Factory and optimizing inference latency for LLMs.

    • Go
  2. Senior Software Engineer & AI Researcher

    May 2026 – Oct 2026

    Inferize, Tel Aviv

    I researched inference optimizations, and built our elastic inference platform, serving scalable LLMs on our own GPU clusters, using our cold-start solution for inference engines.

    Inferize was acquired by Nebius in October 2026.

    • Go
    • Python
    • TypeScript
    • Google Cloud
    • AWS
    • Kubernetes
  3. Technical Co-founder

    2025 – 2026

    KedAI, Jerusalem

    I co-founded KedAI and built its agent-builder platform, spanning both a self-serve SaaS product and a flexible enterprise offering. Our agents supported live search, on-the-fly RAG, custom tools and integration with external services.

    • Python
    • TypeScript
    • Google Cloud
    • FastAPI
    • React
  4. Software Developer

    2024

    Urbanico, Jerusalem

    I built a unified data storage layer and an end-to-end ML pipeline for analyzing urban data and predicting risk factors for insurance companies. I also built a real-time dashboard for visualizing the data and predictions.

    • Python
    • TypeScript
    • Google Cloud
    • scikit-learn
    • Ray
    • PostgreSQL
  5. Software Developer (Summer Internship)

    2022

    Oversight, Petah Tikva

    I maintained an existing B2B startup codebase.

    • TypeScript
    • Express
    • MongoDB
    • React
  6. Software Developer

    2021

    Rewrite Media, North Carolina

    I developed in-house moderation tools and a real-time audio streaming platform, hosting virtual events and live concerts in video game servers.

    • Java
    • TypeScript
    • Spring
    • React
    • MongoDB
  7. Unit co-founder & Software Developer

    2019 – 2020

    Israel Defense Forces

    I co-founded Unit 88, the tech unit of the Military Police brigade, and developed its infrastructure, internal tools and first software products.

    • TypeScript
    • MongoDB
    • React
  8. Volunteer Staff Member, Mentor

    2019 – 2021

    Hypixel, Quebec

    I trained and mentored new staff members from all over the world and worked alongside developers to design and test new features and games.

Education

  1. Master's in Computer Science

    Oct 2024 – Sep 2026

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    • Finished with honors with a grade of 95.5
    • Researched Weight-Space Learning
  2. Semester Abroad

    Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

    University of Florida

    Participated in the Student Exchange Program

  3. Bachelor's in Computer Science

    Oct 2021 – Sep 2024

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    • Finished with honors with a grade of 93
    • Was on the Dean's List for 2021/22 and 2022/23

Publications

NeurIPS 2025 - Position Paper

We Should Chart an Atlas of All the World's Models

Eliahu Horwitz, Nitzan Kurer, Jonathan Kahana, Liel Amar, Yedid Hoshen

Model Atlas visualization of Hugging Face model families, coloured by relation type

We propose the Model Atlas, an interactive visualization and analysis tool for exploring large-scale AI model repositories. To explore the hidden potential of model repositories, we chart a preliminary atlas representing the documented fraction of Hugging Face. It provides stunning visualizations of the model landscape and evolution. We demonstrate several applications of this atlas including predicting model attributes (e.g., accuracy), and analyzing trends in computer vision models. However, as the current atlas remains incomplete, we propose a method for charting undocumented regions.

Projects

Awards

  1. May 2025

    HUJI's 2025 Hackathon - 1st Place

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    "Double You" - a context-aware personalized AI assistant.

  2. Jun 2023

    Dean's List 2022/2023

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Recognized for outstanding academic performance in the Computer Science department.

  3. May 2023

    HUJI's 2023 Hackathon - Finalist

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    "VolunTime" - an Android application used for finding volunteer opportunities using LLMs.

  4. Jun 2022

    Dean's List 2021/2022

    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Recognized for outstanding academic performance in the Computer Science department.

Contact

The best way to contact me is directly via email, at liel@lielamar.com. Alternatively, send me a message on any platform I'm active on!

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