Yev Barkalov
yev@yev.bar
High Dimensional Research
Infrastructure for Agents/Developers
Principle Hacker (Contractor)
February 2026 - Current
- Working on coding agent harnesses as well as integrating with existing ones
- Contributing to isolated and version-controlled sandboxes
Palantir
Consulting
Infrastructure
September 2025 - January 2026
- Shipped internal features and improvements used by developers across the company
- Assisted with adoption and implementation of AI coding tools within security approved boundaries
LSD
New programming language for interacting with the web
Founder
September 2024 - September 2025
- Developed a dynamically typed language with AI natively embedded for web scraping + browser automation
- Built a local browser with Electron.js and cloud browsers with Kubernetes and Docker
- Designed a holistic internet data infrastructure around a filesystem-based cache for pages in distinct states
- Backed by South Park Commons and Daydream Ventures
Tranquility AI
AI for District Attorneys
Software Engineer
June 2024 - August 2024
- Contributed to TimePilot product which is actively used in cities such as New Orleans
- Helped mature the frontend codebase with improvements such as lint rules and logging
Clearview AI
Facial Recognition for Law Enforcement
Software Engineer
August 2022 - May 2024
- Lead engineer for a cross-platform Golang tool that integrates with customers' data and 3rd party vendors
- Led the discovery/implementation and maintaining self-serve SSO (with SAML and OAuth)
- Developed and oversaw vanguard functionalities such as video processing
Unit21
No-code for Fraud and AML Detection
Software Engineer
February 2021 - August 2022
- Owned and maintained core parts of fullstack application (TypeScript/React + Python)
- Led experimental projects including link analysis which utilizes relationship data for uncovering scenarios such as significant fraud rings
- Contributed to developer productivity by establishing FE standards and reducing CI test times by over 70%
ChannelMeter
Tools for creators
Mobile Lead
March 2020 - February 2021
- Started and led development of financial mobile application with TypeScript and React Native/Expo
- Created and managed build+deployment pipeline for application and Over-The-Air updates
- Full-stack development on core product, an analytics/payroll solution for multi-channel networks
LaunchDarkly
Feature flag delivery
Software Engineering Intern
March 2019 - October 2019
- Built integrations such as APM integration for Datadog with 90% test coverage and full documentation
- Developed new features for feature flag management dashboard using TypeScript/React and Go
- Built internal tools using Express.js and Handlebar.js for an Atlassian Confluence macro; deployed on Heroku
Sourcegraph
Universal Code Search
Open Source Contributor
November 2018 - March 2019
- Was an early contributor to Sourcegraph extensions while it was in Beta
- Utilized TypeScript to develop extensions that integrated with SaaS APIs such as Codecov, SonarQube, CodeClimate
- Developed Sourcegraph extension for LaunchDarkly, a feature flagging software
TrustedFor
YC S19, Community
Software Engineering Intern
August 2018 - November 2018
- Did foundational product engineering using React/Ant Design and Python
- Built API with Flask/SQLAlchemy and Postgres; deployed on Heroku
- Contributed to high-merit recruiting for engineers which partnered with companies including Front, BuildZoom, and Superhuman prior to pivoting to TrustedFor
Repl.it
YC W18, In-browser IDE
Growth Engineer
May 2018 - August 2018
Hack the Fog
San Francisco's first HS hackathon
Lead Organizer
October 2017 - March 2018
- Coordinated sponsorships from several companies including Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn
- Received recognition with an article from the San Francisco Chronicle
Nomad
AI-curated clothing
Data Science
April 2017 - September 2017
- Nomad was a winning project at AngelHack and featured in an documentary available on HBO
- Developed the initial Android application and trained an image classification model for identifying clothing apparel
rLoop
Crowdsourced hyperloop team
Volunteer / Engineering
2017
- Competed in SpaceX-sponsored hyperloop competition