# Haim Shoham

> Senior Staff Software Engineer | Mobile SDKs | Android & C++

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/haim

Senior Staff Software Engineer with expertise in Android and C++, focused on building high performance mobile SDKs. I work on a cutting edge mobile ads platform designed to integrate with mobile games.

I enjoy working in a collaborative team environment, where I focus on achieving shared goals, mentoring teammates, and learning from others.

With a background in computer science and mathematics, I am passionate about solving challenging problems, exploring new domains, and ensuring that the solutions we build are aligned with user needs and priorities.

Email me at haim.shoham (at) outlook (dot) com

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Activision Blizzard Media
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
* Building a cutting edge ad platform for mobile games as part of the AdTech team.

### Software Engineer @ Snap Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2025
* Developing high-performance features for the Snap Map platform using modern C++ on both Android and iOS
* Led the development of the core message retention functionality as part of a complete rewrite of the messaging system on the client side
* Developed chat features both on Android Kotlin and in the native messaging library written in C++

### Technical Lead @ Open Garden Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
* Led the design and implementation for solutions to a wide variety of connectivity challenges
* Innovated peer to peer networking on Android phones to reliably and seamlessly discover and connect to one another
* Built robustness across different Android OS flavors and against error prone APIs
* Sharing internet connection between users giving them the opportunity to get connected and earn cryptocurrency

### Senior Software Engineer @ ChargePoint, Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
* Led the development of EV charging Android app based on ChargePoint's network stations
* Designed full stack architecture to provide EV drivers with mobile functionality
* Defined RESTful JSON APIs used by the iOS and the Android apps

### Android Developer @ Self-Employed
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
* Designed, developed, tested and shipped PlanIt - Android productivity app. 
* PlanIt helps to organize memos, tasks and projects in advanced ways.
* PlanIt boosts productivity by giving the tools to organize, stay focused and achieve what's important.

Website: www.planitapp.co

### Software Engineer and Architect @ NDS/Cisco
Jan 2006 – Jan 2014 | Jerusalem, Israel
* Designed, Implemented and tested software components on a large scale Middleware running on Set Top Box devices.
* Developed Adsmart technology (a system allowing end users to receive targeted ads) for BSKyB - UK TV broadcasting company.
* Solved complicated software defects in a multithreaded embedded environment using GDB.
* Provided system wide design and performed design reviews for newly required functionality.
* Experience: C, Python, Java, JavaScript, Linux Bash, GNU Make, Eclipse, Mercurial, Clearcase, Enterprise Architect, Time Doctor, SQLite, Embedded Real-time Development, Static Code Analysis, Performance Optimization, MPEG.

### Technical Lead @ Ofek Aerial Photography
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 | Netanya, Israel
* Design, developed and managed the development of Mutlivision – Photogrammetric, GIS, 3D system written in C++ that allows the user to analyze and measure real world objects captured in oblique aerial photographs. 
* Developed a web service based on XML Soap together with corresponding client wrapped in a COM object.
* Planned and developed a software licensing system based on public key cryptography.
* Invented US Patent 20080279447 - Computational solution of a building of three dimensional virtual models from aerial photographs.
* Experience: C, C++, C#, Multithreading, Windows MFC, Directshow, DirectX, DLL, COM, XML SOAP, Terrain Rendering, GIS, Digital Terrain Model, Camera Calibration, Photogrammetry, Stereo Imaging.


## Education
### Master's Degree in Mathematics
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/haimshoham

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Last updated: 2026-04-01