Dekel Asaf
01 / BUILD · DEKEL ASAF

I build systems.
I grow people.

Engineering leader. Hands-on architect. Practical AI builder. I connect the technology, the teams, and the purpose behind the work.

What I’m working on today

OPEN SOURCE / REAL CONSTRAINTS

On-device AI with EdgeIntelligence. Inspectable agent workflows with Agentics Patterns.

A story in four connections
02 / LEAD

Great systems need
great connections.

The hard part is rarely just the code. Architecture, people, incentives, and delivery form one system. I work on the connections that help it move.

  • Start with the system.

    Understand constraints, incentives, and feedback loops.

  • Make ownership explicit.

    Give teams the context and authority to act.

  • Stay close to the work.

    Build, inspect, and challenge assumptions.

  • Develop the people.

    Help engineers and managers grow their judgment.

Read my systems-thinking essay
03 / EXPLAIN

Make the complex
worth a conversation.

Ideas become useful when people can question them, build on them, and put them to work. I write, speak, and co-host conversations about the decisions behind useful technology.

מעבר למודל / לפרק את הבאז

Two Hebrew AI podcasts, co-hosted with Shiron Babi.

Read & listenSpeaking & topics
04 / SERVE

A system matters
when people do.

The same engineering lens belongs in community work. I volunteer in technology leadership with Clubhouse and the Mazilon initiative, in service of mental well-being.

Living Positively / מצילון

Technology with a human purpose.

Explore the initiativeVisit the project website
Hearo

I lead a team of volunteers working on Hearo.

Visit Hearo Now, get closer to the work
Engineering leadership
experience across
CyberArkeToroTransmit Security
The person behind the work ↓
FROM THE STORY TO THE WORK

Ideas, made tangible.

Useful AI, understandable systems, and code you can inspect. Explore the projects in more detail.

SYSTEM SKETCH / 01EDGE AI / RUST
EdgeIntelligenceOpen source

AI, closer to where
it’s needed.

On-device language-model inference: exploring privacy, offline operation, and the realities of constrained hardware.

Rust · Mobile · Edge AIExplore the project
SYSTEM SKETCH / 02AGENTS / WORKFLOWS
Agentics PatternsOpen source

Agent workflows
you can reason about.

A collection of runnable agentic patterns that turns abstract workflows into concrete, inspectable examples.

Patterns · Contracts · EvaluationExplore the project
IDEAS & CONVERSATIONS

Making complexity useful.

Writing, podcasts, and talks about the decisions behind technology and the people who build it.

ESSAY / LEADERSHIP

Your team may not have a performance problem. It may have a system problem.

Why recurring delivery problems deserve a closer look at feedback loops, incentives, and ownership.

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ESSAY / LEADERSHIP

System design: the hidden superpower every manager should master.

Applying an engineering lens to how teams make decisions, hand off work, and absorb change.

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ESSAY / LEADERSHIP

A mechanical approach to SWOT analysis.

Moving from a list of observations to explicit priorities and strategic choices.

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מעבר למודלBEYOND THE MODEL
PODCAST / HEBREW

Beyond the model

Practical AI: context, architecture, security, validation, and the decisions between them.

Co-hosted with Shiron Babi

Listen to the show
לפרק את הבאזUNPACKING THE BUZZ
PODCAST / HEBREW

Unpacking the buzz

A conversation about AI news and what the announcements mean for the people building with it.

Co-hosted with Shiron Babi

Listen to the show
THE PERSON BEHIND THE SYSTEMS

Leader. Builder.
Always a student.

I’ve worked at the intersection of software architecture and engineering leadership in cybersecurity, fintech, and product organizations. I enjoy developing managers, partnering with product, and staying close enough to the technology to test ideas myself.

Beyond formal leadership roles, I build open-source tools, write about how organizations work, co-host AI podcasts, and volunteer on technology with social impact. The common thread: making complex work easier to understand and act on.

Dekel Asaf.
Transmit Security

Core product engineering, operating models, observability, and ownership.

eToro

Engineering and data leadership in complex trading systems.

CyberArk

Security and infrastructure teams across Israel and Poland.

Clubhouse / מצילון

Volunteer technology leadership for a mental well-being initiative.

Hearo

Leading a team of volunteers.

CURRENT FOCUS

Technical partner at Cognitum and co-founder & CTO at Mall Shop Link, alongside practical AI and community work.

LET’S CONNECT

Have a complex challenge?
Let’s make sense of it.

I’m interested in conversations about engineering leadership, practical AI, open source, and technology that matters.

LEADERSHIP/ADVISORY/SPEAKING/COLLABORATION