Hello there. My name is Arik Cohen and I'm a full time nerd. When I got my first computer at the age of 8 I realized that my search for a purpose in life is over. So if you have some crazy idea involving technology that is going to take over the world I want to hear about it.
Designed and developed a full service video processing pipeline for Disney Movies Anywhere and other Disney business units. I also designed and developed several other backend components that is used to power Disney Movies Anywhere.
Responsibilities include design and development of backend services in both Java and NodeJS. Key projects include the development of fraud protection service, customer migration from other providers and video encoding pipeline.
Responsibilities include design and implementation of database solutions within a MySQL clustered environment, writing REST services, automating batch processes using Spring Batch, providing messaging solutions using AMQP (RabbitMQ) and generally developing infrastructure-level services.
Owned the development of the middle tier for the new mobile disney store m.disneystore.com. Responsibilities include the design and development of the web application using Spring Framework/Spring MVC & J2EE, JSP development, integration with a WebSphere based commerce backend, cart integration, guided navigation catalog backend (Oracle Endeca) integration and security of the application.
Designed and developed an online web application used by the company in the review process of all assets produced by their designers. The system is used internally by all designers, art directors, web developers, producers and account managers, as well as by external clients on the lot. I built the system from the ground up both on the front end using JSP/Tiles & jQuery and backend using the Spring stack, hibernate & MySQL.
Designed and developed with my wife a free electronic greeting cards service.
Arik is an extremely focused and productive engineer. A consummate professional that demonstrated both back end and front end software development skills. He was independent and delivered a high quality product with limited direction.
Arik is highly recommended and would be an asset on any development team.
I worked with Arik on a priority 1 data migration project that required the development of a system to accurately resolve large volumes of video metadata on an automated basis. In addition to having a true knack and enthusiasm for wrangling data, I found Arik to be exceptionally proactive and open to new ideas, a true leader as well as an extremely solid developer. He is smart and thoughtful, but also not afraid to roll up his sleeves and push things through, which are exactly the qualities I look for in a developer.
Arik is simply the best software engineer and architect I had the privilege to work with. During our military service at the Israel Defense Forces, Arik and I led an innovative solution, a first of its kind system. Arik led all the design and development processes that were completed ahead of schedule, with a quality level that exceeded all expectations. The technological challenges Arik needed to face with were countless – But if you are looking for someone to solve a challenging technology problem – Arik is the one! Arik is defiantly the most innovative software engineer I have worked with in the last 15 years and the ideal partner to challenge the world with.
