Joe Averbukh
About Joe Averbukh
Joe Averbukh is the Co-Founder of InstantDB and has a rich background in software engineering, having worked at companies like Airbnb and Facebook. He holds a degree in Mathematics/Economics from UCLA and has been involved in various entrepreneurial ventures.
Company
Joe Averbukh is currently working at InstantDB as a Co-Founder. He co-founded the company with Stepan Parunashvili in 2022. InstantDB focuses on innovative database solutions, including client-side databases that support optimistic updates, multiplayer, and offline modes. InstantDB's mission is to redefine data interaction and accessibility for developers and businesses.
Previous Work Experience
Before joining InstantDB, Joe Averbukh co-founded JS Capital Ventures and worked there from 2020 to 2022. He served as a Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb from 2019 to 2020, where he developed self-serving dashboards for Airbnb's incentive programs, playing a crucial role during COVID-related relief efforts. Averbukh took a two-year career break from 2017 to 2019 to travel. He also held positions at Facebook and URX (acquired by Pinterest) as a Software Engineer, and at Quixey as an API Engineer.
Education and Expertise
Joe Averbukh graduated from UCLA with a degree in Mathematics at the age of 19. He has an educational background from Y Combinator, reflecting his commitment to entrepreneurial and technical excellence. His expertise spans various technologies, including client-side databases, React Native, and graph-based database solutions.
Personal Background
Joe Averbukh immigrated to the United States from Azerbaijan as a child, inspired by his entrepreneurial parents. He has been deeply involved in the tech industry, founding multiple projects such as Jobsearch.dev, ExportHealth, Zeneca, and Consistent before working on Instant.
Professional Contributions
Throughout his career, Joe Averbukh has contributed significantly to the tech industry. He participated in the design transformation from SQL to a triple store and a query language that transpiles to Datalog. He also built and launched internal mobile apps using React Native during his tenure at Facebook and contributed to the creation of InstaQL, a query language inspired by GraphQL. Additionally, he is actively engaged in writing essays about database technologies and application development.