Nebez Briefkani

Nebez Briefkani

Software & startup enthusiast based in Toronto, Canada

Currently Head of Customer Engineering, Canada at AWS Canada helping public sector customers innovate for Canadian citizens. I run a team of forward-deployed software engineers and an investment program focused on solving Canada's toughest challenges.

Previously co-founded vessel.co, ran engineering teams at Lightspeed, SSENSE, and LXRandCo, and developed for now-defunct Infantry Online.

After two failed ventures and one successful IPO of an omnichannel retailer, I've developed deep expertise in ecommerce, retail consumer, and payments industries. I help start-ups in similar industries with product development, technical direction, and growth. Email and LinkedIn are the best way to get replies.

Feb 20 2026I just want to deploy

This site doesn't make enough money for complex "safe" deployments. Does yours?

Feb 16 2026This site runs on 30GB of RAM

I had an unused 1gbps port at home I didn't know of. My only option is to stop freeloading off GitHub Pages, start a home server, and get my moneys worth.

May 11 2020Microservice BS

Trade compile-time type safety for runtime errors, feature velocity for defects, and useful stack traces for service meshes and a hefty cloud bill. Welcome to Microservices.