Akiva Berger
Director Of Engineering at Sefaria
Israel
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Top SchoolAkiva Berger is a Director of Engineering and former CTO with 11 years of experience building full-stack products and leading teams across startups and mission-driven ventures. He blends technical leadership at Sefaria and Ricult with deep academic research—holding PhD-level training from Technion and Haifa in educational technology and sociology—bringing a rare mix of engineering rigor and scholarly inquiry. His work at Ricult targeted agricultural impact in developing countries, showing a track record of applying software to measurable real-world outcomes. Equally, his research into how the internet reshapes religious Zionist authority highlights an ability to connect technology, culture, and policy. Comfortable shifting between hands-on engineering and strategic direction, he excels at translating complex social problems into practical technology solutions. Based in Israel, he combines academic depth with operational experience to drive teams toward impactful, evidence-informed products.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Educational/Instructional Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Educational/Instructional Technology at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree Educational/Instructional Technology, Master's degree Educational/Instructional Technology at Tel Aviv UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Sociology Epistomology and education, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Sociology Epistomology and education at University of HaifaBachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Talmudic Studies, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Talmudic Studies at Lifshitz Education College
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (34)
chrome-extension9
nodejs9
firebase8
http-client8
javascript8
ajax8
browser7
android7
rest-api6
documentation-generator6
django-rest-framework6
rest6
django-rest6
django6
rest-framework6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HetzVentures/repoInspector
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Inspect repository data, including countries and organizations of stargazers and forkers.
Contributions:63 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
chrome-extensiondataforks
akiva10b/remote-jinja
May 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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