Gilad Lekner
Frontend Engineering Manager at Wiz
Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolGilad Lekner is a Frontend Engineering Manager based in Tel Aviv with nine years of experience building human-centered interfaces and leading high-performing web teams. He progressed from intern to engineering manager at Wiz after a multi-year tenure at Red Hat, where he led the Kubevirt Dynamic Plugin and modernized OpenShift UI components using React, TypeScript, and Redux. A hands-on contributor to major open-source projects like PatternFly, Foreman, and the OpenShift Console, he has a track record of shipping reusable UI components (cards, notification drawers, diff views) and improving developer workflows. Gilad combines product-focused design sensibilities with deep frontend engineering expertise, and is known for making complex platform UIs feel approachable and fast. He also brings practical dev-experience improvements—containerized, federated module setups that let engineers start coding in seconds—bridging developer ergonomics with user-facing polish.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at The College of Management Academic Studies
Github Skills (19)
kubernetes10
javascript10
react-components10
ui-components10
typescript10
user-interface10
ui-design10
react-component10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
kubernetes-pods10
typescripts10
patternfly10
react10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
openshift/console
Nov 2019 - Aug 2022
OpenShift Cluster Console UI
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:151 reviews, 195 commits, 328 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Gilad primarily contributed to the front-end development of the OpenShift Console UI, focusing on the creation and modification of components within the kubevirt-plugin package. Their work involved implementing features related to Windows guest tools, including modifications to storage configurations and the addition of new UI elements. They also addressed bugs related to CD-ROM functionality and disk summary, enhancing the user experience. Additionally, the user worked on implementing the UI elements for the CPU pinning functionality.
consoleopenshiftk8skubernetescluster
theforeman/foreman
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
an application that automates the lifecycle of servers
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 45 PRs, 371 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Gilad primarily contributed to the refactoring and enhancement of the user interface within the `foreman` repository. Their work included significant modifications to the notification drawer, pagination, and overall layout, utilizing patternfly-react components. They also focused on implementing React components, ensuring improved UI performance. The user demonstrated their skills in front-end development through these contributions.
automatesmaasinfrastructure-managementvirtualizationhybrid-cloud
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