Idan Moyal is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling engineering organizations across cloud-native and security-focused products. Currently Director of Software Engineering at Elastic after progressing through senior leadership roles there, he previously served as CTO of CrowdStrike Falcon Surface (formerly Reposify), blending startup agility with enterprise-grade delivery. His background spans R&D leadership and hands-on engineering at companies like Cloudify and GigaSpaces, giving him deep expertise in distributed systems and platform engineering. Based in Israel, he pairs technical rigor from a Master’s in Computer Science with a track record of turning prototypical ideas into production-ready systems. Known for mentoring teams through rapid growth phases, he balances strategic roadmap planning with an appetite for technical detail and operational excellence. A pragmatic operator, he brings both product sensibility and low-level engineering credibility to high-stakes delivery.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Reichman University
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Holon Institute of Technology
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Idan Moyal - Director Of Software Engineering at Elastic