Itay Kimia is an R&D Group Manager and seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience building customer-facing full-stack products and scaling teams across startups and larger organizations. He combines hands-on backend and frontend expertise with a strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration with Product and Design, driving product-led growth and great user experiences. At Komodor he helped architect the system foundation and later led teams focused on improving onboarding and conversion for Kubernetes troubleshooting workflows. His background includes founding a startup, leading integrations and API teams at Forter, and building high-availability systems in an elite IDF unit—an unusual blend of entrepreneurial grit and operational rigor. Known for clear communication, employee engagement, and continuous growth, he excels at turning complex technical domains into practical, customer-oriented solutions.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Pre Military Course
Computer Science, Physics, French, Computer Science, Physics, French at Ironi D High School
POC for a simple and secure payments app using One-Time-Code to initiate the transaction
Contributions:372 commits, 7 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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