Summary
Najati Imam is a pragmatic software leader and cofounder based in New York with 13 years of experience building product-focused engineering teams and shipping commercial software. She has progressed from hands-on systems and performance work in graduate research to senior engineering and management roles at organizations like WeWork, Meetup, and SYPartners, and now leads product efforts at Made Up Games. Najati blends deep technical chops—early work optimizing assembly and C for in-network processors—with modern agile and delivery practices honed as a practice lead and director. Known for translating complex requirements into practical, shipped solutions, she thrives at the intersection of architecture, team coaching, and product outcomes. Her career shows a pattern of stepping into roles that scale both technology and teams, often in rapidly evolving product contexts. Colleagues would note her combination of technical rigor and pragmatic leadership as a distinctive asset.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at University of Kentucky
English, ruby, javascript, html/css, c++, the secret language of donuts, c#