Nitzan Yizhar
Software Engineer at Wix
Kiryat Ono, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolNitzan Yizhar is a software engineer based in Kiryat Ono with two years of professional experience building front-end features and improving developer ergonomics at Wix. He specializes in React Native UI work, contributing type-safe enhancements, refactors (including forwardRef patterns), and bug fixes to high-profile open-source libraries like wix/react-native-ui-lib and wix/react-native-calendars. His background spans embedded software at the Weizmann Institute and IT support in the IDF, giving him practical systems and operational grounding beyond typical frontend roles. Currently shipping features at Wix after a student-engineer internship, he blends attention to UI/UX detail with a focus on maintainable, well-typed code and improved test automation.
2 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Economics at Tel Aviv University
Github Skills (10)
typescript10
typescripts10
react-native10
react10
typescript-types10
enums10
ui-components10
testing9
android5
ios5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
wix/react-native-ui-lib
Oct 2023 - Sep 2025
UI Components Library for React Native
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 197 reviews, 236 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Nitzan primarily focused on enhancing the UI components library for React Native. Their contributions included implementing literal enum typings across various components like SkeletonView, Overlay, and Carousel, to improve type safety and code maintainability. They addressed automation gaps and made improvements to tests drivers. They also worked on several bug fixes, including ones related to the Toast component and the rendering of the component content.
react-nativeui-componentsuiiosandroid
wix/react-native-calendars
Nov 2024 - Jun 2025
React Native Calendar Components 🗓️ 📆
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 37 reviews, 17 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Nitzan primarily focused on enhancing the React Native UI components within the `react-native-calendars` repository. Their contributions included refactoring the `AgendaList` component using `forwardRef` for improved component forwarding and refactoring the `ExpandableCalendar` to include calculations and imperative toggling. Furthermore, they addressed styling issues and improved component layout. The user's work directly impacts the UI/UX and functionality of the calendar components, enhancing user experience and component flexibility.
react-nativeandroidioscalendarui-components
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