Nurit Shahar
R&D Team Lead at Elementor
Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
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Top SchoolNurit Shahar is an experienced R&D team lead with over 7 years in software engineering and two decades of leadership across product-focused R&D and project management roles. Based in Tel Aviv, she currently leads engineering at Elementor, contributing hands-on to its widely used open-source page builder by adding video widget features and refining theme styling for better UX and accessibility. Her background blends technical full-stack development with creative design sensibilities from a BFA in Photography, enabling a pragmatic, user-centered approach to frontend and tooling decisions. Earlier roles in Comverse honed her delivery and PMO skills across APAC billing projects, giving her strong cross-functional delivery discipline. Colleagues rely on her to bridge product design, frontend polish, and backend implementation while keeping teams aligned to shipping high-impact features.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Photography at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
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Github Skills (13)
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php10
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frontend10
widgets10
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ui-design9
front-end-development9
javascript9
uid9
wordpress7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
elementor/hello-theme
Dec 2018 - Sep 2019
A plain-vanilla theme, best suited for building your site using Elementor plugin. This theme resets the environment and prepares it for smooth operation of Elementor.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 40 commits, 28 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Nurit primarily contributed to the theme's styling and appearance. Their work involved modifying the `style.css` file, which included updates to the theme's core CSS, and also involved changes to the theme's SCSS files. These changes show the user updated the theme's style and made it more accessible and user friendly.
vanillaoperationelementorelementor-pluginwordpress
elementor/elementor
Nov 2018 - Aug 2019
The most advanced frontend drag & drop page builder. Create high-end, pixel perfect websites at record speeds. Any theme, any page, any design.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 176 commits, 113 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Nurit contributed to the Elementor page builder by implementing new features within the video widget, specifically enabling the insertion of videos from URLs and adding options for self-hosted video playback. They modified PHP code, which included the addition of controls and the management of video source URLs, alongside corresponding changes to the frontend and backend logic for handling video settings. Additionally, the user's commits involved merging changes and refactoring code within the video widget to improve the user experience.
elementorhigh-endperfectdrag-dropdrag
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