Summary
Ran Magen is a Co-Founder and seasoned software engineer with 25 years of experience and a strong track record building large-scale, high-throughput distributed systems and developer-facing platform abstractions. He specializes in backend infrastructure, cloud automation, and platform engineering that improve developer productivity through paved roads, CI/CD, and standardized tooling. His recent leadership at Coinbase and Apollo focused on federation, Protobuf/Buf standardization, and developer productivity programs that scaled across hundreds of repositories. Ran runs Lemonberry Labs to build passive-income tech and advise startups, and now co-founded Altys to commercialize new platform ideas. Known for practical technical leadership, he blends hands-on implementation (including Rust contributions to a federation gateway) with cultural initiatives like “no meetings Thursdays” to boost team focus. Based in Portland, he values decisive, low-stress execution and prefers direct contact via firstname.lastname.inbox@gmail.com.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Hebrew, English, Spanish