Shimon Walner
Senior Software Engineer at Tanium
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShimon Walner is a Senior Software Engineer based in Oakland with over two decades of hands-on experience building web and cloud-native applications, and four years in his current senior-level trajectory. He blends strong design and analysis skills with practical product and UX influence, often shaping user-facing decisions while leading backend features like feature-flagging in notable open-source projects such as VMware Tanzu Framework. A trusted technical mentor, he emphasizes clean, testable code and transparent communication to help teams thrive in agile environments. His background spans enterprise-grade systems at VMware, Broadcom, and Tanium as well as early web and e‑commerce platforms, giving him a rare mix of legacy-system wisdom and modern cloud/CLI tooling expertise. Outside of the obvious engineering chops, he frequently drives build/configuration-level changes and tooling that improve developer experience and operational reliability.
4 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Economy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Political Economy at Northwestern UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Colorado BoulderMaster of Arts (M.A.) Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Master of Arts (M.A.) Public Administration and Social Service Professions at University of Chicago
Github Skills (4)
application-framework10
go10
configuration-management10
build-automation8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework
Oct 2021 - Aug 2022
Tanzu Framework provides a set of building blocks to build atop of the Tanzu platform and leverages Carvel packaging and plugins to provide users with a much stronger, more integrated experience than the loose coupling and stand-alone commands of the previous generation of tools.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 38 commits, 68 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Shimon primarily worked on implementing feature flags and related configuration within the Tanzu Framework. They introduced feature flag support using a local config file, enabling CLI configuration for these flags. The user modified several files, including generated bindata files and client configuration files, indicating work on the core configuration and potentially the build process.
carvelbuilding-blocksintegratedleveragesstand
swalner-vmware/community-edition
May 2022 - Sep 2022
VMware Tanzu Community Edition is a full-featured, easy to manage Kubernetes platform for learners and users on your local workstation or your favorite cloud. Tanzu Community Edition enables the creation of application platforms: infrastructure, tooling, and services providing location to run applications and enable positive developer experiences.
Contributions:2 PRs, 130 pushes in 4 months
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