Yara Polana
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Oktaves
Iceland
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Top SchoolYara Polana is an Iceland-based senior software engineering manager and founder with 15+ years blending design, product and engineering to ship mobile, web and backend APIs from concept to deployment. She’s led design teams and held CTO roles across startups like Keeps.is and Memento Payments, and now runs Oktaves while managing engineering at Igloo - Rent. Comfortable toggling between hands-on coding (a self-described coder since age four) and strategic leadership, she excels at turning user-centric design into production-ready systems. Her background spans creative ventures—music production and media startups—to data work in international health programs, giving her a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on product, growth and technical execution.
7 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Licentiate degree, Licentiate degree at ISCTEM - Instituto Superior de Ciencias e TecnologiaFoundation degree, Foundation degree at IPCI - Instituto Profissional de Comunicação e ImagemLicentiate degree, Licentiate degree at ISCIM - Instituto Superior de Comunicação e ImagemHyper IslandFull Stack Development, Full Stack Development at RocketseatBachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Listaháskóli Íslands
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Github Skills (185)
experiences10
microfrontend10
remix10
hybrid10
framework710
javascript10
mbaas10
browser10
omnistack10
compiler10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
android10
react-navigation10
ios10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
yarapolana/Meetapp
Dec 2019 - Feb 2022
🏆 Fullstack scheduling application
Contributions:47 commits, 38 PRs, 43 pushes in 2 years 2 months
expressmongoosereactjsmongodbdesafio-final
yarapolana/rocketshoes-react
Jul 2019 - May 2021
👠 NetShoes Clone using React and Redux
Contributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 10 months
redux-thunkredux-sagajson-serverreactnetshoes
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