Eli Yashar
@eliyashar
R&D leader who builds and scales high-performing engineering teams.
SwedenWhat I'm looking for
I’m an R&D leader with 18 years of experience taking messy or early-stage technology efforts into structured, high-performing organizations. I combine strategic vision with hands-on execution to deliver lasting impact.
I’ve led teams across startups and scale-ups, from full-stack development to mobile, DevOps, and platform initiatives, and I’ve held leadership roles including Director of Software Engineering and Head of Mobile.
At Walnut.io I helped drive hyper-growth from 30 to 120 people, improved hiring and retention, and reduced cloud and third-party tool costs by 42% while maintaining reliability. At Spotify I contributed as an engineering manager on product-area leadership and led autonomous squads focused on feedback loops and scalable features.
I currently advise early-stage startups on R&D strategy, software architecture, and scaling engineering teams, and I enjoy mentoring people and developing future leaders in growth and transformation environments.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Independent Consultant
Independent Consultant
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Advising early-stage startups on R&D strategy, software architecture, and scaling engineering teams to accelerate product delivery and technical maturity.
Co-Founder & CTO
Stealth Fintech Startup
Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 (11 months)
Co-founded a fintech startup, led architecture and development of payment solutions and refined product-market fit to address customer pain points.
Director of Software Engineering
Walnut.io
Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 2 months)
Led engineering through hyper-growth (30→120 employees), optimized recruitment and culture, built distributed high-performing teams and reduced cloud/tool costs by 42%.
Served on Product Area leadership and led an autonomous squad to improve feature feedback loops, delivering cross-platform, high-scale product features.
Director of Software Engineering
Techona s.r.o
Jan 2017 - Mar 2020 (3 years 2 months)
Led Mobile, DevOps, and IT teams, owning end-to-end projects from architecture to CI/CD automation while mentoring managers and engineers.
Head of Mobile
Minute.ly
Aug 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 4 months)
Managed native apps and SDKs, led mobile architecture, development lifecycle and production support to maintain product quality and delivery.
Full-Stack Engineer
Various Employers
Jan 2008 - Jan 2014 (6 years)
Held full-stack development roles across startups and mid-sized companies, contributing to frontend and backend systems and shaping product features.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
2004 - 2008
Grade: 86
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with a strong academic record (GPA 86) covering core engineering and computing topics.
Availability
Location
SwedenAuthorized to work in
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