About
Aleks Tomovski spent over 15 years building developer platforms, including early work on Wix Code at Wix and leading the internal developer platform at Canva. He co-founded Modern to apply platform-building expertise to IT automation.
Founder at ModernYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Aleks went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Modern's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Aleks can intro founders to Modern's investors below.
Modern's investors · 5
Co-founders at Modern
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Seb PooleCo-Founder & CEO
Experience
- Modern (YC P26)CTO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentMelbourne, VIC
- Various CompaniesAdvisor - AI Strategy & Execution2025Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- CanvaSoftware Engineering Lead2022 — 2025Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- CyaraPrincipal Architect2021 — 2022Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- CyaraEngineering Manager2020 — 2021Melbourne, Australia
- Pulse iDVP of Engineering2017 — 2020Melbourne, Australia
- Wix.comEngineering Lead2016 — 2017Vilnius, Lithuania
- Wix.comSoftware Engineer2014 — 2016Vilnius, Lithuania
- Wix.comSoftware Engineer / Developer Advocate2014Vilnius, Lithuania
- AccentureSystems Analyst2013 — 2014Denver, CO
- AccentureAnalyst Programmer / Service Delivery Team Lead2012 — 2013Riga, Latvia
- AccentureJava Developer / Tech Lead2011 — 2012Riga, Latvia
- Matrix GlobalJava Developer2010 — 2011Skopje, Macedonia
- MatrixJava Developer2009 — 2011Skopje, Macedonia
Skills & more
Amazon Web Services (AWS)2Java30Scala8Maven8Node.jsJavaScriptAndroidReact.jsDocker ProductsMySQLTerraformTeam Leadership2
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Solution ArchitectureTest Driven DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentContinuous IntegrationDesign PatternsAgile Project ManagementJava Enterprise EditionStakeholder ManagementMicroservicesDevOpsGo (Programming Language)Domain-Driven Design (DDD)Languages English · Macedonian
- Principles of Reactive Programming — Coursera
- MongoDB for Java Developers — 10Gen Educational Services
- Functional Programming Principles in Scala — Coursera
- Certified ScrumMaster — Scrum Alliance
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (Network Fundamentals) — Cisco Networking Academy
From Aleks's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aleks Tomovski?
- Aleks Tomovski spent over 15 years building developer platforms, including early work on Wix Code at Wix and leading the internal developer platform at Canva. He co-founded Modern to apply platform-building expertise to IT automation.
- Where does Aleks Tomovski work?
- Aleks Tomovski is Founder of Modern.
- What companies did Aleks Tomovski found?
- Aleks Tomovski founded Modern.
- Where did Aleks Tomovski go to school?
- Aleks Tomovski studied at Faculty of Technical Sciences, University St. Kliment Ohridski in Bitola (BSc, Applied Computer Science); West Valley High School (Yakima, WA, USA) (High School Diploma).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Modern (YC P26)1
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Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesYtsen van der MeerPrincipal at Cottonwood Technology FundHector MasonGeneral Partner at Episode1Danielle AbdelahadInvestor at Third Rock VenturesSiddharth RamakrishnanPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersTroy A. LeMaile-StovallCEO at Maryland TEDCO
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Also worked at Canva34
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersMelanie PerkinsCo-founder & CEO of CanvaCliff ObrechtCo-founder & COO of CanvaCameron AdamsCo-founder & Chief Product Officer of CanvaJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesWesley ChanInvestor at Felicis Ventures
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Also worked at Cyara5
Phil DurCo-Founder & Managing Partner at PeakSpan Capital PartnersMatt MelymukaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at PeakSpan Capital PartnersSanket MerchantPartner at PeakSpan Capital PartnersJeff LyonsGeneral Partner / Chair of Technical Advisory Board at Florida Innovation CapitalAlok KulkarniCEO, Cyara at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition
