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Tom Arie

JFrog Product Manager

Tom Arie is a Senior Product Manager at JFrog, leading the Packages domain within Artifactory, one of the broadest technical areas of the platform, spanning 40+ package management technologies including Docker/OCI, Helm, Terraform, npm, Maven, Nix, and emerging formats like Model registries and MCP servers. His work spans the full artifact lifecycle: from package client compatibility and developer-facing UX to storage optimization, retention policies, and supply chain integrity. Tom partners closely with globally distributed engineering teams to translate complex ecosystem signals into a clear, customer-driven roadmap, driven by a conviction that the best infrastructure is the kind developers never have to think about. Outside of work, Tom spent several years as a crew runner with Adidas Runners Tel Aviv, part of a global running community spanning 50+ cities across every continent, where he led runners on a journey of self-improvement and growth.

The Latest From Tom Arie

  • Native Xet Protocol Support in JFrog Artifactory: How Enterprise Model Management Actually Works
    | 10 min read

    Machine learning models are not like other software artifacts. A single fine-tuned LLM can weigh 70 GB. A model family may share 95% of its weights across dozens of variants. When hundreds of developers, training jobs, and GPU clusters all need the same model at the same time, the infrastructure underneath needs to be built…

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  • Native Nix Support in Artifactory: The Binary Cache for the Enterprise
    | 6 min read

    The "works on my machine" era is officially over. Nix is changing the way we think about software by treating packages as functional, immutable values, ensuring that a build works exactly the same way every time, on every machine. But while Nix excels on a local laptop, scaling that level of reproducibility across a global…

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  • Docker Hardened Images are Free: Scale Their Adoption with JFrog
    | 4 min read

    Securing your Docker containers just got a lot easier. On December 17, Docker announced that their catalog of over 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI)—previously a premium-only feature—is now free and open source. This big change means every developer can now start their Dockerfile with a minimalist, near-zero CVE, SLSA Level 3 compliant foundation. If you’re…

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