Attila Kanto
Budapest, Hungary
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Top SchoolAttila Kanto is an engineering leader and software architect based in Budapest with over 20 years of industry experience, currently Senior Director of Engineering at Cloudera. He has driven architecture and delivery for cloud-native data platforms across Hortonworks and Cloudera, with a focus on backend systems, configuration management, security, and public cloud integrations. An active contributor to notable open-source work such as Hortonworks' Cloudbreak, he specializes in Java backend fixes around stack parameters and credential handling that improve system reliability and security. His career began in embedded systems and digital signal processing—building high-performance direction-finding hardware and algorithms—which gives him a systems-level perspective that informs pragmatic, scalable cloud designs. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Budapest University of Technology and Economics and blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Telecommunication, MSc in Electrical Engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Telecommunication at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
English
Github Skills (7)
javas10
configuration-management10
java10
api9
api-doc9
json8
aws7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hortonworks/cloudbreak
Jun 2014 - Jan 2023
CDP Public Cloud is an integrated analytics and data management platform deployed on cloud services. It offers broad data analytics and artificial intelligence functionality along with secure user access and data governance features.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:244 reviews, 1145 commits, 1153 PRs in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Attila's commits focus on fixing issues related to stack parameters and credential handling within the Cloudbreak project. Their work involves modifications to Java code, specifically in the areas of stack parameter services, credential source decorators, and JSON-to-Stack converters, indicating a focus on backend systems and configuration management. The contributions involve database interaction, security configuration, and integrating with other systems such as AWS, demonstrating a strong understanding of the core system functionality. These changes primarily involve refactoring and fixing bugs, implying a good level of experience within the project.
data-management-platformcdp-public-cloudsecurecloud-servicesdata-management
schfeca75/cloudbreak
May 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:10 commits in 5 months
apicloud-agnosticagnosticas-a-servicehadoop
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