Arnon Gilboa
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
Israel
Summary
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RockstarArnon Gilboa is a Senior Software Engineer with 16 years of experience, currently based in Israel and working at Red Hat. He specializes in backend engineering for cloud-native and virtualization technologies, contributing significant fixes and features to prominent open-source projects like kubevirt and the containerized-data-importer. His work demonstrates deep familiarity with Kubernetes APIs, Go, storage lifecycle management, and robust testing practices—examples include improving image upload semantics, DataVolume garbage collection, and validation of semantic changes. Colleagues can rely on him for clear error-handling, pragmatic API versioning, and practical solutions that reduce operational surprises in virtualization workflows.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
libvirt10
kubernetes10
go10
api10
apidoc10
kubernetes-apiserver10
kubernetes-pods10
virtualization10
testing10
kubernetes-operator8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kubevirt/containerized-data-importer
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Data Import Service for kubernetes, designed with kubevirt in mind.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:716 reviews, 82 commits, 191 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Arnon primarily contributed to the `kubevirt/containerized-data-importer` repository, which focuses on a data import service for Kubernetes, designed with kubevirt in mind. Their work included implementing validation logic, specifically focusing on checking for semantic changes during DataVolume updates. The commits demonstrate proficiency in Go, Kubernetes, and the Kubernetes API, as well as test writing to validate the features' behaviour.
kubevirtvmskubernetesminddata-import
kubevirt/kubevirt
Feb 2021 - Nov 2022
Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:85 reviews, 10 commits, 28 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Arnon primarily contributed to the `kubevirt/kubevirt` repository by addressing core functionalities and making adjustments to the Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime. They implemented changes to the image upload process, preventing file double-closing. The user rephrased and improved the clarity of error messages within the snapshot controller, and they also bumped the CDI API version. They also worked on DataVolume garbage collection and related tests, indicating involvement in storage and lifecycle management.
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