Assaf Muller
Engineering Manager at Datadog
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolAssaf Muller is an engineering manager with 12 years in software and 16 years of networking domain expertise, who has scaled teams from single-digit squads to 24 engineers across Datadog, AWS, and Red Hat. He combines deep systems-level experience in SDN and cloud networking with recent work in observability and GenAI/LLM products, having led retrieval and RAG pipelines for enterprise LLMs at AWS. Known for an empathetic, retention-focused management style, he raises quality bars, improves processes, and builds roadmaps that align engineers and stakeholders — while communicating effectively to executives. As a hands-on contributor, he has substantial open-source and backend experience (notably significant contributions to the oVirt vdsm virtual desktop server codebase and networking scripts), which informs his operational and DevOps instincts. Based in the NYC metro area, Assaf brings a pragmatic blend of technical depth and people leadership shaped by work across startups and large organizations.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at Reichman University
English
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Github Skills (20)
python10
devops10
libvirt9
networking9
virtualization9
system-administration9
shell8
sh8
script8
scripting8
ip7
automated-tests7
html6
boost6
flask6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
oVirt/vdsm
Jan 2013 - Feb 2014
The Virtual Desktop Server Manager
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:77 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Assaf made significant contributions to the `vdsm` repository, which manages virtual desktop servers. They focused on implementing features related to device management, including device hotplugging, device custom properties, and device migration hooks. These changes involved modifying core Python code within `libvirtvm.py`, `hooks.py`, and related files, demonstrating a focus on the backend infrastructure and system-level interactions. Additionally, they contributed to the `ipwrapper.py` module for networking and source routing, and built the `sourceRoute.sh` script, which demonstrates DevOps involvement.
server-managervirtual-desktopovirt
assafmuller/gerrit_time_to_merge
Nov 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:56 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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