Chen Levy
Senior Software Engineer at Imperva
Israel
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Top SchoolChen Levy is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience specializing in Linux, Python, and modern systems engineering, currently contributing at Imperva from Israel. He blends low-level kernel and systems knowledge with pragmatic modern tooling—having moved from C/C++ to Rust for safety-minded low-level work—and has built CI/CD, deployment, and automation platforms across multiple companies. A long-time open-source contributor, he has fixed security and robustness issues in notable projects like web2py and helped improve documentation for Flask-REST-JSONAPI, reflecting both code-first and communicative strengths. Chen is a passionate teacher and prolific documenter who evangelizes TDD/BDD and mentors colleagues to raise engineering standards. Comfortable across networking stacks (TCP/IP, Bluetooth), build systems (CMake, GNU tools) and dynamic languages, he pairs deep systems craftsmanship with practical product delivery. He’s happiest coding in Emacs and frequently pursues new languages and paradigms—currently exploring Rust and functional programming—to keep his hobby-profession synergy sharp.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bet YerachB.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at Tel Hai Academic College
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (31)
application-framework10
python10
app-framework10
json-api10
flask-ask10
web-framework10
flask10
documentation10
api-design9
restful-api9
testing9
symlink9
api-rest9
security9
makefile9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
web2py/web2py
Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
Free and open source full-stack enterprise framework for agile development of secure database-driven web-based applications, written and programmable in Python.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 11 PRs, 20 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Chen primarily focused on bug fixes and enhancements within the web2py framework, specifically addressing issues related to compiled views and security vulnerabilities. They corrected how compiled applications handled view files, ensuring compatibility. The user also addressed security concerns related to exposing directories using the Expose function and improved the robustness of the tools.
securepythonmysqlagilesql
miLibris/flask-rest-jsonapi
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Flask extension to build REST APIs around JSONAPI 1.0 specification.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Chen primarily contributed to the repository by addressing typos, improving phrasing, and fixing broken links within the documentation. They focused on refining the clarity and accuracy of the documentation across multiple files, including the README, resource manager, data layer, filtering, and sorting sections. The user's commits aimed to enhance the overall quality and readability of the project's documentation, making it easier for others to understand and use the Flask-REST-JSONAPI extension.
jsonapiapipythonsqlalchemyspecification
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