Dan Kenigsberg
Director, Software Engineering at Red Hat
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Kenigsberg is a seasoned software engineering leader with 23 years of experience, currently serving as Director of Software Engineering at Red Hat in Israel. He pairs deep technical chops in backend and DevOps with front-end UI sensibilities, contributing to major open-source virtualization projects such as KubeVirt, oVirt and OpenShift Console. His work spans stability and CI improvements, API and networking fixes, and UX tweaks—demonstrating a pragmatic focus on reliability, developer experience, and clear communication. A Technion PhD and long-time OSS maintainer, he often tackles subtle but impactful improvements like test-suite clarity, upgrade scripts, and user-facing text refinements that reduce operational friction. Colleagues know him for translating complex virtualization and cloud-native requirements into maintainable code and smoother upgrade paths.
23 years of coding experience
PhD, PhD at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyBSc, BSc at Tel Aviv University
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (30)
libvirt10
kubernetes10
back-end-development10
python10
apidoc10
testing10
user-interface10
networking10
java10
javas10
go10
api10
front-end-development10
kubernetes-pods10
virtualization10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
oVirt/vdsm
Oct 2010 - Apr 2021
The Virtual Desktop Server Manager
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1150 commits, 1 comment in 10 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily contributed to the backend of the vdsm repository, focusing on the virtual desktop server manager. They implemented various features, including enhancing the bootstrap process, dropping unused code, and addressing issues related to networking, such as memory allocation, host device connectivity, and improved handling of IP addresses. These contributions also included maintaining the existing APIs, as well as a high level of involvement, including the introduction of hooks for API functionality.
server-managervirtual-desktopovirt
kubevirt/kubevirt
Jul 2017 - Oct 2022
Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:930 reviews, 191 commits, 202 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Dan's contributions primarily involved refactoring, bug fixes, and code style improvements within the Kubernetes virtualization API and runtime project. They fixed typos in error messages, improved English language strings, and implemented code cleanups. The user also addressed issues related to stability and introduced improvements to the CI environment. They also worked to enhance the test suite through name shortening and the use of more descriptive test functions.
kubernetesvirtual-machinevirtualizationlibvirtvms
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