Elad Kalif
Field Architect at The Apache Software Foundation
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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Top SchoolElad Kalif is a Field Architect and experienced Data Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable ETL pipelines, data warehouses, and cloud-native Airflow deployments. He is an Apache Airflow committer and PMC member who has served as release manager and mentors Outreachy interns, reflecting deep open-source stewardship beyond routine contributions. Elad has driven data platform migrations and DWH-as-a-service projects at companies like Wix and Amazon, and now applies that expertise at Astronomer. Technically fluent in Python, SQL, Airflow, BigQuery, Snowflake and CI/CD, he pairs backend and DevOps skills to improve maintainability and operator functionality in critical workflows. Notably, his public work on the widely used apache/airflow project includes bug fixes, operator enhancements and CI/CD refactors that benefit the broader scheduling ecosystem. Based in Tel Aviv, he combines enterprise delivery experience with a proven track record of community impact in one of the data engineering world’s most visible OSS projects.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering at Braude Academic College
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (22)
python10
cicd10
airflow10
back-end-development9
google-cloud-platform9
google-bigquery9
aws9
computer-engineering9
documentation9
apidoc8
api8
terraformer8
terraform8
airflow-scheduler6
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/airflow
Dec 2018 - Apr 2025
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 4659 reviews, 1642 PRs in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Elad made contributions to the Apache Airflow project, primarily focusing on code fixes and improvements within the context of authoring, scheduling, and monitoring workflows. The contributions included bug fixes related to incorrect parameters, improved documentation, and enhancements to operator functionality. They also demonstrated skills in implementing and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and infrastructure components as evidenced by refactoring and contributing towards the project's maintainability.
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eladkal/airflow
Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
Apache Airflow
Contributions:4 PRs, 120 pushes, 24 branches in 5 months
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