Jakub Libosvar
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJakub Libosvar is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years focused on cloud networking, distributed systems, Linux and virtualization, based in North Carolina. He has built deep OpenStack expertise at Red Hat, progressing from QA automation into senior engineering and now OVN architecture and networking-ansible work. His contributions to the flagship openstack/neutron project show hands-on backend craftsmanship—debugging DVR, refactoring core networking services, and integrating OVN with OVS. Equally comfortable in Python and low-level network plumbing, he blends operational pragmatism with design-level thinking for scalable cloud fabrics. Colleagues rely on him to untangle complex RPC, DB model and network configuration interactions that often hide subtle production bugs. Trained in computer graphics and IT, he brings an analytical mindset and unusual cross-domain perspective to infrastructure problems.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ing. (Master of Science equivalent) Computer graphics and multimedia, Ing. (Master of Science equivalent) Computer graphics and multimedia at Brno University of Technology
English, Czech, French
Github Skills (16)
openstack-neutron10
python10
networking10
openvswitch9
ropc8
procedures8
rpc8
drpc8
architectures7
architecture7
database-management7
dockers5
docker5
ansible-galaxy4
configuration-management4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/neutron
Oct 2013 - Oct 2022
OpenStack Networking (Neutron). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:440 commits in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jakub's contributions focused on backend development within the OpenStack Neutron project. The commits demonstrate expertise in modifying network agent configuration, debugging and fixing issues related to distributed virtual routers (DVR), and refactoring core components of the networking services. The changes involved working with database models, RPC communication, and network configuration options. The user also made changes for the sake of OVN integration with the core OVS infrastructure.
ospfopenflownetwork-automationnetworkingsdn
cubeek/neutron
Nov 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:28 pushes, 16 branches, 1 comment in 2 years 6 months
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