Karen Almog
Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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RockstarKaren Almog is a seasoned software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in Kubernetes and cloud-native solutions, known for pragmatic problem-solving and sharpening developer ergonomics. Based in Tel Aviv, she was a former maintainer of k0s—the Zero Friction Kubernetes distro—where she improved build processes, stabilized core components like etcd and kubelet, and smoothed cross-platform setup issues. Her background includes roles at CoreOS and eBay, reflecting deep operational and backend expertise across production-grade distributed systems. Colleagues describe her as a "code shuffler & riddle solver" who combines hands‑on engineering with a focus on reproducible, permission-safe deployments.
10 years of coding experience
English, Hebrew, German
Github Skills (12)
kubernetes10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
filepermissions9
devops9
user-permissions9
makefile9
permission9
containerd8
system-administration8
etcd8
cicd7
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
k0sproject/k0s
Sep 2020 - Aug 2022
k0s - The Zero Friction Kubernetes
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:205 reviews, 282 commits, 176 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Karen contributed to the k0s project by modifying the build process and improving the system's setup and configuration. They addressed build errors on macOS, standardized file and directory permissions using constants, and introduced improvements in the creation of join tokens. The user implemented changes affecting core components, including etcd, kubelet, and API server setup, while enhancing the overall stability of the Kubernetes distribution.
zerofrictionk8skubernetesk0s
trawler/installer
Jul 2018 - Nov 2018
Install an OpenShift cluster
Contributions:68 pushes, 21 branches in 4 months
clusterkubernetesopenshiftopenshift-cluster
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