Meir Kriheli
Senior Software Engineer at whatsup.org.il
Israel
Summary
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SeniorMeir Kriheli is a senior software engineer and architect with 15+ years building backend-first web platforms, DevOps tooling, and localized BiDi interfaces, currently shaping storage systems at VAST Data. He blends deep Python/Django experience with practical sysadmin skills—Linux, Salt, Tornado and Mongo/Postgres—while also shipping front-end work (Ember/Angular/Vue) and theming/asset tooling for projects like Pelican. A long-time open-source advocate and maintainer, he has improved developer workflows and data hygiene on civic projects such as Open Knesset and contributed LessCSS/theming features to the Pelican ecosystem. Meir frequently leads end-to-end product effort—from REST APIs and admin dashboards to deployment automation—and favors pragmatic, security-conscious solutions like serializer-driven data protection and thoughtful indexing. Based in Israel, he brings a rare combination of localization expertise and hands-on ops experience that makes him effective on internationally-facing, multilingual systems.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (19)
json10
python10
back-end-development10
django10
static-site-generator10
css10
databases9
database9
documentation9
git8
testing7
netcore6
async-await6
asp-net6
nunit6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ofri/Open-Knesset
Apr 2011 - Mar 2015
** The official repo is at https://github.com/hasadna/Open-Knesset/ . Please fork it, instead of my repo.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:899 commits in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Meir appears to have focused on back-end development tasks, as evidenced by the removal of dependencies (simplejson) and the creation of a serializer to protect user data. The user demonstrated an ability to work with Python and Django, as seen in the modifications to auxiliary.serializers.py and knesset/settings.py, and also showed an ability to create management commands with the iterdumpdata command. The user implemented database indexes.
my-repo
getpelican/pelican
Mar 2012 - Apr 2012
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Meir's commits primarily focus on enhancing the Pelican static site generator with features related to LessCSS compilation and theming. They implemented a LessCSS generator, enabling the compilation of Less files, and extended its functionality to include theme-specific static paths. The contributions include modifying settings, documentation, and testing components. Additionally, the user addressed a date formatting issue and integrated changes from a remote branch, indicating a role in the project's overall development and maintenance.
markdownpythonstatic-site-generatorpelican
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