Michaël Petrov is a seasoned software engineer with 13+ years building distributed systems, cloud solutions and security-focused back-end features, currently contributing to Red Hat’s StackRox Kubernetes security platform. He blends deep systems and architecture experience from long tenures at Amadeus and Oracle with hands-on C++ and cloud-native development, and has practical experience integrating diverse authentication providers in open-source security tooling. As a former solution engineer and cloud architect, he excels at turning requirements into pragmatic, cost-aware designs and prototypes while coaching teams as a Scrum master and intern trainer. Based in Antibes, he pairs technical rigor with a collaborative, kind leadership style and interests outside tech—martial arts, photography and languages—that fuel his attention to detail and cross-cultural communication.
The StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform performs a risk analysis of the container environment, delivers visibility and runtime alerts, and provides recommendations to proactively improve security by hardening the environment.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:1 release, 656 reviews, 294 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Michaël primarily focused on enhancing the authentication backend of the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform. Their contributions include modifying the backend's login URL functionality to return errors, integrating with different authentication providers, and implementing features related to authentication test mode. The code changes span various files and involve modifications to the core authentication workflow. The user demonstrates expertise in integrating with different authentication providers and improving core functionality.
Contributions:2 releases, 32 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 5 months
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