Nir Cohen
VP Engineering at Sheeping inc.
Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolNir Cohen is a hands-on VP Engineering and startup consultant with 12+ years of experience building observability-first engineering organizations and scaling production systems. He has repeatedly led ops, monitoring and development teams—founding initiatives like StatsCraft and driving major migrations and cost reductions at high-scale services. Nir combines a think-tank, innovation-driven approach to system architecture with a people-first philosophy documented in his Manager README, mentoring senior leaders and advising the Israeli Intelligence Corps. He contributes to open-source (notably enhancements and tests for the docker-py client) and keeps active in climate tech, currently focused on accelerating CDR at Rewind and advising climate startups. Known for thriving under heavy load, he blends practical NOC-to-VP experience—building datacenters by hand to founding SaaS engineering organizations—with a hobbyist curiosity in quantum mechanics. Based in Tel Aviv, he helps turn complex operational problems into measurable business value.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.Sc Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Afeka - Academic College of Engineering
English, Hebrew, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
docker10
python10
testing10
dockers10
docker-engine10
docker-api10
apidoc9
api9
unit-test8
pytest8
unit-testing8
pip6
systemd6
json-schema-validator6
systemctl6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
docker/docker-py
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
A Python library for the Docker Engine API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:3 PRs, 7 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Nir primarily focused on enhancing the Docker Engine API Python library. They added support for retrieving container stats, fixed string formatting in utilities and errors, and incorporated unit tests. The user also made minor adjustments, including a version check for compatibility. This indicates a focus on improving the library's functionality, addressing bugs, and ensuring its robustness through testing.
python-libraryapipythondocker-swarmdocker-engine-api
strigo/pystrigo
May 2019 - Jul 2021
Strigo's not-yet-official-but-maybe-soon-will-be Python REST client and CLI
Contributions:18 commits, 6 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 3 months
apistrigopythonrest-clientpython-rest-client
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