Nir Harel
Research Scientist at KipodAfterFree
Israel
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Top SchoolNir Harel is a research scientist and developer with nine years of experience blending security research and algorithm engineering across startups in Israel. He has practical expertise in low-level systems and Bluetooth communication, demonstrated by his work packaging and serializing commands for a cross-platform Sony Headphones client. His background includes hands-on roles at XM Cyber and Rail Vision, plus intensive cyber training at Magshimim, reflecting strong applied security and algorithmic foundations. Nir combines research-minded rigor with product-focused engineering, comfortable moving between byte-level protocol work and higher-level algorithm development. An intuitive problem-solver, he often surfaces subtle protocol edge cases and implements robust serialization and checksum logic that improve interoperability.
9 years of coding experience
100/100, 100/100 at Magshimim - National Cyber Education ProgramHigh School Diploma, Computer Science, Physics, High School Diploma, Computer Science, Physics at Rothberg High School
Hebrew, English
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Github Skills (14)
c-language10
bluetooth-le10
cprogramming-language10
bluetooth10
reverse-engineering9
data-structure9
data-structures9
pip6
autocomplete6
ocr6
opencv6
image-thresholding6
python6
image-processing6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Plutoberth/SonyHeadphonesClient
Aug 2020 - Nov 2022
A {Windows, macOS, Linux} client recreating the functionality of the Sony Headphones app
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 releases, 49 reviews, 207 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nir focused on implementing Bluetooth command packaging and serialization for a Sony headphones client. They developed a data packager for Bluetooth commands, including checksum calculations and special character escaping. The user also added the capability to serialize and deserialize settings for noise cancelling and ambient sound mode, as well as refactoring and moving code to separate files. They demonstrated proficiency in low-level data manipulation and Bluetooth communication protocols.
cppsonywindowsbluetoothlinux
Plutoberth/Spacebot
Nov 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:84 commits, 68 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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