Niv Granot
Algo Team Lead at AI21 Labs
Herzliya, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolNiv Granot is an Algo Team Lead at AI21 Labs with six years of experience building and shipping algorithmic and DevOps solutions at the intersection of AI and production systems. He combines academic rigor from an MSc in Computer Science (Weizmann) and a BS in Computer and Software Engineering (Technion) with hands-on engineering roles ranging from computer vision research to CI/CD improvements in notable open-source projects like datree. His background includes low-level verification and satellite systems from internships at AWS Annapurna Labs and IAI, reflecting a comfort with complex, safety-critical engineering. At AI21 he progressed from Algorithm Developer to team lead, blending research-driven modeling with pragmatic release engineering and pipeline automation. Colleagues would note his rare mix of research depth, leadership, and an attention to release process details that prevent subtle production regressions.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer and Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer and Software Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Weizmann Institute of Science
Hebrew, English
Github Skills (13)
github-ci10
bash10
githubaction-workflow10
cicd10
kubernetes-pods9
devops9
kubernetes9
release-management8
policies8
group-policy8
cli7
git6
testing6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
datreeio/datree
May 2022 - May 2023
Prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations from reaching production (again 😤 )! From code to cloud, Datree provides an E2E policy enforcement solution to run automatic checks for rule violations. See our docs: https://hub.datree.io
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 17 PRs, 30 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:Niv primarily focused on improving the CI/CD pipeline for the datree project. Their commits demonstrate a strong focus on addressing release note issues, debugging changelog generation scripts, and refining the release process. They made multiple changes to the `release.sh` and `custom_changelog.sh` scripts, implementing tests, and adjusting the command order to ensure accurate release notes and correct versioning during the build process.
policyruleenforcementproductionmisconfigurations
niv1612/terraform-aws-eks-blueprints
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Configure and deploy complete EKS clusters.
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
eks-clustershelmclusterseksk8s
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