Rom Sharon
Senior Data Platform
Ramat HaSharon, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolRom Sharon is a Senior Data Platform engineer with eight years of experience building production-grade data and infrastructure systems, currently leading platform efforts at Hello Heart. An Apache Airflow committer, he has contributed Kubernetes Helm chart, KEDA, and database migration improvements to the widely used Airflow project, bringing practical experience in orchestration and cloud-native deployments. His background spans founding-stage engineering at Impala AI and hands-on data infrastructure roles in Unit 8200, where he fused operational rigor with rapid delivery. Rom holds a BA and a Master's in Computer and Data Science from Bar-Ilan University and combines academic grounding with relentless iteration on reliability and observability. He is based in Ramat HaSharon, Israel, and is notable for turning open-source contributions into tangible platform features like PV retention policies and improved logging that ease long-term ops.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University
Github Skills (6)
infrastructure-as-code10
kubernetes10
helm10
devops10
kubernetes-pods10
cicd9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apache/airflow
Oct 2023 - Dec 2025
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:376 reviews, 203 PRs, 122 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Rom contributed to the project by modifying the Kubernetes Helm chart configurations, specifically adding and modifying configurations for Pods, Ingress, and Jobs within the context of the Airflow project. They also addressed database migration and KEDA configurations. Furthermore, they updated logging and resource management by adding persistent volume claim retention policies to the chart.
airflowapache-airflowapachepythonscheduler
romsharon98/airflow
Nov 2023 - Jan 2026
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Contributions:487 pushes, 128 branches in 2 years 2 months
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