Sameeh Jubran
Kernel Engineer at wolfSSL
Haifa District, Israel
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Top SchoolSameeh Jubran is a kernel and systems engineer with over a decade of experience building resilient, low-level infrastructure for companies from startups to Amazon, Huawei, and Red Hat. He specializes in embedded Linux, networking drivers, and distributed/cloud infrastructure—contributing patches to the Linux kernel and to high-profile projects like virtio-win and AWS ENA drivers. Known for turning complexity into reliable, maintainable systems, he blends deep debugging skills (WinDbg, gdb, assembly) with practical feature delivery across kernel versions and virtualization stacks. Beyond code, he applies engineering principles to mentorship and resilience, coaching teams and individuals to perform under pressure. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Technion and an MBA focused on technology innovation, reflecting a mix of technical depth and product-minded leadership.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School Physics and Electronics, High School Physics and Electronics at Saint Joseph Seminary & High School - NazarethMaster of Business Administration - MBA Management of Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MoTIE), Master of Business Administration - MBA Management of Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MoTIE) at Tel Aviv University - Coller School of ManagementSports and Exercise, Sports and Exercise at Sport AcademyCCENT Network and System Administration/Administrator, CCENT Network and System Administration/Administrator at Cisco Networking AcademyBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
English, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish
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Github Skills (20)
compatible10
debug10
kvm10
c-language10
qemu10
backward-compatibility10
c-programming10
c1110
linux-kernel10
virtio10
c1710
compatibility10
kernel10
driver10
kernel-mode10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows
May 2016 - Dec 2018
Windows paravirtualized drivers for QEMU\KVM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:105 commits, 59 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Sameeh contributed to the development of Windows paravirtualized drivers for QEMU/KVM. Their work primarily involved bug fixes, addressing SDV errors and fixing timing issues within the NetKVM network driver. They also implemented new features, such as the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE and MTU report features, enhancing the driver's functionality according to the virtio specification. The contributions span multiple files and involved code changes in C and C++ within the NetKVM driver.
hyper-vc-plus-plusvirtualizationvirtio-winguest
amzn/amzn-drivers
Mar 2019 - Dec 2020
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 9 commits, 9 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Sameeh primarily contributed to the development of the ENA (Elastic Network Adapter) Linux driver. Their work involved updating the driver to newer versions, fixing bugs related to compilation and functionality across different kernel versions, and implementing new features. The user made changes to core driver files, and also addressed various issues related to MTU updates, queue sizes, and interrupt handling.
driversfabricelasticadapterefa
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