Tamás Lévai
Developer Co-founder at L7mp Technologies
Budapest, Hungary
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Top SchoolTamás Lévai, PhD is a developer and co-founder based in Budapest with 12 years of experience blending academic research and hands-on engineering in computer networks and distributed systems. As an Assistant Professor and former PhD student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, he focuses on software-defined networking, cloud-native computing, service mesh, and real-time communications while bridging research with productization through L7mp Technologies. He contributes to notable open-source networking projects—adding robust backend features and tests to tools like the Berkeley Extensible Software Switch (BESS) and improving developer-facing utilities such as miniserve—demonstrating attention to maintainability and UX. Tamás’s background includes international research at USC and industry internships at Ericsson, giving him practical exposure to cloud management and systems testing. He is known for turning protocol- and infrastructure-level research into testable, production-ready code, and for spotting small but impactful quality-of-life fixes that improve long-term maintainability.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hungarian, English, German
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Github Skills (25)
c-language10
py10
python10
testing10
net10
networking10
http-server10
static-files10
command-line10
network10
rust10
cprogramming-language10
server10
unit-testing9
cli9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
NetSys/bess
Dec 2017 - Aug 2020
BESS: Berkeley Extensible Software Switch
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Tamás implemented core functionality for the IPLookup module, including adding and deleting routing rules within the Berkeley Extensible Software Switch (BESS) project. They added a command to delete entries from the IPLookup module, and also wrote a simple test case to ensure the delete command functioned correctly, demonstrating a focus on both feature development and testing. The user refactored common code into a ParseIpv4Prefix function to eliminate redundancy and extended module tests, improving code maintainability. Additionally, the user fixed a minor bug related to a missing column header in a 'monitor tc' CSV output.
berkeleybessswitchextensible
svenstaro/miniserve
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Tamás primarily contributed to the backend of the `miniserve` project. Their contributions included adding a feature to list directories first, fixing indentation issues, and incorporating a program version footer. These changes involved modifying the application's core logic, user interface rendering, and command-line argument parsing, demonstrating a focus on functionality and user experience. The user also addressed some minor code formatting issues.
command-line-toolstatic-fileshttp-clientservenodejs
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