Yacov Manevich
Staff Software Engineer at Ava Labs
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolYacov Manevich is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in consensus, threshold cryptography, and distributed systems, currently shaping Avalanche core at Ava Labs. He led consensus R&D and delivered a Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus library and PVSS-based random committee protocols at IBM Research, integrating those advances into Hyperledger Fabric. A longtime core contributor to Hyperledger Fabric and related projects, his open-source work includes improving block replication, Fabric CA, and deployment tooling for one of the most widely used enterprise blockchain frameworks. He combines deep systems programming and DevOps skills with research-grade cryptographic design, and has a track record of moving academic protocols into production-grade implementations. Based in Germany, he also brings operational rigor from earlier SRE leadership in the Israeli Air Force.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyMaster of Computer Science, Computer Science, Master of Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Haifa
Github Skills (20)
docker10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
go10
gossip10
blockchain10
database-management10
error-handling10
hyperledger-fabric10
distributed-ledger-technology9
distributed-ledger9
concurrency9
hyperledger9
documentation8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hyperledger/fabric
Oct 2017 - Jun 2022
Hyperledger Fabric is an enterprise-grade permissioned distributed ledger framework for developing solutions and applications. Its modular and versatile design satisfies a broad range of industry use cases. It offers a unique approach to consensus that enables performance at scale while preserving privacy.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:916 reviews, 123 commits, 576 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Yacov's contributions primarily revolved around improving the block replication process within the Hyperledger Fabric codebase. The user added options to configure the block puller for replication by setting a maximum retry attempts. They also addressed various issues in block processing, and created a memory pool for the request. Additionally, the user removed a deprecated function and improved the error reporting in the code, making debugging easier.
casesdevelopingdltdistributed-ledgerhyperledger-fabric
hyperledger/fabric-ca
Mar 2017 - May 2022
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 19 commits, 3 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Yacov primarily focused on code enhancements and bug fixes within the `lib` directory of the `fabric-ca` repository. Their work involved modifying core functionalities like identity and certificate loading and handling errors in several database access functions. They also updated documentation, addressing format and content issues in the user's guide. Additionally, the user improved error handling in test scripts and adjusted the codebase to ensure proper function calls.
distributed-ledgerhyperledgerblockchain
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