Yaniv Kaul
VP R&D at ScyllaDB
Israel
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Top SchoolYaniv Kaul is a seasoned engineering leader with 20+ years of hands-on experience and 12 years in senior technical roles, currently serving as VP R&D at ScyllaDB where he leads distributed teams building an ultra-low-latency NoSQL database and cloud service. He combines deep QA and bug-hunting instincts with strong systems-level engineering across storage, virtualization, networking and security, and is comfortable in both C++ core development and cross-functional product delivery. Previously he scaled and led large Cloud Infrastructure and Storage organizations at Red Hat, overseeing OpenStack, Ceph, Gluster and virtualization products and winning internal leadership awards. An active open-source contributor, Yaniv has improved protocol dissectors in Wireshark and fixed internals in GlusterFS while also contributing docs and fixes to ScyllaDB, showing a pragmatic mix of code, docs and systems thinking. Known for growing and mentoring high-performing teams, he brings a rare combination of technical depth, QA rigor and operational leadership in distributed, open-source-driven environments.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Computing and Networks, BSc. Computing and Networks at University of HertfordshireBosmat, Haifa
Hebrew, English
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Github Skills (24)
glusterfs10
filesystem10
c-language10
nosql10
network-analysis10
storage10
databases10
distributed-systems10
scylla10
c1110
c1710
performance-optimization10
network-protocol10
packet-analysis10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
gluster/glusterfs
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Gluster Filesystem : Build your distributed storage in minutes
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:457 reviews, 1 commit, 146 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Yaniv primarily contributed to the GlusterFS codebase by fixing bugs, optimizing code, and refactoring existing functionality. Their work involved modifying core components, including I/O buffers, dictionaries, and management code, to improve efficiency and address compilation warnings. The user also removed obsolete code related to older versions of the system and improved the handling of UUIDs. The contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of the GlusterFS internals.
filesystemglusterstoragecdistributed-systems
scylladb/scylladb
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
NoSQL data store using the Seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Technical Writer
Back-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:374 reviews, 5 commits, 149 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Yaniv primarily contributed to documentation improvements and bug fixes within the ScyllaDB repository. Their work involved correcting typos and enhancing the clarity of documentation across various sections, including CQL documentation and administration tools. Additionally, the user addressed minor code issues by updating dependencies and correcting code comments and test files to align with the project's standards.
amazon-dynamodbcassandranosqlseastarc-plus-plus
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