Yishay Mendelsohn is a software engineer with nine years of experience building backend and DevOps-focused systems across security and cloud-native startups. He has shipped production-grade tooling at Datree—contributing Go fixes, installer updates, and CLI evaluation improvements for a well-regarded Kubernetes policy project—and moved into engineering and management roles there and elsewhere. His recent roles span security-focused companies (Wiz, Gem Security) and a current position at Stigg, reflecting a focus on reliable, policy-driven infrastructure and developer tooling. A former podcast host and Unit 8200 alum, he blends hands-on engineering with communication and mentorship skills, often tackling both code and operational delivery.
Prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations from reaching production (again 😤 )! From code to cloud, Datree provides an E2E policy enforcement solution to run automatic checks for rule violations. See our docs: https://hub.datree.io
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:17 releases, 198 reviews, 196 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Yishay contributed to the backend functionality and test fixtures within the `datreeio/datree` repository. Their commits included fixes and improvements to the evaluation process, specifically focusing on configuration counts in the CLI. Additionally, the user integrated and updated the installation script. The user demonstrated skills in Go development and DevOps practices by modifying the installer and test components.
🍻 Default formulae for the missing package manager for macOS
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years
macosformulaepackage-managermissing
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