Chen(Ken) Cat

About

MSc in electronics engineering, MSc in molecular genetics and biochemistry, polymath, calisthenics athlete, married to an amazing woman, raises two birds, a cat and a dog.

Software Developer.

Experience with Java, Go, Typescript/NodeJS (Back-end), React (front-end), Python (automation), SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Vagrant.

  • Age: 37
  • Birthday: 21 January 1988
  • City: Kosice, Slovakia
  • Degree: 2 Master degrees
  • Email: ccathlete01@gmail.com
  • Required position: Full time

In my spare time I play with Linux systems and back end development. I have a passion for open source contribution, especially open infrastructure such as OpenStack cloud technology.

Resume

A convention breaking, highly adaptable software engineer with 14+ years of experience with designing and building scalable and robust automation frameworks, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines. Deep knowledge of Python mechanisms. Skilled with Bash, Docker, Kubernetes and cloud deployment. Guaranteed military grade engineering experience, including technical leadership based on mentoring, empathy and support. Passionate about smart automation using genetic algorithms, data streaming and domain driven design (DDD). Believes in delivery that is beyond WOW.

Summary

Chen(Ken) Cat

Specializing in Spring Boot (Java), gRPC (Go), Selenium, web/data scrapers (Python) and microservices architecture. Skilled in designing RESTful APIs, optimizing database performance, and automating workflows. Completed CKAD certification preparation course and deployed personal projects on Heroku.

  • Kosice, Slovakia
  • (+421) 919 072 713
  • (+972) 544 680 278 - WhatsApp only
  • ccathlete01@gmail.com

Education

M.Sc in Medical sciences - Molecular Genetics and Human Biochemistry

2019 - 2021

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Thesis: Exploration of genetic big data, wrote Python code to process it and presented interaction patterns in cancer and other pathologies as a system of systems with the use of GSEA and Cytoscape.

M.Sc in Electrical Engineering - Nano photonics

2012 - 2017

Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

Final project: A MATLAB program that simulates the electro-magnetic field of plasmonic nanoparticles and fluorophores with the MNPBEM (boundary element method) toolbox and applied a genetic algorithm to optimize their physical parameters.

B.Sc in Electrical Engineering - Majored in Electro-optics, microelectronics, and materials engineering.

2006 - 2010

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Final project: Fabricated and tested (electro-chemistry, photolithography, etching, clean room microscopy) a biosensing system on a chip (SoC) based on metal + self-assembled monolayer, oxide semiconductor (SAM-MOS) capacitors.

Professional Experience

Tutor & Freelance developer: Java/Go/Python/Typescript - Self Employed

January 2024 - Current
Developing the following products:
  • Web scrapers (DDD architecture) and automation frameworks with Ansible, Vagrant, Terraform, Kafka.
  • A python encapsulator that creates a binary executable, replacing bytecode executables (pyinstaller) and obfuscation (pyarmor).
  • A lightweight thread mechanism for python that works around the GIL (global interpreter lock) mechanism.
  • A veterinary student copilot based on pdf parsing (Go) + Q&A AI model (hugging face, Python).

Automation developer, Ceva – AI processors group

August 2022 – January 2024
  • Built automation frameworks for AI model testing, supporting both Linux and Windows environments.
  • Ensured the industry’s best testing practices (regression, acceptance, load, functional), in Python code and Bash scripts improving test coverage by 30% and providing metrics analysis tools.
  • Built, owned and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, reducing deployment time by 20%.
  • Participated in a company wide infrastructure investigation on a malfunction that halted the development process.

System integration engineer, Parallel wireless

April 2021 – august 2022
  • Led a “shift tests left” approach as a stakeholder in 3 projects, one of them I suggested to the company and gathered personnel for the development.
  • Automated end to end software integration processes using Python and Bash, significantly reducing manual effort and speeding up the integration process.
  • Deployed projects on a cloud platform and utilised automatic configuration tools (Ansible).
  • Crafted test plans, manuals and documentation for system setups and debugging, empowering 4 R&D teams.

Unmanned Aerial Systems Engineer, Israeli Air Force

2012 – 2016
  • Participated in rapid development sprints, performed manual QA tests, developed sensor applications and mathematical optimisations in Matlab, Python and C.

Technical Lead Officer (RF lab) + Field Integrator, israeli air force

2010 – 2012
  • Led a team of 10-20 military technicians, as supporting tech crew for multiple operations.

Skills

Soft skills:

Emotional intelligence, Empathy, Leadership, Teamwork, Open mindedness, Curiosity, Adaptability, Creativity, Responsibility, Communication

Languages:

Hebrew 99%
English 95%

Databases:

PostgreSQL 85%
MySQL 70%
MongoDB 70%
Redis 70%

Sotware Architecture:

Distributed systems
DDD
Hexagonal

Programming:

Go 90%
Java 85%
SQL 85%
Python 85%
Typescript 80%
Bash 85%
Powershell 85%
Protobuf 80%
C++ 70%
C 70%
Groovy 70%
Markdown 70%
HTML 70%
Linux 80%

Frameworks & Tools:

Kubernetes - CKAD level 90%
Jenkins 90%
Git 85%
Spring Boot 80%
Gin 80%
Docker-compose 80%
Selenium 80%
Heroku - Cloud 80%
Azure DevOps 80%
Linux containers (LXC) 75%

Contact

Location:

Kosice, Slovakia

Call:

(+421) 919 072 713

WhatsApp:

(+972) 544 468 0278