DevOps Leaders Podcast

Join us as we explore where the line sits between developer freedom and total chaos in the agentic era! In this episode, Eyal Goldenberg, Director of SaaS Platform & DevOps at Cellebrite, shares how a company that lived on-prem since 1999 made the jump to SaaS, started its platform deliberately "not opinionated" — and learned the hard way why you have to get opinionated to move fast and safe o...

Join us as we explore what it feels like to step out of the industry for seven months and walk back into a job that runs at a completely different speed! In this episode, Bat Hen Yosefov, DevOps Group Manager at Payoneer, shares how she returned from maternity leave straight into the AI agent era — where people now expect things in hours, not days or weeks — and why she calls it the coolest leave...

Join us as we explore what it takes to re-architect the entire software development lifecycle when the pipeline now serves agents, not just developers! In this episode, Ariel Nackash, Head of DevOps at SecuriThings, shares why he joined a ~100-person startup at the exact moment it's trying to become an AI-native organization, and how he's rebuilding the SDLC for a world where agents do the...

Join us as we explore how you actually break into DevOps — and thrive once you're there! In this episode, Romi Hemo, DevOps Engineer at HoneyBook, shares how she went from QA automation to owning production deploys by refusing to fear touching, breaking, or taking on more than her job asked. Discover how she "stole" her way into the role one task at a time, why her team tore out a pile of deploy s...

Join us as we explore what happens when AI generates vulnerabilities faster than any human can review them! In this episode, Oren Efraim, Technology Leader at Check Point (and leader of the 10,000-member Node.js Israel community), explains why security has to become a first-class part of your platform — not a gate at the end. Discover why 2025's ~50,000 new vulnerabilities are heading toward 1...

What if, in five years, the system builds itself — a product manager describes what they want, an architect agent inspects the existing codebase, and the feature gets written without a traditional dev team in the loop? In this episode, Erik Parienty, Director of DevOps Engineering at Riskified, lays out that future and what it means for the people running infrastructure today. Erik has spent 7 yea...

Join us as we explore what happens to your pipeline when AI turns every developer into a 10x builder! In this episode, Amit Daniel, Director of DevOps at DoorLoop, shares how a fast-moving Israeli proptech went from 40 to 300–500 pull requests a day — and how his team fought back against cloud costs that exploded 5-6x overnight. Discover why writing code fast is no longer the challenge but writing...

Join us as we explore what really happens when you push AI into every corner of a DevOps organization! In this episode, Sharon Vendrov, VP Cloud Infrastructure & IT at SysAid, shares how a 20-year-old company with deep legacy code went AI-first — and the hard truth about where AI still falls short. Discover why non-deterministic AI is so challenging in Production, how Claude's code reviews...

Join us as we explore the fascinating world of clinical trials and data science! In this video, Amir Mehler shares insights from his 15 years of experience in DevOps and SRE, now focusing on clinical trials at PhaseV. Discover how data-driven decisions are transforming the pharmaceutical industry and the challenges faced in managing clinical trials. Amir Mehler on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.c...

Join us for the exciting kickoff of Season #2 of our DevOps Leaders podcast! 🎙️ Key takeaways: * The podcast has been running for three years, and we're thrilled to return for Season 2. * Meet our new co-host, Miki Manor, who brings fresh insights to the table. * We're recording live from a PlatforMa conference in Tel Aviv, featuring fascinating discussions on AI and more. * Join our exclu...

Follow us for more awesome and exciting conversations! In this episode, Keren, head of DevOps at D-ID, shares her journey from military service to leading DevOps teams, discusses the intersection of DevOps and AI, and explores the future of MLOps and AI infrastructure. Gain insights into AI model training, inference, GPU management, and the evolving role of DevOps in AI-driven environments. Keren...

Follow us for more awesome and exciting conversations! This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guests and co-organizers Hila and Maish. Hila on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hila-fish Maish on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maishsk/ Eliran Wolf on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliran-wolf-devops/ Ofir Stein on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin...

Follow us for more awesome and exciting chats! This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guest Matan Heled, DevOps Team Lead at Port. Matan talks about the Role of AI in Developer Portals, Product Development and User Feedback and the Future of Developer Portals and Customization. Matan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matan-heled/ Eliran Wolf on LinkedIn - ht...

This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guest Shahar Azulay, CEO and Co-Founder of Groundcover. Shahar explains the complexity of monitoring kubernetes and cloud environments, the advantages of BYOC, with a focus on cost. Shahar on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahar-azulay-54156bb4/ Eliran Wolf on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliran-wolf-devops/...

This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guest Shon Lev-Ran, CEO and Co-Founder of Wand Cloud. Shon takes us through the complications of migrations to Kubernetes from the cost aspect, the cost of using serverless frameworks, and how to efficiently use resources in the cloud. Shon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shon-lev-ran/ Eliran Wolf on LinkedIn - https:...

This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guest Henrik Koren, Infrastructure Architect at Dell. This episode focues on the development stacks and tools used in large organizations. He emphasizes the importance of developer experience and automation in scaling DevOps practices. Henrik also shares insights on the future of DevOps, particularly the integration of AI solut...

This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guest Itiel Shwartz, founder of Komodor. Together, we discuss the beginning and the future of the Kubernetes ecosystem, as well as Kubernetes AI Agents, and how large enterprises are migrating to using Kubernetes. Itiel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/itiel-shwartz-18542853/ Eliran Wolf on LinkedIn - https://www.linke...

This conversation takes place at DevOps Days 2025 in Israel, featuring guests Boaz and Elhay from Dream Security. They discuss the challenges and innovations focusing on DevOps in Cyber AI and Threat Intelligence. The conversation also delves into the complexities of working in air-gapped environments and the importance of adaptability in DevOps practices. Boaz on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.c...

Come to our booth at DevOps Days TLV! https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-tel-aviv/welcome/ In this conversation, Bobby D shares his extensive journey in technology and engineering, emphasizing the importance of community, diversity, and the future of AI in the tech industry. He discusses his role in the Tech Hustle community, which aims to uplift underrepresented engineers, and highlights the valu...

We just hosted the one and only Solomon Hykes, founder of Docker and now founder of Dagger, on the DevOps Leaders podcast! 🎙️ Ahead of next month’s DevOpsDays Israel, we dove into: -How he built Docker from the ground up what it really takes to create tools developers love -The exact moment he realized Docker had “made it” and what drives him today -And where the future of software development is...

השבוע נפגשנו עם אלי קורן, שמוביל את הדבאופס ואבטחה בVast Data, חברה ישראלית בונה מערכת הפעלה לAI, כשבין לקוחותיה חברות ענק שצורכות AI בסקייל גבוה. לאי סיפר לנו על היסטוריית התפקידים שלו, על עבודה On Prem, על הגישה שלו לפתרון בעיות, ועל מה עושה דבאופס טוב - דבאופס טוב. Eliran Wolf on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliran-wolf-devops/ Ofir Stein on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofir...

חלק שלישי ואחרון של הספיישל המיוחד שלנו - מהדוכן שהקמנו מתוך כנס Platforma – הכנס הראשון בישראל שמוקדש כולו לPlatform engineering. לינק לכנס: PlatforMa Conference - https://www.platfor-ma.com/ האורחים: Doron Gutman from Honeybook - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorongutman/ Tal Kimhi from Draftt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/talkimhi/ Achi Solomon from Yotpo- https://www.linkedin.com/in/achisolomon/...

חלק שני של הספיישל המיוחד שלנו - מהדוכן שהקמנו מתוך כנס Platforma – הכנס הראשון בישראל שמוקדש כולו לPlatform engineering. לינק לכנס: PlatforMa Conference - https://www.platfor-ma.com/ האורחים: Yuval Press from Elementor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalpress/ Ben Malka from Monday.com - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-malka-887514163/ Yaacov Goodman from Checkpoint- https://www.linkedin.com/in/y...

השבוע הקלטנו ממקום מיוחד - דוכן שהקמנו מתוך כנס Platforma – הכנס הראשון בישראל שמוקדש כולו לPlatform engineering. בחלק הראשון של סדרת הפרקים שלנו מההקלטות בדוכן, קיימנו שישה ראיונות קצרים, החל מראיון עם רביב, מייסד הכנס, ועד ל מובילים מחברות שונות שמתמודדות עם אתגרי הפלטפורמה בדרכים שונות. לינק לכנס: PlatforMa Conference - https://www.platfor-ma.com/ האורחים: Raviv Gurtenstein - https://www.linked...

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