Hayk Hovsepyan
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolHayk Hovsepyan is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of professional experience and a Master’s in Information Technologies, currently contributing to Red Hat’s Kiali project for Istio observability. He brings deep Java and backend expertise from early roles at Lycos and AtTask and has evolved into a full-stack contributor who refactors UIs, integrates PatternFly React components, and extends data models and Kubernetes integrations. At Red Hat he progressed from QE automation—where he built near-100% CLI test coverage and CI workflows—to senior engineering, blending rigorous test-driven habits with production-grade feature delivery. His skill set spans Java EE/SE, Spring, Hibernate, CI/CD, databases, and cloud-native tooling, plus hands-on Linux and networking protocol experience. Notably, he has a track record of improving both UX and data layers in high-profile open-source projects like Kiali and ManageIQ, demonstrating the ability to bridge frontend polish with backend correctness. Based in Czechia, he is adept at learning new technologies quickly and turning complex integration challenges into maintainable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, IT, Master's, IT at State Engineering University of Armenia
English, Russian
Github Skills (25)
middleware10
pytest10
selenium10
python10
testing10
typescript10
selenium-ide10
manageiq10
typescript-types10
istio10
typescripts10
react10
ca-api-gateway9
kubernetes9
databases9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
kiali/kiali
Feb 2019 - Jan 2023
Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:726 reviews, 141 commits, 662 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Hayk primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and application details, refactoring various components, and integrating elements from the PatternFly React library for a more consistent look and feel. The user also contributed to backend modifications in the models and data layers, enhancing data representation within the Istio configurations. Furthermore, the user worked on integrating K8s API Gateway support in the Kiali Service Wizard.
istiokialiobservabilityservice-meshopenshift
ManageIQ/integration_tests
Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
ManageIQ integration tests
Role in this project:Back-end & UI Developer
Back-end & UI DeveloperContributions:78 commits, 82 PRs, 201 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Hayk contributed to the ManageIQ integration tests by implementing new database query methods for middleware providers and added UI variants for existing methods related to deployments and servers. They further enhanced testing by incorporating UI and database validations for the Hawkular provider's CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) tests. In addition, the user improved the application's functionality by implementing the clear_middleware_providers method, and by refining the UI to improve usability.
manageiqpythontestingseleniumpytest
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