Zachary Goldman
Software Engineer II at GitHub
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Goldman is a Software Engineer II based in Austin, currently on GitHub’s engineering team, with a focus on security, networking, and system performance. He previously worked on Rapid7’s Metasploit Pro team and is an active contributor to the widely used Metasploit Framework—improving MSSQL exploitation modules, command stagers, session handling, and adding unit tests. Comfortable across full‑stack Ruby on Rails and backend security engineering, he excels at database query optimization, operational improvements, and building custom security tooling. A Tufts MS in Computer Science, he pairs pragmatic problem-solving with rapid adaptation to new tech stacks and a consistent drive for robustness and better user experience.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityHigh School, High School at The Park School of BaltimoreMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Tufts University3.61, 3.61 at University of Richmond
Spanish
Github Skills (11)
metasploit10
ruby10
metaframework10
meta10
audittrail9
audit-logging9
auditing9
code-auditing9
audit9
error-handling8
testing8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/metasploit-framework
May 2022 - Jul 2024
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end & Security Engineer
Back-end & Security EngineerContributions:101 reviews, 43 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the Metasploit Framework, focusing on improving the security and functionality of MSSQL exploitation modules. Their work included adding features such as timeout configuration to FTP modules and improvements to command stagers. They also added unit tests, updated password crackers and enhanced error handling to improve code robustness and user experience. The user also worked on session handling.
metasploitmetasploit-framework
zgoldman-r7/metasploit-framework
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
Metasploit Framework
Contributions:1 PR, 224 pushes, 36 branches in 1 year 4 months
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