Aaron Brown
Head Of Security at Mercor
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Brown is a security leader specializing in AI infrastructure and cloud-native platform protection, currently building security, IT, and GRC at Mercor to safeguard systems that train frontier models and evaluate agentic workflows. Former Head of Security at Vercel, he architected defenses for AI-native workloads—designing sandboxed microVM execution, an AI Gateway integrating 100+ LLMs, and secure-by-default infrastructure for agentic apps—while driving major compliance achievements like HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, TISAX, and SOC 2. He has a strong track record in open source security and CVE leadership, disclosing multiple high-impact vulnerabilities across the Next.js and React ecosystems and establishing an internal OSS disclosure process. Prior roles at Sisense and early software engineering experience gave him hands-on expertise building SIEMs, cloud IAM re-architecture, and developer-facing security tooling. Aaron pairs technical depth with program-level delivery—holding two US patents related to OCR security—and actively advises and speaks within the security community. Based in San Francisco, he blends operational rigor with a keen focus on securing the emergent intersection of human workflows and AI.
3 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack ReactorBachelor of Arts International Politics Arabic Mid-East Studies, Bachelor of Arts International Politics Arabic Mid-East Studies at The University of AkronMasters in Public Administration - Focus in Organizational Design International Project Management & Strategic Planning, Masters in Public Administration - Focus in Organizational Design International Project Management & Strategic Planning at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
English, Arabic, Spanish
Github Skills (25)
javascript10
vercel10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
build-system10
nextjs10
browser10
webpack10
turborepo10
bundler10
monorepo10
compiler10
rust10
hosting10
react10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aaronbrown-vercel/commerce-test
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
vercel/turborepo
Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
Build system optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 8 months
monorepoincrementalturborepobundlerrust
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