Aditya Sharad
Staff Manager, Software Engineering at GitHub
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAditya Sharad is a seasoned engineering leader with a decade of experience building and operating developer-focused security tooling at GitHub, where he has progressed from engineering roles to Staff Manager and Director of Software Engineering. He combines hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like CodeQL and the vscode-codeql extension—with a strong emphasis on reliability, resource management, and clear technical documentation. His background in mathematics and foundations of computer science from Oxford underpins a pragmatic approach to complex systems, enabling him to improve build stability, memory handling, and developer workflows. Based in California, he blends technical authorship, team leadership, and incident-aware engineering to ship scalable code scanning and security integrations used across the industry.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science at University of OxfordInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Indus International School, BangaloreIndian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE), Indian Certificate for Secondary Education (ICSE) at Greenwood High International School, BangaloreBachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics and Computer Science at Magdalen College, University of Oxford
English
Github Skills (17)
github-advanced-security10
github-ci10
python10
vscode-extension10
cicd10
codeql10
configuration-file10
configurations10
githubaction-workflow10
documentation10
cli10
bash9
memory-management9
act9
typescripts8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
github/vscode-codeql
May 2019 - Jan 2023
An extension for Visual Studio Code that adds rich language support for CodeQL
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:424 reviews, 184 commits, 49 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Aditya primarily contributed to the development of the CodeQL extension for VS Code. Their work focused on enhancing the AST viewer functionality by resolving dependencies and enabling it to function when library packs are in the package cache. They also refactored code to improve efficiency and addressed review comments. Furthermore, the user made updates to the CLI tests and documentation.
codeqlvisual-studio-codevscodevscode-extensionworks-with-codespaces
github/codeql-action
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Actions for running CodeQL analysis
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 375 reviews, 110 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Aditya primarily focused on improving the build and configuration aspects of the CodeQL action. They fixed a URL for Python 2.7 pip installation, addressing a dependency issue. The user also modified the memory allocation for the OS to mitigate out-of-memory errors, demonstrating attention to resource management. Further contributions included merging branches related to RAM threshold and dependency updates, and ensuring the action's stability and integration with the code scanning processes.
codeqlsemmle-qlcode-scanningadvanced-securityci
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