Alex Vanderpot
Security Engineer
San Antonio, Texas United States
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Top SchoolAlex Vanderpot is a Security Engineer with 11 years of hands-on software experience based in San Antonio, specializing in bridging application security and full-stack development. He contributes to impactful open-source work such as LunaSec, enhancing dependency-scanning tooling and improving both frontend UX and backend infrastructure to catch vulnerabilities like Log4Shell in CI pipelines. Known as a "Data Plumber" on GitHub, he combines pragmatic data and auth fixes with schema and codegen updates to make security tooling more reliable and automatable. His background in sound recording technology signals a creative, systems-oriented thinker who approaches engineering with both technical depth and attention to user workflows. Alex excels at shipping practical, auditable solutions that integrate into developers' everyday processes, reducing friction between security and delivery.
11 years of coding experience
Ronald Reagan High SchoolSound Recording Technology, Music, Sound Recording Technology, Music at Texas State University
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Github Skills (16)
react10
security9
backend9
front-end-development9
back-end-development9
javascript9
typescripts8
nodejs8
typescript8
graphql8
typescript-types8
wpgraphql8
wordpress-graphql8
aws7
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
lunasec-io/lunasec
May 2022 - Jan 2023
LunaSec - Dependency Security Scanner that automatically notifies you about vulnerabilities like Log4Shell or node-ipc in your Pull Requests and Builds. Protect yourself in 30 seconds with the LunaTrace GitHub App: https://github.com/marketplace/lunatrace-by-lunasec/
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:145 reviews, 707 commits, 185 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Alex contributed to the development of the LunaSec security scanner, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. Their work included implementing new features for the frontend, such as a download SBOM button, and fixing bugs related to user authentication. Additionally, the user modified the backend infrastructure and code generation, and performed updates to the database schema.
protecttokenization30-secondscompliancevulnerability-scanners
xctf-io/xctf
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
A simple CTF platform written in go.
Contributions:5 reviews, 215 commits, 4 PRs in 15 days
ctfctf-platformgraphqltypescriptflexibility
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