Alexander Jäger
Cyber Chaos at Google
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Jäger is a seasoned cyber security and digital forensics engineer with 12+ years of experience, currently leading DFIR and incident response work across Google & Alphabet. He blends deep hands-on investigation skills on macOS, Windows, Linux and cloud platforms with back-end and API development, contributing to notable open-source projects like Timesketch and the Viper binary analysis framework. As a longtime community leader—former FIRST board member and chair—he brings industry-wide coordination experience handling large-scale vulnerabilities and privacy incidents. Comfortable shipping code (Python) and improving documentation, he focuses on practical, secure deployments and has a track record of addressing both tooling bugs and security best practices. Based in Frankfurt, he favors direct, context-rich professional outreach and values clear signals over generic networking requests.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl. Ing. (FH) Technical computer science information technology, Dipl. Ing. (FH) Technical computer science information technology at Hochschule Mannheim
German, English, French
Github Skills (12)
api-rest10
api-documentation10
rest-api10
api10
msp10
python10
apidoc10
api-design10
restful-api10
api-client9
threat-intelligence8
documentation8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
viper-framework/viper
Jun 2014 - Feb 2021
Binary analysis and management framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & API Developer
Back-end Developer & API DeveloperContributions:55 commits, 42 PRs, 38 pushes in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed significantly to the project by implementing and improving API functionality, including adding file deletion, project listing, and note management capabilities. They also addressed bugs related to file handling and session management within the core framework. Furthermore, the user worked on improving API documentation and addressing security concerns by documenting best practices for deployment.
binary-analysis
google/timesketch
May 2019 - Jan 2023
Collaborative forensic timeline analysis
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 653 reviews, 292 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on improving the documentation within the codebase, specifically addressing docstrings. They made changes to improve clarity and accuracy in the comments of the code. The user also made changes on different files related to the API client. Their work primarily revolved around refining the documentation and providing better context for the code.
forensictimelinedfirsecurityanalysis
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