Amanda Knight
Software Engineer at MITRE
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmanda Knight is a software engineer with 14 years of professional experience and six years as a full-stack developer at MITRE, focused on front-end development and accessibility. She combines user-centered UI work with substantial back-end contributions to security-focused open source projects, including core implementation and token logic for an OpenID Connect Java/Spring reference server and refactors in the Spring Security OAuth codebase. Based in Greater Boston, she cares deeply about building usable, accessible software and has maintained a public portfolio showcasing her front-end craft. Her background in computational mathematics and computer science informs a practical, security-aware approach to web architecture and interoperability.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of New HampshireBachelor of Science (BS), Computational Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computational Mathematics and Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English
Github Skills (15)
openid-connect10
javas10
authorizations10
oauth10
authorization10
java10
jwt10
spring-boot10
apidoc9
api9
spring-security9
jpa8
java-persistence-api8
webapi8
database-design7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mitreid-connect/OpenID-Connect-Java-Spring-Server
Nov 2011 - Sep 2013
An OpenID Connect reference implementation in Java on the Spring platform.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:292 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Amanda appears to be a back-end developer contributing to the core functionality of an OpenID Connect server implemented on the Spring platform. Their initial contributions involved setting up the basic structure of the web endpoints (e.g., token, authorize, userinfo) and data models, including database entities. The user subsequently focused on fleshing out the logic for these endpoints, specifically the user information endpoint, and implementing the hash calculations for the access and ID tokens.
javaopenid-connect
spring-attic/spring-security-oauth
May 2012 - Sep 2013
Support for adding OAuth1(a) and OAuth2 features (consumer and provider) for Spring web applications.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Amanda primarily refactored and updated core components related to authorization and token requests within the Spring Security OAuth2 framework. Their work involved restructuring the request lifecycle, transitioning from AuthorizationRequest to OAuth2Request, and refactoring the AuthorizationEndpoint. Further contributions included modifications to samples reflecting the changes. These modifications streamlined the authorization process and improved the overall maintainability of the codebase.
oauthspring-web
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