Andrew Brinker
Principal Engineer at MITRE
Brea, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Brinker is a Principal Engineer with 12 years of experience leading software supply chain security, architecture, and resilient engineering at MITRE. He blends technical depth—especially in collecting, analyzing, and operationalizing security data—with people-first leadership, managing cross-department teams and mentoring engineers to grow through clear expectations and advocacy. Andrew focuses on removing barriers that prevent organizations from choosing secure, sustainable engineering practices, and he treats security as an enabler of speed rather than a constraint. His background includes teaching programming language theory, technical editing for Rust books, and hands-on open-source work around memory safety, reflecting a rare mix of academic rigor and practical tooling experience. Based in Brea, CA, he is motivated by high-stakes incident readiness, having shaped responses to crises like Log4Shell to help organizations move fast and stay safe.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at California State University, San BernardinoMaster of Computer Science, Master of Computer Science at Rice UniversityHoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp, Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp at Stanford University
Github Skills (200)
json-data10
cargo10
postgresql10
compile-time10
ruby10
specification10
installers10
garbage-collection10
rust-language10
rust-lang10
aggregator10
async10
jsonpath10
formatter10
sql10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
alilleybrinker/university
Jul 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
omnibor/omnibor-rs
Aug 2022 - Feb 2023
Reproducible identifiers & fine-grained build dependency tracking for software artifacts.
Contributions:35 reviews, 62 commits, 229 PRs in 5 months
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