Artur Janc
Principal Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolArtur Janc is a Principal Software Engineer and tech lead based in Zurich with over a decade of experience hardening web platforms and protecting Google’s application ecosystem. He has led and grown multiple Information Security Engineering teams, driving adoption of major web security mechanisms, coordinating with hundreds of product teams, browser vendors, and standards bodies like the W3C. His work blends hands-on security and privacy research, tooling and infrastructure design, and operational programs such as the Vulnerability Reward Program. Known for translating novel attack research into deployable protections, he’s delivered defenses against XSS and cross-site attacks at internet scale. Earlier in his career he founded a web startup and has full-stack development roots, giving him both product instincts and deep engineering rigor. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, standards-aware security solutions that balance risk, usability, and large-scale deployability.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAssorted coursework (non-degree) Management Science and Engineering, Assorted coursework (non-degree) Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University
Spanish, German, Polish, English
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Github Skills (112)
testing10
websocket10
mobile-web10
attestation10
eventsource10
backend10
ietf10
javascript10
in-progress10
safari10
browser10
microsoft-edge10
disable10
browser-api10
firefox10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
arturjanc/webappsec
Sep 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:4 pushes in 4 years 1 month
web-application-securityapplication-securitysecurityweb-applicationmethodology
arturjanc/web.dev
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
The frontend, backend, and content source code for web.dev
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 1 day
backendweb-devfrontenddev
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