Charles Lee
Software Engineer - Information Security
San Francisco, California, United States
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RockstarCharles Lee is a software engineer specializing in information security with nine years of experience and a deep background in network engineering. Based in San Francisco, he transitioned from hands-on field and global network design roles into security-focused software development and technical program management at Google. He brings practical infrastructure instincts—DWDM, routing, optical systems—and applies them to secure build and deployment automation for cryptographic projects, including contributions to the well-known Tink library. His work blends backend, DevOps, and security engineering, improving build pipelines, Maven automation, and cloud KMS testing. Known for turning complex operational environments into auditable, automated workflows, he pairs low-level network expertise with modern software delivery practices.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (25)
scripting10
java10
cicd10
javas10
script10
build-automation10
maven10
sh10
shell10
google-cloud-platform9
google-apps-script9
python9
gcp9
go9
google-sheets9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tink-crypto/tink
May 2018 - Jan 2023
Tink is a multi-language, cross-platform, open source library that provides cryptographic APIs that are secure, easy to use correctly, and hard(er) to misuse.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:11 releases, 3 reviews, 415 commits in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Charles's contributions focused on improving the build process and automating the deployment of Java applications in this cryptographic library repository. Their work included refactoring build scripts to incorporate environment variable checks, configuring the build to deploy JavaDoc documentation, and automating the management of Maven packages, improving the overall build and release pipeline. Furthermore, they added code related to the testing of the Google Cloud KMS AEAD and performed general build and configuration updates.
securecryptographycppcross-languagemulti-language
chuckx/tink
May 2019 - Sep 2019
Tink is a multi-language, cross-platform, open source library that provides cryptographic APIs that are secure, easy to use correctly, and hard(er) to misuse.
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
securecryptographycross-languagemulti-languagecryptographic
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