Charlotte Fereday
Software Engineer, Security R&D at Snyk
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCharlotte Fereday is a software engineer specializing in security R&D with six years of experience building secure, full-stack applications and developer tooling. Currently at Snyk after security-focused roles at TES and ThoughtWorks, she blends AppSec, purple-team practices and modern engineering (Node, React, TypeScript, TDD, message queues and ELK) to harden systems end-to-end. Her background spans consulting, product engineering and community-building, and she has a track record of translating academic research and stakeholder needs into production software and partnerships. A former PhD candidate and co‑founder of a research-industry matchmaking startup, she brings uncommon strengths in research-led problem framing, cross‑disciplinary collaboration and technical storytelling.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MA Spanish and Latin American Studies, Distinction, MA Spanish and Latin American Studies, Distinction at King's College London, U. of LondonCoding Bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering, Coding Bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering at MakersBachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature (European), First, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Language and Literature (European), First at University of Leeds
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (93)
devsecops10
security10
static-analysis10
sarif10
vulnerabilities10
cli10
snyk10
monitor10
software-composition-analysis10
supply-chain-security10
monitors10
bootcamp9
infrastructure-as-code9
jenkins-plugin8
package-lock-json8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cfereday/java-goof-1
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:37 PRs, 58 pushes, 50 branches in 3 years 3 months
cfereday/advent-of-code-2020
Dec 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 17 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 9 months
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