Christian Ternus
Silicon Engineering Infra Eng at Apple
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolChristian Ternus is a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco with 14 years of experience building large-scale, security- and privacy-focused systems across Google and Apple. He has led privacy engineering for Search & Assistant, architected cloud key management and delegated authorization systems that unlocked major customer revenue, and drove platform security for Apple’s AI/ML data stack. Comfortable in C++, Go, Java and distributed systems, he pairs low-level engineering chops with cross-team leadership—running threat modeling, incident response, and developer education programs. An MIT-trained engineer who has spoken at major conferences and founded internal culture initiatives, he’s equally at home designing cryptographic infrastructure and teaching others to think like engineers. Off the clock he’s an adventure traveler and self-described tinkerer, wryly calling his work “teaching rocks to think.”
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (78)
web-application10
flask-application10
backend10
deploying10
pygame10
nodejs10
google-api10
mhealth10
react10
client-library9
sensor9
api-client9
notebook9
python9
ipython9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ternus/nsaproductgenerator
Dec 2013 - Apr 2016
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 2 years 3 months
nsa
ternus/gcal-bridge
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:38 commits, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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