Christopher Kian
Senior Software Engineer, Application Security
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Kian is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in application security with over a decade of experience building and hardening enterprise-grade Liferay DXP platforms. He brings deep full-stack Java expertise and hands-on identity & access management skills—SAML, LDAP, OpenID Connect, and OAuth 2.0—having implemented IdP-initiated SSO flows and optimized SAML integrations in the flagship liferay-portal repository. At Liferay he’s blended product development, platform security, and high-priority technical support to enforce correct permissions, improve resilience, and mentor engineering teams. Known for finding root causes in complex deployments, he pairs secure coding practices with pragmatic performance fixes that accelerate teams without sacrificing safety. Based in California, he draws on a strong support-to-engineering career trajectory and a BS in Computer Science from CSU Chico to move systems from fragile to production-ready.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at CSU Chico
Github Skills (8)
javas10
user-authentication10
authentication10
playwright10
java10
saml10
testing9
javascript8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
liferay/liferay-portal
Feb 2015 - Mar 2023
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:699 commits, 29 PRs, 7 comments in 8 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Christopher primarily focused on the SAML integration aspects within the Liferay Portal project. Their contributions included the addition of tests for SAML custom fields, the adjustment of the relayState parameter, and the implementation of IdP initiated SSO with specific redirect parameters. They also made updates to the UI for the password policy features. Furthermore, they also performed performance optimizations and code cleanup.
ChrisKian/bashScripts
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 push in 5 months
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