Summary
Cody Cutler is a software engineer based in Boston with nine years of experience building secure, high-performance systems at scale, currently contributing to Amazon Web Services. He combines deep research pedigree from MIT (PhD work in operating and distributed systems) with hands-on expertise in storage, security, cryptography, reverse engineering, and malware analysis. Cody’s background spans academia and industry—from graduate research with FLUX to network engineering and contracting—bringing a practical understanding of real-world networking and systems operational challenges. At AWS he applies that foundation to production-grade distributed storage and security features, prioritizing reliability and defendable designs. Colleagues would describe him as a technically rigorous problem-solver who bridges low-level systems thinking with applied security insights. An understated strength is his ability to translate reverse-engineering techniques into proactive defenses and hardening in large-scale services.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer science (operating systems, distributed systems), PhD, Computer science (operating systems, distributed systems) at MIT
The University of Utah