Craig Smith
Senior Backend Engineer, Secure at GitLab Inc.
Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolCraig Smith is a Senior Backend Engineer with 17 years of professional experience, currently building secure, scalable systems at GitLab. He blends deep backend expertise in Go, Node.js and Ruby with a strong front-end sensibility using React/Redux, enabling end-to-end delivery of high-performance, well-tested software. Craig has led greenfield projects for PII handling and enterprise admin consoles, owning authentication, encryption and data export workflows that balance speed and security. Comfortable in Agile teams and cross-continental collaboration, he frequently moves between architecture, hands-on coding and testing strategy to ship practical solutions. Based in Greater Brisbane, he pairs enterprise-grade engineering with a pragmatic focus on usability and operational robustness.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Meadowhead SchoolBachelor of Science (BSc), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Software Engineering at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Github Skills (28)
devsecops10
semgrep10
gitleaks10
secrets10
data-loss-prevention10
cicd10
security10
llm10
protect10
golang10
cli10
javascript9
static-analysis9
git9
static-code-analysis9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
craigmarksmith/craigmarksmith.blog
Apr 2009 - Jul 2009
Contributions:43 commits in 3 months
craigmarksmith/gitleaks
Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
Protect and discover secrets using Gitleaks 🔑
Contributions:1 release, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 6 months
discoverprotectsecurity-toolssecuritysecrets
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