Daniel Ekelund
Software Engineer at YourSix
Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Ekelund is a pragmatic software engineer with over a decade of experience building and maintaining production systems, currently focused on Go and microservices. He combines a strong low-level computer science background (compilers, real-time, OS) with hands-on expertise in C/C++, Python, Java and cloud-native tooling like Docker and AWS. At Snyk he improved CLI vulnerability detection and SBOM handling—work that highlights his attention to accuracy and security in developer tooling. Comfortable in both office and remote settings, he thrives on agile practices such as pair programming and TDD/BDD, and often tackles maintenance and reengineering challenges that improve long-term design quality. Known for balancing team collaboration and independent delivery, he frequently explores spare-time Go projects integrating WebSockets and GNU/Linux.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of science Computer Science, Master of science Computer Science at Lund University
Github Skills (13)
vulnerabilities10
cyclonedx10
scanning10
vulnerability-scanners10
security10
go9
sbom9
typescripts8
typescript8
command-line-interface8
command-line8
cli8
typescript-types8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
snyk/cli
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:70 reviews, 23 commits, 37 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities within the Snyk CLI. Their contributions include fixing false positives related to Log4Shell detection by refining the matching logic and adding diffing capabilities. They also implemented features for excluding specific file paths from scans, including metadata such as expiry dates and reasons, and integrated support for newer CycloneDX SBOM formats. The user's work demonstrates a focus on improving the accuracy and features of the CLI's vulnerability scanning capabilities.
monitorssarifmonitorsecurity-toolsvulnerabilities
dekelund/gomate
Dec 2015 - Sep 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 5 branches, 7 tags in 6 years 9 months
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