Dirk Brink
Security Engineer at Asymmetric Research
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Brink is a security engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building and securing software across startups and research-driven companies, currently at Asymmetric Research and running independent security research projects. He blends low-level engineering roots from Dyson and Graphcore with product and founder experience—having co-founded two startups and served as Technical Product Owner—so he navigates both research-grade AI compute and product delivery. Comfortable in C++, Python and full-stack tooling, Dirk spends most of his free time on personal software projects and soliciting feedback to keep improving. Based in Calgary with degrees from Imperial College and Cranfield, he brings entrepreneurial grit, a collaborative listening style, and a knack for turning complex technical problems into practical, pleasant-to-use solutions.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College LondonNanodegree Full Stack Web Development, Nanodegree Full Stack Web Development at UdacityHigh School, High School at The Judd SchoolMaster of Science - MSc Global Product Development and Management, Master of Science - MSc Global Product Development and Management at Cranfield University
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (53)
solidity10
interoperability10
reference-implementation10
blockchain10
golang10
rust10
wormhole10
foundry9
tooling9
tensorflowjs9
django-admin9
admin-interface8
ethereum8
solc8
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wormhole-foundation/wormhole-audits
Jan 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 review, 13 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 1 month
djb15/wormhole
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025
A reference implementation for the Wormhole blockchain interoperability protocol.
Contributions:1 review, 8 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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