Edward Larson
Software Engineer at Arch
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Larson is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building reliable, security-focused systems and developer tools. Based in New York, he led the public launch of OFRAK at Red Balloon Security—refactoring core modules, preparing PyPI packages, and adding GUI search—to drive adoption well beyond expectations. He stabilized and advanced DARPA-funded micropatching work, secured additional program funding, and engineered control-flow integrity solutions for real-time systems without breaking timing constraints. Earlier firmware work at Intel delivered embedded ARM C firmware and a next-generation NAND error recovery that cut recovery triggers threefold, paired with modernized Python/Pytest CI infrastructure. Now at Arch, he blends low-level firmware expertise with backend engineering and a pragmatic open-source mindset that focuses on shipping robust, auditable tooling.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (9)
refactoring10
python10
pytest9
build-tools8
build-system8
build-script8
front-end-development7
reverse-engineering6
unpack5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
redballoonsecurity/ofrak
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
OFRAK: unpack, modify, and repack binaries.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:16 releases, 317 reviews, 36 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Edward primarily refactored the codebase to remove dependencies, specifically targeting the `ofrak_component` module. This involved moving and updating tests to ensure core functionality didn't rely on the removed dependencies. Moreover, the user prepared the OFRAK packages for PyPI distribution, which indicates work on the project's build and distribution processes. They also added search functionality in the GUI and made several API modifications.
unpackerfirmwarectfmodifybinaries
EdwardLarson/rivr
Oct 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 47 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
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