Edward Minnix
Software Engineer at GitHub
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Minnix is a software engineer with a decade of experience specializing in security-focused backend development and compiler technology. Currently on GitHub's CodeQL Static Languages team, he contributes to a widely used security analysis engine by implementing taint-tracking configurations and modeling data flows for real-world vulnerability detection. His background spans compiler engineering at Aleo, DevOps and application work at Unisys, and academic roles supporting programming languages and theory courses, giving him a rare blend of practical engineering and formal CS training. A Stevens Institute graduate in cybersecurity and computer science, he pairs rigorous research interests in programming languages and compilers with hands-on security engineering. Notably, he has improved CodeQL’s coverage of SQLi, XSS, and command injection scenarios by refactoring queries and adding tests that model third-party library behaviors. Based in New Jersey, he brings both production-grade systems experience and an appetite for language-and-compiler research.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity, Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity at Stevens Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (17)
sql-injection10
dataflow10
taint10
it-security10
command-injection10
java10
codeql10
security10
java-security10
javas10
vulnerability-detection10
xss10
python9
haskell6
python-os6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
github/codeql
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
CodeQL: the libraries and queries that power security researchers around the world, as well as code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Security Engineer
Backend Developer & Security EngineerContributions:197 reviews, 136 commits, 173 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Edward primarily contributed to the security aspects of the CodeQL codebase by refactoring and implementing checks for security vulnerabilities. The contributions involved the implementation of taint tracking configurations for different types of vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, command injection, and XSS, including test cases. Moreover, the user worked on modeling the flow of data through code elements, which included creating models for methods from third-party dependencies. The user also refactored existing security queries to improve code quality.
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egregius313/dotfiles
Jan 2018 - Apr 2020
My dotfiles and configuration tools
Contributions:1 PR, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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