Eric Finlay
Development Manager at Zillow
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolEric Finlay is a Development Manager and former startup founder with 12 years of experience building secure, reliable back-end systems for high-value data platforms. At Zillow he combines hands-on engineering with security ownership—leading API and data-distribution reliability efforts while running the HackerOne program and triaging critical vulnerabilities. He previously co-founded a high-throughput real-money gaming platform where he designed payment integrations and machine-learning based fraud detection, and earlier created simulation models for billion-dollar infrastructure projects. Trained as an Engineering Physics graduate from UBC, he brings analytical rigor to messy real-world data problems and a reputation as a dependable "workhorse" who closes the gap between security, performance, and product needs. Based in Greater Vancouver, he focuses on pragmatic, production-first solutions that protect sensitive data while enabling flexible distribution.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Engineering Physics, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Engineering Physics at The University of British Columbia
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Github Skills (79)
workgroup9
acme9
golang9
reverse-proxy9
security9
caddy9
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extensible9
transport9
data-dictionary9
server9
http-server9
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supertest8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
EnFinlay/enfinlay.github.io
Oct 2019 - May 2021
Bug Hunting Blog
Contributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 6 months
bug-huntinghunting
Retsly/microservice
Mar 2016 - Feb 2018
New Microservice Repo
Contributions:1 release, 6 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 11 months
amazon-ecsmicroservicemicroservices
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