Eslam Salem
Manager I, Security Research at Datadog
Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
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Top SchoolEslam Salem is a seasoned security leader and former founder with 12 years of experience building and hardening web applications and developer-facing security products. Currently Manager I of Security Research at Datadog, he progressed through engineering and team lead roles to run applied research that informs product and platform defenses. He previously led product security at Sqreen and founded Shieldfy, giving him a rare combination of startup founder instincts and enterprise-scale security rigor. His background as a full-stack and frontend senior developer informs a pragmatic approach to application security, threat modeling, and scalable mitigations. Based in Alexandria, Egypt, he blends hands-on vulnerability research with people leadership and a clear product focus, often translating research findings into operational protections. Outside work he maintains a personal site (eslam.io), reflecting an ongoing commitment to sharing knowledge and tooling.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Good Education, Good Education at Faculty of education
Stackoverflow
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php
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laravel
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Github Skills (200)
hugo10
penetration-testing10
expressjs10
web-application10
uploader10
web-application-security10
enumeration10
distributed-tracing10
testing10
gruntjs10
security10
python-security10
encoding10
profiling10
bypass10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
shieldfy-archive/shieldfy-laravel-client
Dec 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:3 releases, 27 commits, 16 PRs in 7 months
laravel-frameworklaravelphp
shieldfy/shieldfy-docs
Apr 2017 - Sep 2018
The official repository for documentation
Contributions:28 commits, 18 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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