Holden Oullette
Senior Security Software Engineer at Netflix
Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolHolden Oullette is a Senior Security Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building AppSec programs, secure development pipelines, and industry-grade open source tooling, now contributing to security at Netflix. He has led security initiatives as both an individual contributor and team lead across startups and large orgs—creating Podium’s Bug Bounty, running internal CTFs and conferences, and mentoring dozens of engineers. Holden combines deep application security expertise (including secure code reviews in Elixir and JavaScript, GraphQL testing, and build-pipeline defenses) with practical incident response and penetration testing experience from earlier roles. Known for translating complex threats into teachable programs, he blends thought leadership, community-focused education, and tool development to raise security posture broadly. Based in the Salt Lake City area, he brings a pragmatic, builder-first approach to securing high-scale products and developer workflows.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of Oregon
elixir, php, python, c, java, javascript, html/css
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Github Skills (91)
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javascript9
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cybersecurity9
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sphinx-doc9
python9
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
houllette/MeetMe
Nov 2016 - May 2020
Web application that allows users to figure out mutual free times with their colleagues. Uses Flask server, MongoDB, and Google Calendar API
Contributions:4 PRs, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
apifigurepythoncalendarcolleagues
podium/elixir-secure-coding
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
An interactive cybersecurity curriculum designed for enterprise use at software companies using Elixir
Contributions:61 reviews, 4 commits, 20 PRs in 7 months
curriculumsobelowsecurityelixirsecurity-education
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