Summary
Ivan Šincek is a Staff Offensive Security Engineer based in Germany with 8 years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, secure code review, and threat modeling across web, mobile, desktop, and blockchain applications. He has led security programs at scale—running bug bounty operations, sourcing third-party pentests, and building security champions and training curricula—while contributing security tooling and CI/CD automation. His background includes focused work on financial and blockchain platforms (including Binance) and early involvement in OIDC and DIDComm architectures, giving him deep expertise in identity and protocol-level risk. Ivan combines practical offensive techniques with secure design reviews (PASTA, STRIDE, DREAD) and a developer mindset from earlier full‑stack and mobile roles, which helps him bridge product and security teams effectively. An active bug hunter and open-source tinkerer, he often shares security code and methodologies developed in his spare time.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Science at Faculty of Organization and Informatics
English, Croatian, Chinese, German