James Muir
Software Engineer at Cisco
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Muir is a software engineer and cryptographer with 11 years of industry experience, currently contributing to Cisco after recent work with the OpenSSL Software Foundation. He combines deep academic training—a Ph.D. in Cryptography from the University of Waterloo—with hands-on roles spanning cryptographic engineering, Android platform leadership, and senior developer positions in security-focused firms. James has moved between research and product teams, helping bring formal crypto expertise into practical systems at companies like Irdeto, Synopsys, and Crypto4A. Based in Ottawa, he is comfortable shipping secure, production-grade software across embedded, mobile, and server environments, and has a background as an instructor and researcher that informs a methodical, proof-minded engineering style. An understated strength is his ability to translate advanced combinatorics and optimization techniques into pragmatic security solutions that scale.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mathematics Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mathematics Computer Science at Mount Allison UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Cryptography Combinatorics & Optimization, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Cryptography Combinatorics & Optimization at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (134)
system10
service-manager10
systemd10
vast10
encryption10
crypto10
public-key10
init10
linux10
shamir-secret-sharing10
hash10
vagrant10
crc10
device-tree10
certificate10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
GraphiteSoftware/aosp_build
Sep 2016 - Mar 2019
AOSP Build system compatible version of Open GApps
Contributions:13 PRs, 44 pushes, 27 branches in 2 years 6 months
gappsbuild-systemaosp
jamuir/openssl
Jan 2022 - May 2024
TLS/SSL and crypto library
Contributions:84 pushes, 28 branches in 2 years 4 months
crypto-librarycryptographyssltlscrypto
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