James Wald
Lead Principal Software Engineer at Waldware
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJames Wald is a Lead Principal Software Engineer based in Cambridge, MA with 14 years building secure, high-impact products across mobile, embedded, and distributed systems. He currently leads Akamai’s zero-trust MFA efforts, bringing deep expertise in Android/iOS, Rust, FIDO2/WebAuthn and passkeys to production security. As founder of Waldware he pairs hands-on R&D for major internet platforms with enterprise experience leading branded app and SDK efforts at Grubhub and LevelUp. His early work spans real-time embedded systems and wireless medical devices, reflecting a rare blend of low-level C/RTOS engineering and modern mobile development. He also invests in applied AI via Udacity’s Deep Learning coursework, applying pragmatic ML knowledge to product problems. Colleagues describe him as a mission-driven engineer who thinks long-term—“playing the infinite game”—while shipping secure, user-focused systems.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Deep Learning Nanodegree Foundation Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning Nanodegree Foundation Artificial Intelligence at UdacityBachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University
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Github contributions (5)
jameswald/agp-doc
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:10 commits, 13 pushes, 1 comment in 26 days
spd-mfa/webauthn-rs
Mar 2022 - Jan 2025
An implementation of webauthn components for Rustlang servers
Contributions:1 release, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 10 months
passkeywebauthnrustfido-u2frustlang
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