Jared Nishikawa
Software Engineer at Prove
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Nishikawa is a software engineer and former threat researcher with eight years of experience blending applied security and software development, currently building at Prove in Denver. His career progressed from cybersecurity instructor to senior threat researcher roles at VMware/Carbon Black and into application security at PDQ, giving him deep expertise in threat analysis, secure engineering, and operationalizing detection. Jared pairs a PhD-level mathematical background with hands-on security tooling and systems experience, enabling rigorous, data-driven approaches to hard engineering problems. He is comfortable moving between research, offensive security insight, and production software delivery—an asset when turning adversary knowledge into robust, scalable defenses.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor’s Degree, Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics at Willamette University
Github Skills (8)
golang7
baduk6
game-engine6
2d-game6
filter5
go5
cuckoo4
bloom3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jared-nishikawa/dotfiles
Apr 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
jarednogo/marklee-teaching-games
Dec 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:47 commits, 129 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 2 months
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