Jeffrey Schroeder
Principal Security Engineer at Asymmetric Research
Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States
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Top SchoolJeffrey Schroeder is a Principal Security Engineer with 18 years of hands-on experience building and securing large-scale Linux and blockchain infrastructure, currently leading a team that runs PoS validators and RPC nodes. He blends deep systems engineering—rooted in long tenure at Jump Trading and production ops—with software development in Go, Python, and automation for resilient, high-throughput distributed systems. An active open-source contributor, Jeffrey has improved core projects like SaltStack and Graphite and helped extend Wormhole interoperability to Fantom, demonstrating practical impact on widely used infrastructure tooling. He brings a rare mix of field-proven security instincts (from UAV ops to NIST-guided hardening) and developer discipline, aspiring toward smart contract auditing while still writing tooling and tests that increase reliability at scale.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Security Information Assurance, Computer Security Information Assurance at Sans - Mastering Packet Analysis36 Credit hours Aeronautics, 36 Credit hours Aeronautics at Cochise College
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Github Skills (39)
unit-testing10
kubernetes10
solidity10
python10
django10
configuration-management10
graphite10
time-series10
fantom10
carbon-copy10
carbon-lang10
saltstack10
go10
exception-handling10
blockchain10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
graphite-project/whisper
Jun 2012 - Oct 2015
Whisper is a file-based time-series database format for Graphite.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:85 commits, 25 PRs, 19 pushes in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jeffrey primarily contributed to improving the robustness and stability of the Whisper time-series database tools. Their work involved adding sanity checks, handling potential errors, and addressing issues like broken pipes. They also refactored the test suite for better code style and coverage. The user's changes ensure better handling of unexpected input and system events, improving the overall reliability of the tools.
time-series-databasepythonseries-databasefile-basedwhisper
wormhole-foundation/wormhole
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
A reference implementation for the Wormhole blockchain interoperability protocol.
Role in this project:Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 releases, 920 reviews, 51 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Jeffrey primarily contributed to the backend infrastructure of the Wormhole project, adding support for the Fantom blockchain by modifying node configuration files. Their work included adding Fantom-specific RPC URLs and contract addresses, integrating Fantom into the readiness checks and admin node listing. They also made enhancements to the deployment setup, improved the repair script, and added additional features, indicating involvement in the project's operation and maintenance.
golangrustblockchaininteroperabilitywormhole
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