Jonathan Knudsen
Principal Research Scientist at Bitsight
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Knudsen is a Principal Research Scientist based in Chapel Hill with 12+ years of experience blending deep security research, data engineering, and technical communication. He has driven Internet-scale analysis using Spark, EMR, HBase, and Python at Bitsight and previously led global security research and evangelism at Synopsys, where his fuzzing work produced multiple CVEs. Jonathan’s background spans hands-on vulnerability discovery in IoT, networking, and crypto stacks, plus developer-facing roles writing JDK documentation and training engineers. He pairs rigorous low-level debugging and exploit development with clear public-facing writing, blogging, and webinar delivery. Known as a voracious learner and versatile technologist, he frequently translates complex research into product improvements and educational material. A Princeton-educated engineer, he brings uncommon breadth—from embedded device reverse engineering to cloud-scale data analysis—plus a talent for making technical ideas accessible.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science and Engineering Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Bachelor of Science and Engineering Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University
Github Skills (5)
solidity6
vulnerabilities6
ethereum6
security4
wireshark2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jonathanknudsen/jonathanknudsen.github.io
Dec 2019 - Jul 2026
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 7 months
Codenomicon/defensics-contrib
May 2014 - Nov 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push in 4 years 6 months
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