Mark Goodwin is a Senior Staff Security Engineer with 14+ years securing and building internet-facing systems, blending deep browser engineering experience from Mozilla with hands-on application security leadership at Matillion and Hardenize. He specializes in web security, PKI, penetration testing and secure software development across languages including JavaScript, C++, Go, Java, Python and Rust. Mark has driven security architecture and feature design for critical web products—contributing front-end fixes to Mozilla’s Gaia phone UI—and is comfortable moving between low-level browser internals and high-level threat modeling. Now at Causaly, he combines pragmatic engineering with public speaking and open-source engagement to translate complex security requirements into deployable, auditable solutions. An early Linux and Java consultant with a Computer Science degree from Birmingham, he brings a curious, research-minded approach to practical security problems.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Software Engineering at University of Birmingham
DEPRECATED - Gaia is a HTML5-based Phone UI for the Boot 2 Gecko Project. NOTE: For details of what branches are used for what releases, see
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:8 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the front-end user interface, focusing on improvements and bug fixes within the settings application. The commits demonstrate a focus on the Find My Device feature, addressing issues related to FxA login and preventing unintended auto-enabling. The changes involve modifications to JavaScript files and test cases, impacting user interactions and functionality. The user also made changes to the launcher, handling events to notify the user.
Contributions:10 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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Mark Goodwin - Senior Staff Security Engineer at Causaly