Matt Weeks
Senior Software Engineer at dYdX
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Weeks is a senior software engineer with 15 years of experience building streaming risk platforms, distributed Kdb+ calculation engines, and end-to-end risk management tooling for top-tier trading and investment firms. He combines deep quantitative research training with hands-on systems engineering—from time-series databases and microservices to UX and automated operational recovery—specializing in market and credit risk for complex global portfolios. Matt has led greenfield architectural design and migration of legacy batch systems to resilient streaming microservices, and his work supports CCAR, CECL, and IFRS-9 regulatory workflows. A former USN submariner who trained nuclear operators and managed reactor plant chemistry and cyber systems, he brings rare operational discipline to 24/7 monitoring and incident response. He’s also contributed security-focused code to prominent open-source projects like Metasploit, adding audio/webcam payloads and covert transport enhancements, reflecting an unusual blend of offensive security insight and financial risk engineering.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician, Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician at Nuclear Power School - Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC)GEM program
Broward County, FL, GEM program
Broward County, FL at Nova High SchoolMaster’s Degree, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Master’s Degree, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at University of Michigan College of EngineeringBachelor’s Degree, Nuclear Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Nuclear Engineering at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
English
Github Skills (17)
penetration-testing10
wp-api10
http10
winapi10
c1110
ruby10
c1710
php10
meter10
network-security10
ws-api10
reverse-engineering10
metasploit10
encoding9
jpeg9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/metasploit-payloads
Nov 2010 - Nov 2017
Unified repository for different Metasploit Framework payloads
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the `metasploit-payloads` repository by implementing and improving webcam and audio recording functionality within the Meterpreter framework. They added in-memory webcam support, converting BMP to JPEG. The user also integrated the webcam extension into the standard API and addressed memory leaks. Furthermore, the user added audio recording capabilities and fixed an audio recording issue in specific Windows versions. Additionally, the user made changes to DHCP server functionality, including adding logging, which suggests work related to payload execution and network attacks.
metasploit
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Jul 2010 - Apr 2018
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:344 commits, 16 PRs, 7 pushes in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the Metasploit Framework by modifying and enhancing the "hop" functionality. These changes involved adding support for HTTPS, new transport mechanisms, and integrating host header transport, indicating a focus on network communication and evasion techniques. The modifications to the `reverse_hop_http` handler and related PHP code suggest the user worked on improving covert channels and tunneling capabilities. Furthermore, the user fixed several bugs and implemented security-related enhancements to improve framework functionality.
metasploit
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