A Borden
Software Engineer at Elastic
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMaxwell Borden is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently focused on Linux security while working at Elastic in Amsterdam. His background spans full-stack web development and production systems across companies from CGI to startups like Redbrick and Medimap, giving him a practical blend of backend, frontend and security-minded engineering. He transitioned from building user-facing PHP/JavaScript applications to contributing to platform-level security work, reflecting a strong shift toward system-level reliability and hardening. Maxwell holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Victoria and brings an engineer’s curiosity—evidenced by an early career as a snowboard instructor—that shapes his collaborative, patient approach to complex problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSeng), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSeng), Computer Software Engineering at University of Victoria
English
Github Skills (165)
end-to-end-encryption10
feather-icons10
pgp10
heartbeat10
http10
autocomplete10
language-server-protocol10
vim-plugin10
security10
hyper10
kitty10
elasticsearch10
visualizations10
packetbeat10
logstash10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Tacklebox/uvicalendar
Nov 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 15 commits, 11 pushes in 11 months
Tacklebox/CSC330
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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