Meador Inge
Staff Security Engineer at Google
Magnolia Springs, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMeador Inge is a Staff Security Engineer at Google with 14 years of experience blending deep compiler expertise and hands-on security engineering across embedded, cloud, and application domains. He has a long history of contributing to major toolchains—work on Clang/LLVM and GCC dating back to Mentor Graphics and notable contributions mirrored in llvm-mirror/clang—and applies that low-level systems knowledge to threat modeling, exploit development, and cryptographic analysis. His open-source work includes backend compiler features and implementing Python-to-Go runtime behavior in Google's grumpy project, reflecting a pragmatic mix of language runtime and systems work. Meador pairs a Master’s focus in machine learning with practical compiler and RTOS experience, enabling a rare ability to trace security issues from high-level algorithms down to code generation and runtime behavior. He’s known for turning complex toolchain and architectural constraints into robust, auditable solutions and for communicating those risks through white papers and security education.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science (focus on Machine Learning), M.S. Computer Science (focus on Machine Learning) at University of South AlabamaB.E. Computer Engineering, B.E. Computer Engineering at Auburn University
Github Skills (20)
python10
c1110
c1710
compiler-design10
compiler-compiler10
go10
cplus10
compiler10
cpp10
performance-monitor9
language-translation9
performance-analysis9
coding-style8
unit-testing8
algorithms7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
google/grumpy
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Grumpy is a Python to Go source code transcompiler and runtime.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 11 PRs, 47 comments in 21 days
Contributions summary:Meador primarily contributed to the implementation of built-in functions and methods within the Grumpy project. Their work focused on adding support for various Python built-in functions such as `abs`, `all`, `any`, and `cmp`, as well as methods like `capitalize` and `count` for strings, and count for tuples and lists, ensuring these functionalities were correctly translated from Python to Go. They also implemented support for unary minus and made `list.sort` stable, along with introducing initial support for complex numbers. This involved modifications across multiple files, including testing, core runtime components, and type-specific implementations.
golangpythonruntimetranscompilergo-source
llvm-mirror/clang
Jun 2012 - Apr 2017
Mirror kept for legacy. Moved to https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Compiler Engineer
Back-end Developer & Compiler EngineerContributions:13 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Meador primarily contributed to the Clang compiler, focusing on improving code generation and compiler features. Their work involved expanding the `creal` and `cimag` functions, expanding existing builtins and fixing related compilation errors. They also addressed build issues related to the library call simplifications, fixed a crash in Sema and implemented changes related to handling `constexpr` variables in range loops and condition declarations.
keptwindowsllvmcc-plus-plus
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