Mehdi Sabraoui
Security Engineer at BuildSafe
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMehdi Sabraoui is a security engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in application and product security, combining academic rigour from a PhD in Computer Science with CISSP-backed industry practice. He has led security efforts for blockchain ecosystems as Lead Security Engineer at Shardeum Foundation and now advises and builds security services through his consultancy BuildSafe while contributing at Turnkey. His background spans research engineering at Tenable, secure software development, and threat modeling, giving him a strong blend of offensive and defensive perspectives. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he pairs technical depth—secure code review, threat modeling, and platform hardening—with a founder’s mindset for delivering pragmatic, product-aligned security solutions. An understated strength is his track record of moving between research, teaching, and applied engineering, enabling clear communication of complex risks to both developers and executives.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Louisville
Github Skills (52)
autoscaling10
evm10
typescript10
sharding10
ethereum10
blockchain10
emacs9
proof-system8
vim8
newsletter8
tla8
bulletproofs8
c-language7
security7
verification7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mssabr01/ICSVerifiedSoftwareProject
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:32 commits, 56 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
mssabr01/cryptopals_rust
Mar 2022 - Oct 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
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