Melissa Gore
Staff Software Engineer at Material Security
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMelissa Gore is a security-focused Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building backend systems and hardening production services. Based in Waltham, MA, she brings pragmatic engineering leadership to fast-moving teams, translating security requirements into scalable, auditable architectures. Currently at Material Security, she blends deep backend proficiency with an emphasis on threat-resistant design and operational resilience. Collected graduate study at Brandeis and coursework through Harvard Extension reflect a commitment to continual learning and interdisciplinary thinking. Outside work she balances technical craft with creative pursuits—she codes, writes poetry, and lifts heavy weights—bringing a disciplined, creative perspective to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English at University of New HampshireNon-degree, Computer Science, Non-degree, Computer Science at Harvard Extension SchoolDual Master of Arts (M.A.), English, Women's & Gender Studies, Dual Master of Arts (M.A.), English, Women's & Gender Studies at Brandeis University
Github Skills (10)
credit6
credit-card3
ruby-on-rails2
react2
ruby2
sinatra2
rails2
api2
icloud-drive1
dev-environment1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mlg-/mlg.codes
Jun 2015 - Mar 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years 10 months
mlg-/mlg.codes_3.0
Jul 2019 - Apr 2026
Contributions:3 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 10 months
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