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
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of New HampshireNon-degree, Non-degree at Harvard Extension SchoolDual Master of Arts (M.A.), Dual Master of Arts (M.A.) at Brandeis University
Github Skills (12)
credit5
credit-card4
react3
ruby-on-rails2
ruby2
lists2
sinatra2
rails2
api2
icloud1
icloud-drive1
dev-environment1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mlg-/gentle_intro_to_elixir
Nov 2018 - May 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
mlg-/floofapp
Jun 2021 - Aug 2023
A toy Ruby on Rails app used to teach a 4-session, 6-hour intro to Ruby on Rails for programmers new to the framework.
Contributions:12 PRs, 17 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 2 months
ruby-on-railsrails-apprailstoyruby
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