Michael Kruger
Software Automation Engineer
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Kruger is a Software Automation Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building robust QA and testing practices across web and backend systems. Currently at DXS, he combines automation (Selenium, Playwright, Katalon), performance testing (Locust), and Python scripting in containerized CI/CD pipelines to accelerate reliable releases. He has a practical background from IT support and web development to content QA, which gives him a strong systems troubleshooting mindset and attention to operational detail. An active contributor to the hashcat project, Michael has strengthened password-recovery algorithms and optimized performance in a widely used security toolset—highlighting his applied security and low-level algorithm skills beyond typical QA work. Based in the Western Cape and studying Computer Science, he brings a pragmatic, security-aware approach to automation that helps teams ship higher-quality software faster.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of the PeopleComptia A+, Information Technology, Comptia A+, Information Technology at I.T AcademyMatric, Matric at Hoogenhout High School, Bethal, South Africa
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (19)
algorithm10
opencl10
code-optimization10
algorithms10
cracking10
c1110
hashcat10
c1710
hashset10
optimisation10
passwords10
hashtable10
numerical-optimization10
hash10
optimization10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hashcat/hashcat
Nov 2020 - Aug 2021
World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:1 review, 18 commits, 3 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the hashcat project, focusing on password recovery and cracking utilities. Their work primarily involved implementing and optimizing algorithms for various hashing methods, including NetNTLMv1 and NetNTLMv2. They added new features, modified existing ones, and optimized code for performance, as evidenced by the additions of new modules and adjustments to existing code. The user also worked on enhancing existing code to prevent bypasses, and generally strengthened the projects ability to crack more passwords.
cudapassword-generatorpassword-managerfastestpassword
sensepost/wiresocks
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
A sock, with a wire, so you can tunnel all you desire.
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 months
socktunneltuntapwire
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