Mitchell Anicas
Senior Engineering Manager, Security Software Engineering And Security Data Science
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMitchell Anicas is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years at DigitalOcean, currently managing Security Software Engineering and Security Data Science teams in New York. He combines hands-on systems and backend experience (Ruby, Go, billing, fraud/abuse detection) with a strong track record of shipping production services tied to core business goals, including work that supported DigitalOcean’s IPO. Known for coaching engineers to amplify strengths and close skill gaps, he bridges product, security, and data science to deliver measurable outcomes. His early career spans deep systems administration and automation at the University of Hawai‘i, giving him operational fluency across Unix, virtualization, storage, and orchestration tooling. That blend of low-level systems know-how and modern security/data engineering practice helps him design resilient, auditable solutions for high-risk domains.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Hawai‘i System
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Github Skills (29)
digitalocean-api7
coordinates7
api7
infrastructure6
command-line6
snap6
digitalocean6
regex6
command-line-interface6
javascript6
cli5
command-line-tool5
iso5
country-codes5
geo5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
thisismitch/ama_moderator
Jun 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:25 PRs, 111 pushes, 26 branches in 3 years
reactvoteask
thisismitch/ansible-tinc
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 1 month
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