Moritz Neikes
Security Engineer at Northwave. Intelligent Security Operations
Netherlands
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Top SchoolMoritz Neikes is a Security Engineer at Northwave with 12 years of software engineering experience and a cum laude MS in Cyber Security from Radboud University. He blends practical development chops—implementing and extending cryptographic algorithms such as ChaCha20 on ARM and contributing thesis-level enhancements—with operational security work in an enterprise SOC. Earlier roles include building a Java-based statistical modelling application from the ground up, giving him end-to-end product experience from UX to distribution and customer support. Colleagues describe him as independent, curious, and standards-driven, often tackling problems with creative, research-informed approaches. He also builds accessible tooling (e.g., Timecop) and small standalone projects (Paddocks) that showcase pragmatic engineering and a focus on developer experience. Based in the Netherlands, he brings a rare combination of deep crypto implementation experience and real-world security operations know-how.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Cyber Security, cum laude, Master of Science - MS, Cyber Security, cum laude at Radboud University
German, English, Dutch
Github Skills (24)
love2d10
lua10
spritesheet9
game-development9
type-checking9
minecraft7
information-security6
cybersecurity6
threat-hunting6
security6
javac5
threat-intelligence5
fraud-detection5
fraud-prevention5
information-sharing5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
25A0/Quadtastic
Feb 2017 - May 2019
A tool to manage sprite sheets and color palettes
Contributions:852 commits, 27 PRs, 91 pushes in 2 years 2 months
spritesheetluagame-development
25A0/dotfiles
Dec 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:47 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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