Nataniel Borges
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolNataniel Borges is a Staff Software Engineer at Google in Zurich with a decade of experience building robust testing and anomaly-detection systems for the Android Framework. His trajectory spans from research roles and a PhD at Universität des Saarlandes/CISPA to senior engineering positions at Google, blending deep academic rigor with large-scale production engineering. He has hands-on expertise in fuzzing and automated testing—evidenced by contributions to the Fuzzing Book project where he implemented mutation-based fuzzers and updated practical notebooks. Comfortable across the stack, Nataniel’s background also includes GIS, computer vision and legacy system migrations, reflecting a talent for turning messy, real-world data into reliable software. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who pairs tooling and research insights to prevent subtle, hard-to-find system failures.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, 2.0, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Technology, 2.0 at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Universität des Saarlandes
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (5)
jupyter-notebook10
fuzzing10
python10
testing10
test-automation9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
uds-se/fuzzingbook
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Project page for "The Fuzzing Book"
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Contributions summary:Nataniel contributed to the project by adding documentation, specifically detailing missing dependencies for the project's notebooks. They also drafted and updated Project 1, which involves utilizing mutation fuzzing for the svglib SVG rendering library. This involved setting up a fuzzer based on the MutationCoverageFuzzer template and implementing a FunctionCoverageRunner, as well as updating the project for code changes.
pythontest-automationtestingsecurityfuzzing
uds-se/droidmate-bandits
Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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