Summary
Nathan Stchepinsky is a cybersecurity-focused software engineer and open-source advocate with seven years of hands-on experience building privacy-first applications and running offensive and defensive security operations. He founded Zero-TOTP, a 100% open-source TOTP authenticator with zero-knowledge encryption and user-managed backups, and released iLocked on the App Store while contributing key features to Swift-RSA. His background spans pentesting and SOC leadership at I-TRACING, large-scale CTF organization and club leadership at Télécom SudParis, and systems administration of a student ISP that he scaled as president. Trained in rigorous math and cryptography research under INRIA supervision, he blends academic depth in hash-function analysis with practical engineering across C++, Swift, Python and cloud tooling. Based in Montreal and studying for a Master in System Administration & Security, he combines product-minded development with proven security operations and community-driven open-source impact.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master en informatique, Administration système & Sécurité, Master en informatique, Administration système & Sécurité at Polytechnique Montréal
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Institut Polytechnique de Paris
MPSI / MP, Mathematics and Computer Science, MPSI / MP, Mathematics and Computer Science at Lycée Henri Poincaré
Grand École d’Ingénieur en Génie Informatique, Grand École d’Ingénieur en Génie Informatique at Télécom SudParis