Oscar Tovar
Backend Engineer at GitLab
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOscar Tovar is a backend engineer and web application security specialist with eight years of experience building reliable, secure services across Python, JavaScript, and Go. Currently at GitLab after roles in privacy engineering at Facebook and research/engineering at WhiteHat Security, he blends deep security analysis with pragmatic backend development. He contributes to open-source projects such as a Go/React URL shortener where he added database adapters, integration tests, and malicious URL detection using Google Safe Browsing. Based in Washington, D.C., he focuses on application security tooling and privacy, continually learning to bridge research insights and production-grade implementations. Notably, his work pairs hands-on API and database improvements with threat-detection features, reflecting a rare mix of developer discipline and security-first thinking.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Houston
Github Skills (8)
test-integration10
go10
database-design10
integration-testing10
risk-management9
apidoc9
api9
postgresql8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
short-d/short
Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
URL shortening service written in Go and React
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 10 PRs, 40 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Oscar primarily focused on implementing features and making improvements to the URL shortening service's backend. Their contributions involved adding database adapter functionalities, including the ability to update and delete URLs. They also refactored code, introduced new interface methods, and incorporated integration tests to ensure the system's reliability. Additionally, the user integrated a malicious URL detection feature, adding a risk detector and incorporating Google's Safe Browsing API to enhance security.
golangshorteningreacturl-shortening
oatovar/short
Mar 2020 - May 2020
URL shortening service written in Go and React
Contributions:20 pushes, 8 branches in 1 month
golangshorteningreacturl-shortening
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