Peter Richmond is a Staff Security Engineer based in San Francisco with 11 years of hands-on experience securing cloud-native products and developer platforms. He has progressed from software engineering into security leadership roles at companies like Segment, Twilio, Retool, and Lattice, mixing deep application-level coding with org-level security strategy. Known for enjoying the craft of coding and fixing systems, he brings practical engineering discipline to threat modelling, incident response, and building secure developer workflows. His background spans both software and network engineering—from early network support roles to building deployment automation and addressing technical debt—giving him a pragmatic lens on operational security. Colleagues value him for bridging developer ergonomics and rigorous security controls while mentoring engineers to ship safer products.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at University of Washington
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
Network Engineering and Computer Programming, Network Engineering and Computer Programming at Cascadia College
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