Pierre Tempel
Director, Product Management at GitHub
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolPierre Tempel is a product leader and former engineer with 11 years of experience building security-focused developer tools and cloud-native products, currently directing Product Management for static analysis and AI-powered detection at GitHub in Berlin. He combines hands-on back-end and security engineering—contributing to CodeQL and code scanning suites—with strategic product leadership that scales across PM teams. Pierre has a track record of turning research-grade security analyses into production-ready developer features, informed by prior roles spanning technical leadership, partnerships, and SaaS go-to-market. He also brings practical DevOps experience, having improved WSL installation tooling and distribution flows in open-source projects. Known for bridging deep technical detail and business outcomes, he regularly reports to executives and shapes cross-functional roadmaps. Outside product work, his early research in brain-computer interfaces and genetics tooling hints at a curiosity-driven approach to complex technical problems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur Naturwissenschaften (Science Department), Abitur Naturwissenschaften (Science Department) at Landesschule Pforta
German, English
Stackoverflow
1,263reputation
55kreached
13answers
31questions
Github Skills (32)
github-advanced-security10
it-security10
batchfile10
codeql10
security10
script10
wsl210
batch10
archlinux9
python8
cprogramming-language8
go8
javas8
dotnet-core8
ruby8
Programming languages (32)
Github contributions (5)
github/codeql
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
CodeQL: the libraries and queries that power security researchers around the world, as well as code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:39 reviews, 23 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Pierre's commits primarily involve creating and modifying CodeQL queries, specifically focusing on security-related areas. They have been involved in creating suites for experimental security queries across multiple languages and also excluding problematic queries. The user has worked on merging branches and fixing/improving existing queries related to security vulnerabilities. Their contributions reflect a strong emphasis on enhancing CodeQL's security analysis capabilities.
github-advanced-securitysecurity-toolsgithub-security-labsecurity-researcherssecurity
minxomat/src
Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:3 releases, 19 PRs, 288 pushes in 6 months
mjsjscriptjavascriptcompilersuccessor
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