Samuel Johnson
Application Security Architect
Albany, New York Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolSamuel Johnson is an Application Security Architect with 11 years of software engineering experience who blends deep development roots in front-end JavaScript and back-end Scala/Java/Python with a focused mission to improve software and information security. He has led secure development initiatives—implementing SAST/DAST, CI/CD integration, and security code review—across healthcare, finance, and enterprise products, most recently at Tradeweb and Paige. Samuel pairs technical work with education and risk management, teaching database systems at RPI and creating developer-facing security guidance to raise organizational awareness. An active contributor to the well-known retire.js project, he has enhanced vulnerability reporting and tooling for JavaScript library scanning and SBOM generation. His background in HCI and naval aviation training shows a blend of user-centered design, disciplined learning under pressure, and a preference for mission-driven projects with positive social impact. Based in the Albany, NY area, he prioritizes local opportunities and brings both public- and private-sector experience to architecting secure, usable systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS Information Technology, MS Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (19)
scanner10
javascript10
security10
vulnerabilities10
chrome-extension9
google-chrome-extension9
nodejs9
build-tools8
sbom7
jenkins6
spring-boot6
spring-mvc6
spring6
java6
npm6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RetireJS/retire.js
Feb 2015 - May 2015
scanner detecting the use of JavaScript libraries with known vulnerabilities. Can also generate an SBOM of the libraries it finds.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 6 PRs, 12 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Samuel's contributions focused on enhancing the functionality of the `retire.js` project, particularly in adding support for vulnerability identifiers and severity levels. They modified the core `retire.js` and `scanner.js` files to incorporate these features, allowing for more detailed vulnerability reporting. The user also reverted a previous commit and handled merge conflicts, indicating involvement in code maintenance and integration. Additionally, the user worked on the Chrome extension build process.
javascript-librariessbom-toolgrunt-pluginssecurity-toolsvulnerabilities
codedx/doc-md
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
Doc MD is a markdown to HTML generator for user guides
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 1 issue in 11 months
to-markdownmarkdown-to-htmlmarkdownhtml-generator
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