Syler Clayton
Embedded Penetrating Testing Engineer (L5)
Bellingham, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSyler Clayton is an embedded device penetration tester and security researcher with over a decade of hands-on experience reverse engineering firmware, developing exploits, and scaling vulnerability discovery across consumer and cloud-connected products. Currently an L5 Embedded Penetration Testing Engineer at Amazon Lab126, he blends advanced techniques—symbolic execution, fuzzing, static analysis, and ML-assisted tooling—to find systemic weaknesses and produce actionable remediation guidance for engineering and leadership. His background includes full-stack security assessments for cloud infrastructure at Oracle and long-running offensive research roles at HP, where he also helped mentor teams, run hiring interviews, and build automation for source-code scanning pipelines. Syler holds an M.S. in Computer Science and has translated lab research into reproducible tooling and POCs, demonstrating a rare mix of deep technical exploit craft and pragmatic program-level improvements. Based in Bellingham, WA, he brings a persistent curiosity for embedded platforms and physical attack surfaces that often uncovers issues missed by conventional testing.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Github Skills (51)
neo4j-database10
dma9
firmware9
graph9
cartography9
rescue9
neo4j9
esp328
database8
arduino8
bluetooth-low-energy8
python8
athena8
infrastructure8
wii8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Relys/3DS_Multi_Decryptor
Nov 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:21 commits, 11 PRs, 13 pushes in 11 months
Relys/vesc_pkg
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Official VESC Packages
Contributions:5 PRs, 53 pushes, 5 branches in 11 months
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