Tiago Silva
Senior Software Engineer at Teleport
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolTiago Silva is a Senior Software Engineer based in Lisbon with nine years of experience building secure, production-grade backend systems. Currently at Teleport, he focuses on Kubernetes access and security, contributing to a well-known open-source platform that protects infrastructure access. His background spans leadership and hands-on engineering at Ad Insert Tech and earlier quantitative and fluid-dynamics research roles, giving him a rare mix of security, systems engineering, and numerical simulation experience. He holds an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and has deep familiarity with high-performance computing patterns and access-control semantics, which he applies to harden distributed systems and cloud-native workflows.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Science and Technologies, 19/20 (95%), High School, Science and Technologies, 19/20 (95%) at Escola Secundária Henrique MedinaMaster of Science (MSc), Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamic and Structural analysis, 19/20 (95%), Master of Science (MSc), Aerospace Engineering - Aerodynamic and Structural analysis, 19/20 (95%) at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (11)
it-security10
kubernetes10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
security10
rbac9
user-authentication8
authentication8
grpc8
aws7
websocket7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gravitational/teleport
May 2022 - Jan 2023
The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Security Engineer
Back-end & Security EngineerContributions:4794 reviews, 214 commits, 2258 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Tiago made several contributions focused on improving the Kubernetes access functionality and security of the Teleport platform. Their work included implementing features to restrict access based on Kubernetes verbs, extending the range of resources supported for access control, and refining the user's experience and security posture related to access control. They also addressed issues with credential handling, focusing on both stability and integration with the underlying AWS infrastructure. Their work showcases an understanding of Kubernetes, security best practices, and the nuances of access control mechanisms within the Teleport platform.
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tigrato/telep
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:17 reviews, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 9 days
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