Waqar Ahmed
Security Lead at VeChainOfficial
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolWaqar Ahmed is a security leader based in the UK with a 16-year cybersecurity background and recent leadership roles at VeChain and Coinbase, focusing on secure systems design and DevSecOps. He blends hands-on engineering—kernel research, SAST integration, CI/CD security, container vulnerability management—with program-level compliance and certification experience (PCI DSS, code signing). Known for building and mentoring security teams, he has moved from research on kernel-level anti-keylogging techniques to practical production security across fintech and healthcare. Waqar has a track record of turning research insights into scalable defenses, such as automated vulnerability workflows and security-aware CI pipelines. Comfortable in both academia and enterprise, he pairs a Master’s in Advanced Distributed Computing with deep practical experience in cloud, container, and infrastructure hardening. An uncommon thread through his career is bridging low-level systems research with operational security practices to help organisations ship fast without compromising safety.
2 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Engineering Computer Engineering, BSc. Engineering Computer Engineering at University of Engineering & Technology PeshawarMaster’s Degree Advanced Distributed Computing, Master’s Degree Advanced Distributed Computing at University of Leicester
Github Skills (19)
thor10
blockchain9
ethereum8
ecosystem8
mono7
codebase3
typescript2
smart-contracts2
evm1
sui1
solc1
tooling1
debug1
solidity1
console1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vechain/graphql-cop-gitaction
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Security Auditor Utility for GraphQL APIs
Contributions:8 releases, 4 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 1 month
WaqarAhmedVC/graphql-cop
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Security Auditor Utility for GraphQL APIs
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 1 month
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