Waqar Ahmed
Staff Security Engineer at hyperexponential
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.
3 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 (17)
thor10
blockchain9
ethereum8
golang8
monorepo7
javascript6
smart-contracts4
typescript2
codebase2
proxy1
json-rpc1
solidity1
restful-api1
hardhat1
rpc1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vechain/graphql-cop-gitaction
Mar 2024 - May 2025
Security Auditor Utility for GraphQL APIs
Contributions:8 releases, 4 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 year 2 months
vechain/account-abstraction-demo
Feb 2024 - Jul 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
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