Wayne Yao
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolWayne Yao is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years' experience specializing in security engineering and offensive AI security at Microsoft. He has built attack simulation platforms for Azure, led least-privilege implementations at scale for Windows, and now focuses on AI offensive security research and tooling. His background in static code analysis and white-box security auditing at Huawei complements a Master of Technology from the University of Sydney and a theoretical chemistry foundation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, reflecting strong analytical depth. Colleagues know him for a curiosity-driven approach—“interested in how things are like what they're like”—that turns complex security problems into automated, auditable systems. Based in Queensland, Australia, he blends hands-on engineering with a pragmatic security mindset, often bridging research concepts and production deployment.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of SydneyBachelor of Science Theoretical Chemistry, Bachelor of Science Theoretical Chemistry at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Github Skills (200)
accessories10
cracking10
ubuntu10
comment-system10
carddav10
ftp-server10
collider10
brute-force-attacks10
wallet10
debian10
centos10
ftps10
archlinux10
bruteforce10
plutus10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
wayneyaoo/alfred-cheat
Jul 2019 - Feb 2022
Manage your self-defined cheat sheets & knowledge base in Alfred
Contributions:7 releases, 5 reviews, 23 commits in 2 years 7 months
definedproductivityknowledgealfredcheat-sheets
wx-Yao/Conf-fu
Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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