Zachary Goldman
Software Engineer II at GitHub
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Goldman is a Software Engineer II based in Austin with four years of hands-on experience building secure, high-performance systems across Ruby, Python, and full-stack JavaScript stacks. He has a strong track record in security and networking, contributing to the widely used Metasploit Framework—improving MSSQL exploitation modules, adding robust error handling, and expanding test coverage. Zachary combines backend engineering and DevOps ownership with practical database query optimization and performance tuning from prior Rails and PostgreSQL work. A Tufts MS graduate, he thrives on learning new technologies quickly and turning security-focused research into production-ready tooling. Notably, he blends open-source collaboration with product release responsibilities, making him equally comfortable in community-driven projects and enterprise release cycles.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of RichmondMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Tufts UniversityHigh School, High School at The Park School of Baltimore
Spanish
Github Skills (11)
ruby10
meta-framework10
meta10
metasploit10
audit9
audit-trail9
audit-logging9
code-auditing9
auditing9
error-handling8
testing8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/metasploit-framework
May 2022 - Jul 2024
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end & Security Engineer
Back-end & Security EngineerContributions:101 reviews, 43 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the Metasploit Framework, focusing on improving the security and functionality of MSSQL exploitation modules. Their work included adding features such as timeout configuration to FTP modules and improvements to command stagers. They also added unit tests, updated password crackers and enhanced error handling to improve code robustness and user experience. The user also worked on session handling.
metasploitmetasploit-framework
zgoldman-r7/metasploit-framework
Apr 2023 - Aug 2024
Metasploit Framework
Contributions:1 PR, 224 pushes, 36 branches in 1 year 4 months
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