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Haroon Atif

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I build clean, well-reasoned software and write about security, systems, and the occasional novel translation.

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Experience

  1. Security Engineer @ Acme Security

    2024 — Present

    Remote

    30+ vulns triaged4 services hardenedCI gates added
    • ▹Led threat-modeling and remediation across core authentication services.
    • ▹Built automated dependency and secrets scanning into the CI pipeline.
    • ▹Wrote internal playbooks adopted by the wider engineering org.
    Threat ModelingPythonGitHub ActionsBurp Suite

  2. Software Engineer @ Northwind Labs

    2022 — 2024

    Hybrid

    10k+ users40% latency cut0 → 1 product
    • ▹Shipped a customer-facing dashboard from prototype to production.
    • ▹Refactored the data layer, cutting p95 latency by 40%.
    • ▹Mentored two junior engineers on testing and code review.
    TypeScriptReactNode.jsPostgreSQL

  3. Maintainer / Author @ Open Source & Writing

    2020 — Present
    Novel translationSecurity write-upsOSS contributions
    • ▹Translating a serialized novel chapter-by-chapter (see the blog).
    • ▹Publishing long-form security and systems write-ups.
    • ▹Contributing fixes and docs to tools I use daily.
    Technical WritingTranslationGit

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Get in touch

Have a project, a question, or just want to talk security, code, or books? My inbox is open.

atif.haroon02@gmail.comgithublinkedin