Jake Massimo
Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJake Massimo is an Applied Scientist at AWS with five years of industry experience and a PhD in Cyber Security focused on cryptographic applications of computational number theory. He specializes in public key cryptography, key exchange protocols, and formal verification, translating deep theoretical work—rooted in factorization and number theory—into practical, production-grade security features. A first-class MMath graduate from Exeter, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on engineering at scale in Seattle. His background as an RNLI senior lifeguard underscores calm, decisive leadership and clear communication under pressure—skills he applies to coordinating cross-functional technical work. He maintains an active personal site and GitHub presence that reflect a blend of research, tooling, and reproducible cryptographic engineering.
6 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cyber Security, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cyber Security at Royal Holloway, University of LondonMaster's Degree (MMATH), Mathematics, 1st Class, Master's Degree (MMATH), Mathematics, 1st Class at University of ExeterA Levels, A Levels at Petroc
Github Skills (27)
crypto10
ssl10
public-key10
c9010
avx10
dsa10
digital-signature10
post-quantum-cryptography10
c9910
aws10
openssl10
cryptography10
boringssl10
encryption10
post-quantum9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jakemas/s2n-bignum
Jun 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:399 pushes, 35 branches in 1 year
jakemas/dilithium-certificates
Oct 2024 - May 2025
I-D that describes the algorithm identifiers for NIST's PQC ML-DSA for use in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
Contributions:38 pushes, 6 branches in 6 months
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