Justin Tomlinson

Principal Software Engineer

Career Trajectory
2022 — Present

Principal Software Engineer

Liberty Mutual Insurance • Remote

Directing architectural integrity and engineering standards for distributed software ecosystems.

Strategic Impact
  • Managing complex software design patterns across cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Driving the implementation of high-performance distributed systems architecture.
  • Advocating for robust software development life cycles and engineering excellence.
2020 — 2021

NASA OSTEM Intern of the Year

Kennedy Space Center • Artemis Program

Engineered ground system software for the SLS rocket and the Artemis human spaceflight program.

Mission Details
  • Developed safety-critical functional tests for the launch control system.
  • Standardized linting tools used by ground system engineers.
  • Named Intern of the Year for significant codebase improvements.
Academic Research
2021 — 2022

PhD-Level Researcher

Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research

Conducted specialized research into cellular network vulnerabilities and biometric authentication failures.

Key Findings
  • Marlin Project: Developed methods to identify adversarial IMSI catchers.
  • Biometrics: Proved systemic flaws in Android Face Unlock protocols.
2018

Compiler Research Internship

Chalmers University of Technology • Sweden

Developed low-level compiler optimizations for the Very Portable Optimizer (VPO).

Education
2018 — 2020

University of Florida

M.S. in Computer Science

PhD Research Track • GPA: 3.64

2016 — 2018

Florida State University

B.S. in Computer Science

Magna Cum Laude • GPA: 3.76

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