# Austin Theriault

> Senior Software Engineer at Semgrep

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/austintheriault

Functional programming, distributed systems, operating systems, and math are fun! If you are a recruiter, do not consider reaching out unless the role involves at least one of the following:
1. Weird languages
2. Scaling something horizontally a ridiculous amount
3. Pure math is involved (NOT statistics)
4. OSS kernel or language hacking
5. Competitive pay for uncompetitive hours of work

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## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Semgrep
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
OCaml multicore, telemetry, and other systems things. Part time segfault ascii art artist

### Software Engineer @ Semgrep
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Lead for Semgrep extension, and a whole lotta interesting OCaml telemetry and build systems work. Moonlighted as a treasure hunter

### Software Engineer @ Semgrep
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
IDE extensions written in OCaml!

### Software Engineer Intern @ Semgrep
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

### Treasure hunter @ Unknown
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
Found $10k of buried treasure in San Francisco in under 12 hours.

### Teaching Assistant @ The George Washington University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Worked as a learning assistant for a second year and third yearComputer Science major requirement class, specifically Software Engineering with Dr. Adam Aviv, and Operating Systems with Dr. Tim Wood. Responsibilities include general office hours and help, and writing quizzes.

### Computer Science Fellowship @ The George Washington University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Cryptography focused undergraduate research assistant under Dr. Arkady Yerukhimovich. Currently researching robust streaming algorithms and multi-party computation. Published researcher on cryptographically secure message trace backs to fight fake news.

### Software Engineer @ KnowYourVote
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Remote
Developer of  the Python/Django/Heroku/PostgreSQL Backend for KnowYourVote, a website devoted to providing voters easy access to facts.

### President of LHS Chapter of Math Honor Society @ Math Honor Society
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

### President of LHS Chapter of Math Honor Society @ Math Honor Society
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

### President of LHS Chapter of Math Honor Society @ Math Honor Society
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

### Intern @ UNH InterOperability Lab
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mathematics and Computer Science
The George Washington University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/austin-theriault-1648b2168
- Website: https://cutedogs.org

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Last updated: 2026-04-01