# Nabeel Younis > Software Engineer with a knack for integrations, reverse engineering and cryptography. Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nabeelyounis Software Engineer with extensive experience in cloud technologies and modern approaches to cloud cybersecurity. Strong understanding of the entire stack, with a focus on backend. Has a passion for building APIs that enable creativity for both internal engineers as well as end users in how they are used. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer - Product Security @ WHOOP Jan 2026 – Present | Boston, MA ### Senior Software Engineer - Product Security @ WHOOP Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States ### Software Engineer 2 - Product Security @ WHOOP Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States Security Engineer on the Application Infrastructure team: - Became the first full-time security role at WHOOP - Developed the framework of the Cybersecurity Organization within WHOOP - Developed the Software Organization's Incident Response Procedure - Implemented a Private Bug Bounty and Public Vulnerability Disclosure Program - Revamped internal developer IAM and reduced friction in authentication and authorization with internal systems - Performed security and privacy reviews for Software and Product Organizations - Collaborated with IT and Legal on technical due diligence and compliance satisfaction - Present on the state of cybersecurity to Software Organization on a quarterly basis - Regularly investigate potential security concerns and remediate risk with systematic solutions ### Software Engineer 2 @ WHOOP Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States Backend Software Engineer on the Application Infrastructure team focused on observability: - Architected and implemented new monitoring and alerting automation for existing and new backend services - Improved developer experience through internal tooling around building, deploying and monitoring backend services - Developed tooling that enabled infrastructure changes to occur with zero down time - Integrations with AWS, DataDog, PagerDuty and Kubernetes - Established best practices for documentation and github and rolled it out to the Software Organization - Regularly gave presentations to team members and the Software Organization ### Logistics Director @ MIT Bitcoin Club Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Responsible for: - Managed a team of direct reports who each has assigned responsibilities - Managed a team of volunteers (30 people total, training and assigning shifts) - Website building and updating - Livestream production including graphics - Catering and refreshments - Swag procurement - Physical print production (banners, badges, maps) - Solve logical and technical issues of planning committee ### Cybersecurity Tech Lead @ BastionZero Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States Rebrand from Commonwealth Crypto, Inc. Back end software engineering and software architect - Architecting and uplifting core offerings of start up - Coordinated penetration and stress testing of backend and infrastructure as well as remediation of exposed weaknesses - Building full stack features with scalability and extensibility in mind - Lead engineer of BastionZero CLI (zli) - Engineering team management (scrum master, jira moderator, bug triage) and bridging with product team - Fielding questions and remediating technical issues for other engineers concisely and consistently - Presented to early customers of Bastionzero the technical details of our solutions (CEOs, CTOs, CISOs, executives) ### Logistics Director @ MIT Bitcoin Club Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Logistics Director of MIT Bitcoin Expo 2021: The New Normal - Coordinated the various different components of the Expo (content, sponsors, marketing, etc) - Responsible for generating and executing online presence of Expo (live streams, live Q&A, discord, Proof of Participation Tokens, ticketing, merch store, and more) - Engage with service providers on behalf of the Expo (A/V, live stream production, post-production, CC and ASL support and more) - During the Expo: address any technical issues, moderate the conference attendees (Discord, Q&A) and general responiveness ### Software Engineer @ Arwen Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Boston, MA, USA Back end software engineer - Led REST API development - Designed and implemented trading SDK for algo-traders - Researched new non-custodial cryptocurrency trading protocols and implemented proof of concepts - Presented new protocols to potential integration partners - Integrated several partner companies into Arwen - Improving security and features of backend ### Content Director @ MIT Bitcoin Club Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States MIT Bitcoin Expo 2020: Building the Stack Result: Two day conference, 40 speakers total comprised of 14 solo talks and 6 panels. Responsibilities included: - Creating the theme of the Expo - Assembling lists of potential speakers and topics of interesting (Names, emails, affiliations, research, etc.) - Assessing the state of the art in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and cryptography to select the more relevant talks - Assembling and preparing panels (panel topics selection, panel prep calls) - Vetting self-solicited speakers (research project and company and have a call with them) - Contingency planning for COVID-19 (remote speakers protocol executed successfully) - During the Expo, find speakers and make sure the schedule is on time ### Research Assistant @ MIT Media Lab Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Working on the scaling problem surrounding zkLedger - Implemented novel zero-knowledge proof protocols in Golang (NIZKs in zkSigma) - Implemented new functionality in zkLedger (averages, standard deviation, and variance) - Consulted on the technical aspects of zkLedger for the working group between MIT DCI and Deloitte ### Research Assistant @ Boston University College of Engineering Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Boston, MA, USA - Researched various questions for PI’s and provided initial answers, data, experiment results and short presentations on a regular basis - Studied the behavior of fluctuating full nodes on the Bitcoin network and determined how the compact block protocol will behave under various conditions - Identified a previously unknown phenomenon in Bitcoin’s network and documented - Developed a prioritized transaction synchronization protocol based on recent results in priority data reconciliation - Implemented a new human-friendly log file system for the Bitcoin Core client to study Bitcoin’s network behavior and debug new protocol implementation (linked below) - Implemented a proof of concept prioritized transaction synchronization protocol in Bitcoin’s source code and showed improvement for block propagation speeds for fluctuating nodes (linked below) - Wrote a research paper documenting all the discoveries, experiments and results of the conducted research and in the process of submitting to conferences (preprint linked below) ### Product Development / Shop Assistant @ PAUL KELLEY LIMITED Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | London, United Kingdom Worked on developing new products to add to existing product line (BOB cube system) Studied Paul's manufacturing processes, found and eliminated inefficiencies Worked on projects and tasks as directed The work involved a wide range of hand tools and machines. Product finish and cleanliness were emphasized in every step of the manufacturing process. ### Mechanical Engineer - BU Baja Suspension System @ Boston University College of Engineering Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Boston • Active role in designing and manufacturing the suspension system • Work involved regular use of heavy machinery such as band saws, lathes, MIG welding, and CNC machining • Worked the pit stop at competition ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering Boston University ### High School Diploma Al-Bayan Bilingual School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nsy --- Source: https://flows.cv/nabeelyounis JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nabeelyounis/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31