Champion Spotlight: Damian Sniezek

This interview was cross-posted from the Veracode Community.
With his third consecutive championship in the Secure Coding Challenge – the monthly coding competition in the Veracode Community – Damian is the latest member of our community to be named a Secure Code Champion. After his win, we spoke with Damian about his experience in the competition and his career growth from a software developer into a Security engineer.
A Software Architect at SmartBear, Damian is responsible for the security and engineering excellence of the BitBar Device Cloud solution. He decided to enter the Secure Coding Challenge after seeing the announcement in the Veracode Community Forum. After his first win in May, he went on to consecutively take the top spot for the next two months. Read more from our Q&A with Damian below.
About His Experience in the Secure Coding Challenge
Q: What did you find most valuable in participating in the Challenge?
A: In every engineering challenge I’ve participated in, I…