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**Ben Pilger**\
Systems & Security Engineer\
 Stuttgart, Germany  +49 160 98641438  <ben.pilger@arteii.net>\
 [arteii.net](https://arteii.net)
 [github.com/arteiii](https://github.com/arteiii)
 [linkedin.com/in/ben-pilger](https://linkedin.com/in/ben-pilger)
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# Executive Summary

High-performance Systems and Backend Engineer specializing in **Rust,
C++, and low-level Windows Internals**. Track record in launching
open-source research initiatives, designing decentralized Zero-Trust
architectures, and providing technical leadership for complex enterprise
IAM and fraud mitigation services from protocol specification to
deployment. Combines advanced offensive security insights with the
engineering discipline required to deliver fault-tolerant software at
massive scale (\>200K RPS) with strict sub-100ms latency guarantees.

# Core Expertise

-   **Languages:** Rust, C++, C, Erlang, TypeScript, x86-64 Assembly,
    Python, SQL

-   **Systems & Security:** Windows Kernel Dev, Kernel Debugging
    (WinDbg), Reverse Engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra), PKI, Custom
    Cryptographic Protocols, PAM/IAM Architecture

-   **Infrastructure:** Tokio, Actix, gRPC, REST, TCP/IP, TLS, AWS,
    Cloudflare, Docker, CI/CD

# Professional Experience

*Stuttgart, Germany*\
*Backend Engineer* /2025 -- 06/2026

-   **Zero-Trust PAM Architecture:** Pioneered a novel Privileged Access
    Management solution, conceptualizing an asymmetric key-based
    configuration protocol and a decentralized PKI-service to eliminate
    single points of failure.

-   **High-Concurrency Infrastructure:** Migrated legacy polyglot
    services (C++, Erlang, TypeScript) to a high-performance Rust
    architecture, optimizing systems for \>200K RPS and strict sub-100ms
    latency.

*Global*\
*Founder & Lead of Research and Development* /2024 -- Present

-   **Low-Level R&D:** Established an open-source research group focused
    on low-level systems programming, secure system design, and advanced
    architectural analysis.

-   **Security Publications:** Oversee development of open-source
    security tools and publish deep-dive documentation on kernel-level
    exploitation and hardware-assisted mitigations.

*Stuttgart, Germany*\
*Systems & Security Engineer* -- 2025

-   **Kernel Engineering:** Developed Windows kernel-mode drivers and
    modules in Rust and C++, backed by deep binary analysis and reverse
    engineering of core operating system internals.

-   **Licensing Platforms:** Architected and deployed scalable user,
    sales, and license management infrastructures with automated
    software lifecycle installers and international payment gateways.

*Remote*\
*Offensive Tooling & Compatibility Engineering* -- 2023

-   **Reverse Engineering:** Bypassed complex runtime integrity
    protections and anti-tamper mechanisms using static and dynamic
    analysis tools (IDA Pro, WinDbg).

-   **Memory Manipulation & Stability:** Built high-performance user-
    and kernel-mode tooling for memory injections, maintaining strict
    runtime stability across hundreds of volatile Windows OS builds.