Peter Snelgrove

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Rapid7 Jan 2024 – Present

• Transitioned from Director of Engineering to individual contributor to deepen technical focus
• Rewrote core cloud resource harvesting pipeline using DuckDB, significantly improving query performance and scalability
• Driving Go adoption for new service development within the Cloud Security product
• Modernized CI/CD pipelines, reducing build overhead and improving developer iteration speed

Go, DuckDB, Python, Cloud Security

Director of Engineering

Rapid7 May 2020 – Jan 2024

• Led engineering organization for Cloud Security product pillar following acquisition of DivvyCloud
• Scaled team to include first international engineering group based in Belfast, Ireland
• Drove product strategy for CSPM platform, balancing coverage expansion with addressing foundational technical debt
• Advocated for infrastructure modernization to maintain competitiveness against a maturing cloud security market

CSPM, Leadership, Cloud Security, Team Building

Software Engineer to Director of Engineering

DivvyCloud May 2015 – May 2020

Acquired by Rapid7 in 2020

• Joined as employee #6 at cloud security startup pioneering Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
• Built security compliance and automation framework in Python using SQLAlchemy to express multi-cloud policy enforcement as composable database queries
• Developed normalization layer for cloud resource configuration data across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Overhauled job scheduling and messaging system, resolving a long-standing performance ceiling that blocked scale
• Grew organically into co-Director of Engineering, leading team building and delivery acceleration through the Rapid7 acquisition

Python, CSPM, SQLAlchemy, AWS, Azure, GCP, Leadership

Founder & CEO

Knollgrass Inc. Sep 2013 – May 2015

• Founded SaaS marketplace platform for ASL interpreter scheduling and workforce management
• Led full-stack development using Python for backend web services
• Raised seed funding through Washington DC startup accelerator
• Managed a small team of early engineering contributors through product development and market validation

Python, SaaS, Startup, Full-stack

Interpreter & Operations Manager

Snelgrove & Associates LLC Jul 2010 – Aug 2013

• Operated ASL interpreting agency serving the Deaf community across central Alabama
• Specialized in mental health and post-secondary STEM education
• Developed internal scheduling software that became the foundation for Knollgrass Inc.

ASL, Startup, Full-stack

NixOS Homelab

Self-hosted home network and services Dec 2022 – Present

• Designed and operate a multi-host home network including a custom NixOS-based router, desktop workstation, and various services
• Self-host public and internal services behind Caddy reverse proxy with split DNS and Tailscale MagicDNS
• Ongoing experiments with self-hosted email for low-touch neighborhood association and personal data management automation

NixOS, Nix, Networking, Self-hosting

Bachelor of Science, ASL & English Interpretation

Eastern Kentucky University Aug 2006 – Apr 2010

• National Interpreter Certification, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (https://rid.org/certification/)