Sean Aguilar
Software Engineer, TaxMaverick AI
Make the Silicon Confess: A hands-on intro to side-channel and fault-injection attacks
Software Engineering
- Software Engineer, TaxMaverick AI
- Builds production features with Next.js, TypeScript, and Supabase
- Works on tax strategy recommendations, referrals, payments, notifications, and resource workflows
Embedded Systems
- Computer Engineering, University of San Carlos
- Research work on Lab in a Box v3 for analog circuit checking and software navigation
- Experience with Raspberry Pi Pico, Raspberry Pi Zero W, SPI, signal acquisition, and circuit verification
Community Leadership
- Application Development Lead, Computer Driven Enthusiasts
- Former CTO, Google Developer Groups on Campus, University of San Carlos
- Mentored student developers and helped lead technical workshops on cloud, AI, and front-end frameworks
Sean Aguilar is a full-stack software engineer at TaxMaverick AI, where he builds production workflows with Next.js, TypeScript, and Supabase. His work spans tax strategy recommendation flows, referrals, payments, notifications, and resource-center features used in real product environments.
His computer engineering background connects software with embedded systems, robotics, and practical hardware work. In his Lab in a Box v3 research, Sean helped develop an analog circuit checker and software navigation module using signal comparison methods, Raspberry Pi-based device coordination, SPI communication, and low-latency input processing.
At APEX, Sean introduces side-channel and fault-injection attacks through the lens of someone who has built close to the hardware. His session shows how small physical behaviors in silicon can leak secrets or break assumptions, giving developers a hands-on starting point for understanding hardware attack techniques.