[1 September 2026] Promoted from Software Engineer II to Software Engineer III at GitHub.

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Since joining GitHub 18 months ago, Idriss has made exceptional impact. He quickly developed deep expertise in CodeQL, advancing MISRA coding standard support and improving C/C++ databases. He contributed to incremental C/C++ analysis, helping achieve a 36% end-to-end speedup, and stepped up as DRI for the rollout of incremental C/C++ support. He also took responsibility for the Java extractor upgrades and became the team's primary contact for this work. Idriss can be trusted to lead complex work independently, while showing good judgement about when to seek input. He is also a thoughtful and valued reviewer whose questions strengthen both the work and the thinking behind it. His technical range, initiative, and collaborative approach make Idriss a pleasure to work with, while helping the team scale. I look forward to working with them in their new role. Congratulations, Idriss!