Aaron Henshaw
Head Of Engineering For Coinbase Cloud
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Henshaw is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 13 years building developer-focused cloud and consumer products, currently serving as Head of Engineering for Coinbase Cloud in New York. He previously founded and served as CTO of Bison Trails (acquired by Coinbase), bringing deep experience in distributed systems, infrastructure, and blockchain infrastructure. Aaron has a strong startup track record—co-founding Grand St. and Cloud Assassin and leading product and engineering teams at Etsy—combining hands-on full‑stack development with scaling operational teams. His dual B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering and Economics from RPI informs a pragmatic approach to technical tradeoffs and product-market fit. He’s comfortable shipping across web, mobile, and backend stacks and has steered teams to recognized design and product wins, including award-winning Android work. Known for blending entrepreneurial grit with organizational craftsmanship, he excels at turning complex architectures into reliable, developer-friendly platforms.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Dual B.S., Computer Systems Engineering and Economics, Dual B.S., Computer Systems Engineering and Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (19)
route5310
kubernetes10
dns-record10
ingress10
coredns10
gcp10
aws10
dns10
aws-route5310
external-dns10
quest8
lotus7
filecoin7
entity5
blockchain5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bisontrails/lpt-miner
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:34 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
AmbushLabs/sc2-bet
Jul 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:142 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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