Abhishek Das
Senior Software Engineer, Payments at Block
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAbhishek Das is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in payments and embedded systems with 13 years of hands-on experience building production-grade hardware and firmware at Block (formerly Square). He has progressed from individual contributor roles to engineering manager and tech lead positions, recently focusing on Bitcoin mining firmware and now payments systems. Abhishek blends deep embedded expertise with product-focused leadership, shipping resilient connected-hardware platforms and payment infrastructure at scale. Based in Old Toronto, he pairs an Applied Computing background from the University of Toronto with a track record across fintech and identity companies like Interac and SecureKey. Known for bridging low-level systems work and cross-functional delivery, he often tackles the messy integration points between hardware, firmware, and cloud services. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that move complex hardware products from prototype to large-scale production.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Computing, Applied Computing at University of Toronto
Github Skills (5)
android-app7
identity6
android5
android-library4
mobile3
Github contributions (5)
shobhitpuri/openmidaas-android-app
Mar 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:291 commits in 3 months
android-appandroidmobileidentity
shobhitpuri/openmidaas-android-lib
Mar 2013 - Jun 2013
Contributions:162 commits in 3 months
android-libraryandroidmobileidentity
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