Andrew Bednoff
Principal Software Engineer (Confidential Computing, Cloud, L1 L2 Blockchain Backend) at Sentient Labs
Selfoss, Southern Region, Iceland
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Top SchoolAndrew Bednoff is a Principal Software Engineer specializing in Rust and confidential computing, with 16+ years of commercial experience and over a decade focused on cloud-native, distributed systems and blockchain backends. He designs and implements privacy-preserving protocols and TEE-based platforms—combining Rust, QEMU/KVM, Firecracker, Nitro Enclaves and advanced cryptography (BLS12-381, PRE, MPC, ZKP)—to enable secure decentralized secrets storage and L1/L2 blockchain services. Having led Rust teams and shipped production EVM integrations, node implementations and FaaS/PaaS infrastructure, he pairs systems-level expertise with DevOps and Agile transformation experience. A long-time GNU/Linux power user and package maintainer, he brings pragmatic ops knowledge (Gentoo/Void/Arch/Debian) to architecting resilient, observable cloud systems. Based in Iceland but experienced in global remote teams, he blends applied cryptography research with hands-on engineering to build collusion-resistant, information-theoretically minded protocols. An avid outdoorsman from Kyrgyzstan, he channels a passion for privacy and open source into practical, production-grade security and networking software.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Science, Engineer's degree Computer Science at Institute for Integration of International Educational Programs at Kyrgyz National UniversityUpper secondary education Mathematics Physics, Upper secondary education Mathematics Physics at High School #9 with gymnasium education
English, Russian, Ukrainian, Kyrgyz, Turkish
Github Skills (54)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sentient-agi/Sentient-Enclaves-Framework
Feb 2025 - Mar 2026
Sentient Enclaves Framework for Confidential AI & Crypto Apps
Contributions:9 releases, 3 reviews, 11 PRs in 1 year 1 month
aicryptoamd-sev-snpconfidential-aiconfidential-computing
andrcmdr/secure-enclaves-framework
Aug 2024 - Mar 2026
Sentient Enclaves Framework for Confidential AI & Crypto Apps
Contributions:7 PRs, 239 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
aicryptoamd-sev-snpconfidential-aiconfidential-computing
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