Summary
Bernie Snell is a technical founder and pragmatic optimist with nine years’ experience building full-stack and distributed systems, currently leading Signals where he blends Rust, TypeScript and blockchain engineering. He has a strong track record across payments, backend systems and cryptography from roles at Sketch, ARK Ecosystem and ConsenSys, and has launched bespoke dev/testnet tooling and containerised testnets. Bernie pairs academic rigour—ongoing BSc in Mathematics and Physics and a PhD background in sociology—with practical product delivery, having built rules engines, 3D tooling and decentralised apps. He mentors and teaches as well as ships code, having led community education programmes and taught at bootcamps. Notably, he mixes arts and tech experience (founding an electronic music collective) which surfaces in creative, multidisciplinary problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Physics at The Open University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Sociology at The University of Manchester
Master of Arts (M.A.) Social and Political Thought, Master of Arts (M.A.) Social and Political Thought at University of Leeds
A-Levels, A-Levels at Stratford-upon-Avon College
Certificate of Political Studies, Certificate of Political Studies at Institut d'études politiques de Rennes
French, Spanish, English