Brian Ethier is a Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building scalable, user-friendly systems across startups and major tech firms, currently working on Base at Coinbase. He blends deep hands-on skills in payments, identity and fraud detection with a startup founder's instinct for product tradeoffs, having launched and maintained notable open-source crypto projects like Burner Wallet and designed smart contracts used at events transacting over $100k. Known for clear communication and a "Humble Programmer" ethos, he drives elegant architectures that teams enjoy working on while mentoring and shaping processes in accelerator and enterprise settings. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he pairs practical full‑stack engineering with data and distributed systems experience from roles at Google, Rapleaf, and Hadoop-scale projects, and aims to cut through noise to deliver meaningful signal in software.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering Computer Engineering at University of Florida
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Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 14 days
Contributions summary:Brian contributed significantly to the project by adding and modifying contracts related to an ERC20 token vending machine and its dependencies. They focused on implementing core features for the VendingMachine, including deposit, withdraw, adminMint, and vendor management functionalities. The user also updated the testing framework, suggesting an emphasis on thorough testing of the added smart contracts. Additionally, the user was involved with merging updates, indicating active project contributions.
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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Brian Ethier - Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase