Connor Stein is a Principal Engineer with 11 years building scalable backend systems, currently leading core infrastructure at Chainlink Labs after progressing from senior and staff engineer roles within the company. He has deep Go expertise applied to decentralized oracle networks, contributing backend features, database migrations, log processing, and keeper/API functionality to the widely used Chainlink project. Prior work includes designing crypto custody and stablecoin infrastructure at Paxos and networking/OS projects at Cisco, giving him a rare blend of crypto-finance, distributed systems, and routing protocol experience. Based in the New York City area and trained in electrical engineering at McGill, he pairs rigorous systems thinking with hands-on implementation and an appetite for applied cryptography. An adventurous self-learner, he also spent focused time at the Recurse Center studying crypto, reflecting a continual drive to deepen domain expertise.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Electrical Engineering at McGill University
node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:1609 reviews, 538 commits, 490 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Connor's commits primarily involve backend development within the Chainlink project, as evidenced by the modifications to the core services and internal packages. They contributed to a database schema migration to add a column, which suggests database-related tasks. Their work also encompassed the development of features related to log processing and processing pipeline runs. The code differences reveal they worked on features related to API and keeper functionality, indicating involvement in core components.
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Connor Stein - Principal Engineer at Chainlink Labs