Summary
Daniel Rocha is a technical lead with 7 years of experience specializing in applied cryptography, HSMs, and distributed systems, now shaping account architecture and UX for MetaMask at ConsenSys. He has driven secure backend and firmware design at Ledger and Thales/Gemalto, including consensus protocols for HSM clusters, hybrid KMS solutions using SGX, and cryptographic APIs for cross-domain key exchange. Comfortable across embedded C, SGX, Java, Go, and Python, he blends low-level security engineering with system architecture and product-focused leadership. Daniel’s background in RF and cooperative communications research gives him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on reliability and protocol design. He is based in the Greater Paris region and consistently moves projects from cryptographic research to production-grade secure systems.
7 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Engineer's degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Federal University of Ceara
Engineer's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineer's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at CentraleSupélec
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
Portuguese, French, English