Edward Penta
Senior Software Engineer at Boston Dynamics
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Penta is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of full-stack experience, currently building systems at Boston Dynamics after senior roles at ConsenSys and Ava Labs focused on blockchain and distributed systems. He blends web and backend engineering with smart-contract expertise—contributing to notable open-source work like ConsenSys’s UniversalToken (ERC1400) where he improved contract robustness and features. A lifelong programmer and maker, he also ships games and developer utilities as open-source projects on GitHub, favoring tools that either simplify workflows or create compelling experiences. Based in Boston and trained at Wentworth Institute of Technology, he pairs deep technical curiosity with practical production delivery across cloud, crypto, and embedded domains.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (7)
access-token10
tokend10
solidity10
ethereum9
erc209
security8
erc7217
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Consensys/UniversalToken
Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
Implementation of Universal Token for Assets and Payments
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 230 commits, 32 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Edward contributed to the implementation of a Universal Token, focusing on the ERC1400 standard. Their work involved modifying contracts and upgrading existing code, including changes related to token transfers, document management, and operator authorization. They also optimized code to avoid stack-to-deep errors, updated test files, and added features like setting token URIs.
stopaymentsethereumsecuritytoken
Consensys/UniversalToken-extendable
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Smart Contract package for creating Extendable ERC20/ERC721 tokens and Token Extensions
Contributions:98 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 6 months
tokenssmart-contractethereumcontracttoken
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