Jacob Lyles
Managing Director at Martian Engineering
Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJacob Lyles is a senior software engineer with 15 years of experience building products, teams, and secure systems across startups and consumer platforms. He blends product-focused engineering with deep security expertise—authoring the Glacier Protocol for bitcoin cold storage and leading Casa’s Wealth Security Protocol and inheritance product work. Jacob has shipped web, mobile, and desktop applications, founded a gaming/cofounder venture through two acquisitions, and launched Coursera’s first mobile backend while hiring and mentoring engineering teams. His background spans applied cryptography, embedded/low-power system constraints, and machine learning performance optimization, reflecting a pragmatic balance of research and delivery. Based in Pennsylvania, he consults on technical recruiting and security for high-value crypto custody projects while delivering client-facing software at Martian Engineering. Colleagues rely on him for threat-aware product design that turns complex security needs into usable, auditable workflows.
16 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoBA Mathematics, BA Mathematics at Wake Forest University
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Github Skills (63)
filesystem10
monero10
ai10
minio9
security9
bitcoins9
blockchain9
amazon-s39
privacy9
cryptocurrency9
rust8
p2p8
object-storage8
cryptography8
cmake8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jacoblyles/cold_bitcoin
Dec 2016 - Sep 2023
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
jacoblyles/node-reddit
Apr 2012 - May 2012
Contributions:29 commits in 1 month
javascriptnode-appnodejsnodereddit
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