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Top SchoolMalone Hedges is a versatile software engineer with 11 years of experience spanning full-stack web, iOS, and blockchain development. Currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI following the acquisition of Software Applications Incorporated, he brings production experience in Go, React, Postgres, and Solidity from building consumer and web3 products like context.app, mint.fun, lanyard.org, meme.market, and rug.fun. He has led iOS engineering at consumer apps such as Dispo and contributed across teams from startups to boutique engineering shops. Malone combines product-focused shipping cadence with low-level engineering discipline, able to move between mobile UI work and backend services. His background includes early analyst roles and internships that shaped a pragmatic, data-informed approach to building features that scale. Colleagues would note his knack for bridging frontend polish with robust backend systems, especially in emerging web3 integrations.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Occidental College