Summary
Philip Schmidt is a Senior Blockchain Engineer based in Austin with 10 years of experience building cloud-native infrastructure and developer tools across Oracle, IBM, and Coinbase. He combines hands-on blockchain engineering at Coinbase with a strong cloud and automation background—automating CI/CD, compliance tasks, and secure network connectivity using Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes. His prior roles include backend systems work in Go for IBM Cloud Shell and developer tooling, and hands-on Oracle Cloud networking and blockchain demos, reflecting a blend of product-focused engineering and operational rigor. Trained in applied mathematics and computer science with an MS from Georgia Tech, he brings analytical depth to systems design and security-conscious automation. A practical problem-solver, he moved from municipal clerk duties into software and security, showing an unusual mix of process-driven verification experience and scalable engineering.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Stout