Rasmus Rygaard
Member Of Technical Staff at OpenAI
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRasmus Rygaard is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building high-performance payments and infrastructure systems, currently a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI in San Francisco. He spent eight years at Stripe driving major initiatives—designing ML-driven Adaptive Acceptance, launching direct Visa/Mastercard integrations, and pioneering a Java service stack that dramatically reduced latency and database load. Known for shipping practical, large-scale changes, he was among Stripe’s top contributors and has repeatedly turned prototypes into company-wide platforms. A Stanford CS graduate and former head TA, he combines deep systems expertise with a knack for mentoring and tooling—an often-overlooked strength that helped operationalize several large migrations and performance wins.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Math/Music, High School, Math/Music at Aurehøj GymnasiumMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Stanford University
Danish, English
Github Skills (30)
stripe10
api-client10
stripe-payments10
dukpt10
java10
api10
payment10
php-library10
stripe-api10
derived9
ruby9
golang9
php9
scheme9
nodejs9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rasmusrygaard/quanto-plugins
Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:116 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
quantofitbitplugin
rasmusrygaard/Coffee-Time
Sep 2011 - Feb 2012
Contributions:187 commits in 5 months
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