Richard Pringle
Co-Founder And Software-Engineer at Circle-Free
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolRichard Pringle is a Co-Founder and software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-throughput distributed systems and cryptocurrency infrastructure, currently leading backend Rust development and hot-wallet operations at Circle-Free. A mechanical/biomedical engineer-turned-developer, he cut his teeth on Node.js and LoopBack at IBM and led blockchain on-ramp systems at Coinsquare, blending low-level systems thinking with product-focused delivery. He manages a small engineering team while owning client relationships and day-to-day operations, comfortable diving into infrastructure and front-end work as needed. Richard also teaches tech to underserved communities and has practical experience in regulated device development, giving him a rare combination of production-grade engineering, mentorship, and compliance-minded design.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Toronto Metropolitan UniversityBachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering/Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering/Software Engineering at McGill University
English, French
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Github Skills (200)
swagger10
scheduling10
schema10
openapi10
portable10
api10
event-loop10
dependency-injection10
avalanche10
wasmtime10
nodejs10
orm10
windows10
smart-contracts10
rest-api10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
ava-labs/cargo-workspace-version
May 2023 - Feb 2024
Cargo plugin to check and/or update all local package versions in a workspace
Contributions:10 reviews, 36 PRs, 37 pushes in 9 months
ava-labs/avalanche-rs
Sep 2023 - Oct 2024
Avalanche APIs/VM SDK in Rust
Contributions:59 reviews, 44 PRs, 99 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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