Shane O'brien is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native, API-driven systems, currently developing public-facing staking APIs at Coinbase. He has deep experience automating infrastructure and scaling cloud platforms—from upgrading TripleLift’s environment during hypergrowth to enabling blockchain consensus services at Coinbase. Comfortable across backend services, distributed systems, and developer tooling, Shane pairs production-focused engineering with a strong operational mindset. Beyond software, he has a long track record of creative project leadership—having built a widely followed YouTube domino brand and managed live teams for major clients—which speaks to his ability to orchestrate complex, cross-functional efforts. Based in Hoboken, NJ, he brings practical engineering rigor and a knack for turning ambiguous product needs into reliable, user-facing systems.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Systems Engineering, Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
My homelab baremetal-to-k8s media server. Codified and GitOpsified
Contributions:208 PRs, 1330 pushes, 259 branches in 3 years 3 months
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Shane O'brien - Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase