Torsten Stüber is an engineering manager and blockchain technologist with 10+ years of experience building decentralized systems, currently leading efforts to bring Ethereum-compatible smart contracts to Polkadot at Parity Technologies. He previously co-founded and served as CTO of Pendulum and SatoshiPay, where he led research and engineering for Polkadot-based fiat rails, bridges, ZK proofs, AMMs and production blockchain infrastructure. With a PhD in computer science from TU Dresden and a background in machine learning and language processing, he blends academic rigor with hands-on systems design and team leadership. Torsten is a seasoned Rust and Substrate practitioner who ships low-level protocol and smart contract tooling and actively recruits builders for the space. He has a track record of founding and scaling engineering teams across startups and open ecosystems, from cryptographic messaging to payment rails. Pragmatic and research-minded, he focuses on making cross-chain developer experiences performant and portable—helping projects move between chains rather than start over.
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science at The University of Auckland
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.; in Germany: Dr. rer. nat.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.; in Germany: Dr. rer. nat.) Computer Science at Technische Universität Dresden
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Torsten Stüber - Engineering Manager at Parity Technologies