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Matthew Halpern

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Software Engineer at Column
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Matthew Halpern is a software engineer at Column with deep expertise in financial technology and blockchain. He previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Google, where he led the development of a core system for the Google Payments Platform. He holds a Ph. D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

He led the development of the Ethereum client now known as Hyperledger Besu from a completely empty repository during his time at ConsenSys.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Software Engineer
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Blockchain Development
Led the creation of the Ethereum client Hyperledger Besu from scratch while at ConsenSys, demonstrating foundational expertise in blockchain protocols.
Payments Platforms
Led the business rules system for Google Payments and joined Column to work directly with low-level payments protocols and banking primitives.
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Career

Work history

7-2022
Software Engineer
Column
10-2018 - 7-2022
Senior Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Google
9-2017 - 9-2018
Blockchain Protocol Engineer, Tech Lead
ConsenSys
5-2017 - 8-2017
Ph.D. Software Engineering Intern
Google
5-2015 - 12-2015
Research Intern
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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Education
2013 - 2017
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The University of Texas at Austin
2013 - 2016
Master of Science (M.S.)
The University of Texas at Austin
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