Benjamin Devlin

Software Engineer

New York City, New York, United States13 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in VLSI systems and FPGA design.
Proven track record in blockchain acceleration projects.
Strong background in high-frequency trading systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Blockchain and Fintech specialist with expertise in VLSI and FPGA technologies.

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ASICAlgorithmsApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)BlockchainCC++CMOSCryptocurrencyCryptocurrency MiningCryptographyDebuggingDigital Signal ProcessorsEDAElectronicsEmbedded Systems

About

I'm interested in VLSI systems (FPGAs, ASICs), both software (C++, Python, Ocaml) and hardware (System Verilog, transistor level schematics, Hardcaml) to optimize and improve performance. Designing hardware accelerators in the crypto space and low-latency trading systems

Experience

Jane street

FPGA Engineer

Oct 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 5 mos · Greater New York City Area

Contractor

Blockchain Developer

Oct 2019 – Dec 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Awarded grant to develop FPGA acceleration for Ethereum 2.0 blockchain SNARK proving.

Self employed

Blockchain Developer

Jan 2019 – Oct 2019 · 9 mos

Awarded grant to develop high performance FPGA cores accelerating Elliptical Curve Cryptography and zk-SNARKS for Zcash foundation (crypto currency).

Tower research capital

2 roles

Non-compete period

Oct 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr

Hardware engineer

Jul 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Using FPGAs to increase performance of HFT

Xilinx

2 roles

Staff Software Engineer / Architecture Evaluation

Promoted

Nov 2015 – Jul 2016 · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I was tasked with improving implementation tools (synthesis, placement and routing algorithms) and inventing/evaluating novel architectural improvements for the next generation of Xilinx FPGAs (16nm & 7nm).
I was directly responsible for leading projects to design and evaluate new techniques, hard blocks, and soft IP to reduce power and improve performance, which are currently included in next-generation products.