# Chad Paul Cramer

> Software Engineer at fal.ai | ex-Coinbase

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chadpaulcramer

Building fal.ai

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ fal
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Engineer @ Coinbase
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Owned end-to-end full stack development of OnchainKit (800+ Github starts, 33k weekly downloads, Open Source) as the top active contributor, designing , implementing, testing, and launching core components, writing documentation, creating examples and demos, maintaining 100% test coverage, supporting users via Discord/Twitter, managing releases, optimizing performance, the theming and styling architecture supporting multiple themes, responsive mode switching, and CSS variable customization and implementing telemetry collection systems with data visualization dashboards

• Led implementation of Elrond blockchain, Avalanche ecosystem, and 50+ ERC20 cryptocurrencies at Coinbase, enabling buy, sell, trade, withdrawal, and send capabilities for millions of users that processed billions in transactions, reduced ERC20 implementation time from months to one week, and generated XXXm in revenue.

• Contributed across Coinbase's wallet ecosystem and infrastructure, developing critical APIs and implementing security infrastructure including a private key reinitialization service with secure key storage, session key rotation functionality, attestation verification, and address derivation services. Enhanced system reliability through feature flags, monitoring, rate limiting, and comprehensive testing, while maintaining strict security and compliance standards.

### Software Engineer @ Volansi
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Architected comprehensive authorization and authentication framework including OAuth integration for service security
• Crafted  intuitive UI features for Fleet Management application using Svelte.js and Bulma.js, enhancing user experience.
• Executed complex backend routing, database migrations, and schema design to support scalable operations

### Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Developed REST-based APIs integrated with IBM content analyzer for precise classification and interpretation of bill of sale documents
• Built frontend application enabling clients to seamlessly upload forms and visualize processed data.
• Developed internal tools using React, Material-UI, and CloudantDB to streamline client intake and team assignment processes.

### Software Engineering Immersive Resident @ Hack Reactor
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area
• Taught junior engineers in full-stack technologies: JavaScript, React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, and Docker.
• Delivered personalized mentorship through whiteboarding sessions, technical troubleshooting, and targeted assessments
• Evaluated code for 45+ students across JavaScript fundamentals, data structures, front/back-end technologies, and web application optimization

### Co-founder @ CU Blockchain
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Boulder Colorado
• A student-run organization that features weekly discussions, speakers, and side projects.  
• Centered to improve blockchain education and innovation in the Boulder/Denver communities.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, General
University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business

### High School
Los Gatos High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chad-cramer

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Last updated: 2026-04-10