# Neel Ramachandran > Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase Location: Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/neelramachandran ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer (backend) @ Coinbase Jan 2024 – Present | Austin, TX Derivatives team - building/operating systems for trade execution, risk management, clearing/settlement & venue connectivity to run a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) powering crypto options/futures/event contracts ### Software Engineer @ Coinbase Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Austin, TX Onramp team - launched a fiat-to-crypto onramp and onboarded the biggest self-custodial wallets/dapps. Helped deliver Coinbase's first guest checkout experience. ### Software Engineer @ Meta Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas ### Software Engineer @ Dropoff Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas After interning for two summers with the founding team of this VC backed startup, joined full-time to build an Uber-like same-day logistics platform working on several microservices (core API, reporting, notifications) and re-writing their driver app from scratch using React Native ### Undergraduate Researcher (in lab of Jamey D. Young, PhD) @ Vanderbilt University Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Nashville, Tennessee Conducted genetic engineering experiments to test the hypothesis that increased oxidative mitochondrial metabolism fuels monoclonal antibody production. Performed transfections with empty vectors to develop control cell lines. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Dropoff Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Austin, Texas, United States ### Software Engineer Intern @ Dropoff Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Austin, Texas, United States ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Chemical Engineering Vanderbilt University Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 ### Westlake High School Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Austin Waldorf School Jan 2000 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/neelr512 --- Source: https://flows.cv/neelramachandran JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/neelramachandran/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22