Brendan Coughlan is a Software Engineer II currently employed at Eigen Labs since January 2024, contributing to a platform with a total value locked (TVL) of $10 billion USD, following a significant investment from A16z. Previously, Brendan worked as a Software Engineer II at Coinbase from January 2022 to January 2024 and held engineering roles at Thought Machine, Atlassian, Amazon Web Services, and Timeweave. Brendan's early career includes a tutoring position at UNSW and a sales role at Pozzy. Educational qualifications include a degree in Computer Science and Advanced Math from UNSW, along with foundational coursework in computer science from Udacity.