Andrew Sharp

I am helping create a more inclusive financial system at Circle. Previously I:

• Founded the Workers KV team at Cloudflare.
• Started my career as a Forward Deployed Engineer on an anti-money laundering deployment at Palantir.
• Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin's 5-year BS/MS program in Computer Science (a combined Bachelor's and Master's degree program).

In the first years of my career I actively sought out opportunities to live and work around the globe. I interned at Google's office in Seoul and spent my first year at Palantir in its Singapore office. I have since settled down in my hometown of Houston, Texas and welcomed the rise of remote work. I live with my wife and our cat.

Good software serves as a foundation for us to do bigger and better things. I take great pride in building that foundation through designing intuitive APIs and implementing backends that "just work". I'm happiest when I see my robust designs and implementations elevate the productivity of others.

In my free time I like running and bouldering. When I'm not reading about software engineering I try to keep up with the latest trends in health science. As I'm writing this, my latest fascinations are minimalist shoes (also known as "barefoot" shoes) and deliberate cold exposure.