Daniel Cullender / CTO and founding engineer
Systems, teams, and products from zero.
I build real-time and financial platforms when the architecture still needs to be found. Currently CTO & Co-Founder at Mirador. Previously CTO at Skew — acquired by Coinbase — then Staff Engineer at Coinbase and Senior Staff Engineer at Blockchain.com, with earlier low-latency trading work at UBS and Rand Merchant Bank.
"One of the quickest product launches I've seen. Ideation to launch in just 3 months."
Patrick McIntyre, early-stage investor, on the Mirador launch
Operator-level engineering, not slideware.
Streaming observability for Web3. Zero to one in three months.
Designed and built the beta platform end-to-end — backend, infrastructure, and AI-assisted delivery — from blank repo to live beta in twelve weeks.
- Real-time streaming stack: Go, Kafka, Redis on GCP
- Six chains and four bridges integrated, with full SDK
- Preparing beta launch, ETH Denver showcase, and mid-year fundraise
CTO at Skew. Acquired by Coinbase in two years.
First hire after seed. Built the analytics and RFQ trading platform from scratch, then led the technical due diligence through the Coinbase acquisition. Stayed on as Staff Engineer and FCM technical lead for regulated futures.
- $1M ARR within six months of the paid launch
- Integrated with CME SmartStream; FCA registration for the RFQ business
- Led futures architecture through NFA approval and launch at Coinbase
Low-latency trading, risk, and execution systems
Built trading systems where latency, correctness, and risk controls sit on the critical path.
- UBS low-latency OMS and eFX middleware
- RMB automated cross-asset market-making, order management, and hedging
- Blockchain.com market-making, smart order routing, execution algos, and pre-trade risk