Chirantan Ekbote

Software Engineer

Jump Trading•  February 2022 - Present

Building a highly reliable and available distributed system in Rust for 24/7 trading. Previously developed a defense-in-depth solution for protecting \$X00M of crypto assets spread across multiple isolated blockchain ecosystems (CosmWasm, Rust, Go).

Senior Software Engineer

Google•  February 2014 - December 2021

Core member of the team that designed, implemented, and launched crosvm: an open-source hypervisor written in Rust used by millions of people every day for running Android apps and generic linux applications on Chrome OS. Owner of core system C++ packages, responsible for developing features for the launch of flagship hardware devices such as the Google Pixelbook and the Chromebook Pixel 2. Contributed patches to various open-source projects, including the Linux kernel.

Harvard University, Cambridge

Computer Science, MS•  August 2012 - March 2014

Focus on Systems Programming. Teaching assistant for the “Systems Development for Computational Science” course in August-December, 2013. Conducted research with the Visual Computing Group from 2012-2013. GPA: 3.89/4.00

Ohio State University

Computer Science, BS•  September 2008 - June 2012

Graduated with honors. Minor in Philosophy. Teaching assistant for various courses in the Computer Science Department from 2008-2011. Cumulative GPA: 3.76/4.00. Major GPA: 3.84/4.00.