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Sam Richards.
I'm a software engineer and product leader working on Ethereum, privacy, and digital public infrastructure.
I aim to help governments, NGOs, and other institutions build digital systems that are open, verifiable, resistant to capture, and empowering for users.
career arc
From civic technology to Ethereum public goods.
From tech startups to an applied cryptography R&D lab, I've focused on building products and infrastructure to make public systems more transparent, accessible and accountable.
- 01 2015 — 2018 Neighborly Software Engineer
- 02 2019 Fetch Software Engineer
- 03 2019 — 2023 ethereum.org, Ethereum Foundation Team Lead
- 04 2023 — 2024
- 05 2024 — 2025 Privacy & Scaling Explorations, Ethereum Foundation Cluster Lead
- 06 2026 — present HabitaAR Cofounder & Technical Lead
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