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Matthew C. Pilsbury

Senior Blockchain Security Engineer

Washington, DC, USA

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Senior Blockchain Security Engineer with deep expertise in smart contract auditing, AI-powered security tooling, and blockchain protocol security. Founder of SourceHat Labs (1,800+ audits, $2.2M+ ARR). Experience at Coinbase securing high-stakes protocol launches with zero incidents. Skilled in Solidity, Rust, ZK proofs, Python, and AI/LLM security.

Skills

Agile / Scrum10/10
AI Agent Automation10/10
Blockchain Security10/10
Smart Contract Auditing10/10
Smart Contract Development10/10
Solidity (10/10)Static Analysis (10/10)Threat Modeling (10/10)Incident Response (10/10)Reverse Engineering (10/10)Security Auditing (10/10)Hardware Hacking (8/10)RAG / LLM Fine-tuning (8/10)Penetration Testing (8/10)Product Management (8/10)Python (8/10)

Work Experience

Senior Blockchain Security Engineer

Coinbase

Aug 2024 โ€” May 2026

Built Frosty, an AI-powered smart contract auditing tool outperforming competitors by 1.5ร—. Drove 106% increase in findings per 100 LoC. Audited high-stakes protocol launches (Solidity, Rust, Merkle Trees, ZK proofs) with zero security incidents. Led Base Castle AI security project with AWS GenAI Innovation Center. Responded to 20+ oncall security incidents up to $10M impact. Mentored engineers L3 through Staff.

Founder and CEO

SourceHat Labs (formerly Solidity Finance)

Sept 2020 โ€” Aug 2024

Founded smart contract security firm: 1,800+ reviews, 8,000+ contracts, 2,000+ high-impact findings. Scaled to $2.2M+ annual revenue in 15 months. Managed 10+ employees. Led peer review of 1,500+ security assessments. Supervised 20+ blockchain projects and 5+ Django web applications. Conducted 300+ smart contract audits personally.

Product Analyst

Freddie Mac

Jan 2019 โ€” Mar 2021

Managed cross-functional teams (30+ people, $2M budget) modernizing processing of 1/3 of all U.S. home loans. Drove 600+ changes to business rules and application design. Managed 1,000+ Jira user stories and validated 200+ deployed changes.

Education

American University

BS ยท Business Administration

? โ€“ 2018