Sam Feder
Director of Engineering, Platform @ Strike
I love working with newer technologies, but I'm not afraid to rely on old favorites to get the job done. I have a passion for pixel-perfect frontend work and a love for building self-documenting, reliable systems — from idea inception to launch day, and everything gritty in between.
Stack
engineering leadershipbitcoin infralightning networkcustody & payments architecturedistributed systemsproduct strategy & roadmappingnode.jstypescriptreactreact-nativeawspostgresqlgraphqlkubernetespythonrubyjavacss
Experience
Aug 2022 — Present
Director of Engineering, Platform
Strike
- Lead engineering and product execution across Lightning, on-chain systems, custody, payments, APIs, liquidity, and Bitcoin-backed lending
- Lead the engineering org responsible for all Bitcoin, Lightning, fiat, and custody infrastructure powering Strike's global payments platform
- Own exchange, conversion, and liquidity-provider integrations enabling global Bitcoin ↔ fiat interoperability at scale
- Directed Strike's Bitcoin-backed lending product from zero to one — collateral orchestration, liquidation mechanisms, and custody flows
- Manage teams across Bitcoin node engineering, core platform infrastructure, B2B/API, fiat custody, banking integrations, and lending
Apr 2020 — Dec 2020
Technical Co-Founder
Banter Audio
- Technical co-founder of an AI-based startup attempting to revolutionize podcasting
May 2018 — Jul 2019
Technical Co-Founder
Pitaya
- Technical co-founder of a hospitality startup with a built-in point-of-sale system
Dec 2017 — Nov 2025
CTO / Co-Founder
QuickieCoin
- Founded and ran a Bitcoin ATM company in New Jersey as a side project, easing the on-ramp from fiat currency to Bitcoin
Jul 2017 — Jul 2022
Chief Technology Officer
Skilled Inc.
- CTO for an ed-tech startup democratizing the tech interview
- Tech lead — development, staffing/onboarding, and maintenance
May 2017 — Aug 2018
Technical Lead
Walmart Labs
- Built engineering teams at Silicon Valley startups
- Developed DevOps workflows, Java/Python microservices, API designs, and React front-ends for senior engineers
- Led development of Java services enabling 300+ engineers to build and deploy services end-to-end
- Led a team of 2 engineers building core platform features, CI/CD patterns, and architectural reviews
May 2016 — May 2017
Senior Software Engineer → Tech Lead
AMC Networks
- Built new ways to transcode and stream VOD content
- Supported subscription video streaming applications Shudder and Sundance Now
Oct 2014 — May 2016
Software Engineer
Major League Baseball Advanced Media
- Delivered high-quality live video content across MLB Advanced Media's platforms
- HBO Now: built an internal system to monitor HBO content traffic ingested into MLBAM's datacenters (full stack)
- NHL.tv: embedded at Pivotal Labs NYC for 3 months building a real-time asset creation and syndication system (full stack)
- 120 Sports: built the CMS powering a 24/7 real-time online sports network (full stack)
May 2010 — May 2014
Frontend Developer
New York Life Insurance
- Built frontends for the organization to offer life insurance online using semantic JavaScript, jQuery, and client-side validation
- Partnered with clients on site specs, UI/UX, testing, analytics, and ongoing optimization
Education
2015
Immersive Engagement
Embedded with Pivotal Labs building NHL.tv, learning the “Pivotal Process”
2014
Software Development Bootcamp
App Academy — backend fundamentals, Ruby on Rails, SQL
2007 — 2010
B.A., Computer Systems
Syracuse University