About
Before starting DeSo in 2019, Al-Naji founded and led Basis, a stablecoin project backed by investors including a16z and Sequoia. He previously worked as a software engineer at Google and as a quantitative software engineer at The D. E. Shaw Group, where he had earlier interned on the quantitative strategies team.
Founder at DeSO
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Experience
- DeSo BlockchainFounder of DeSocurrent2019 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- BasisFounder & CEO2017 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2014 — 2017New York City Metropolitan Area
- The D. E. Shaw GroupQuantitative Software Engineer2013 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
- D. E. Shaw & Co.Intern (Quantitative Strategies)2012Manhattan, New York
Education
- Princeton UniversityComputer Science B. S. E., Applied Math Certificate2010 — 2013
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology2006 — 2010
Skills & more
C++15Java26Python18C10Windows3JavaScript7Linux4Unix3Eclipse1Matlab1Machine Learning7Distributed Systems13
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