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Lloyd Murray

@lloydmurray

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Technology leader specializing in Bitcoin mining, distributed systems scalability, and engineering team growth.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek leadership roles where I can scale engineering teams, drive secure, high-performance infrastructure, mentor managers, and align technical strategy with business outcomes.

I am a visionary technology leader with deep expertise in Bitcoin mining, distributed systems scalability, and performance optimization. I have built and scaled global engineering teams, led architecture and strategic initiatives, and delivered multi-million dollar cost reductions while maintaining secure, auditable operations.

I thrive on mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and driving long-term technical roadmaps that align with business objectives. My background includes directing a global engineering organization, mobile app development, founding data engineering capabilities, and contributing to open-source solutions for institutional clients.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director of Engineering

Foundry Digital

Dec 2021 - Jul 2025 (3 years 7 months)

Led a global engineering organization of 25+ across five teams for the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, driving architecture, strategic roadmaps, and performance optimizations that produced over $3M in annual cost savings and $1M+ in cloud reductions.

Bitcoin Mining Distributed Systems SOC 2)Team Leadership Architecture Roadmapping Performance Tuning

Senior Software Consultant

Paychex

Jun 2014 - Dec 2021 (7 years 6 months)

Led development of the Paychex Flex mobile application, implementing secure login workflows and MFA, and delivered Apple Watch proof-of-concept while driving mobile security and mentoring junior developers.

XCode Cordova Mobile Security MFA Mentoring CI CD

Senior Software Consultant

Oncell

Jul 2018 - Nov 2018 (4 months)

Refactored a Cordova-based web app and custom mobile plugins to improve performance and developer workflows, while mentoring junior developers to raise mobile development standards.

Cordova JavaScript Performance Optimization Refactoring Mentoring

Senior Software Consultant

Paychex

Jan 2012 - Jun 2014 (2 years 5 months)

Designed and implemented company-wide metrics and real-time insights systems and contributed to scalable middleware architectures while mentoring engineering teams.

Metrics Middleware Java Scalability Mentoring System Design

Lead Software Contractor

Thomson Reuters

Jul 2011 - Jan 2012 (6 months)

Led an agile team to optimize legal search algorithms, improving search performance and mentoring team members in advanced problem-solving techniques.

Agile Java Mentoring Performance Engineering Team Leadership

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology; completed coursework and certifications in Java and web component development.