Bryan Schwab
Engineering Leader
Building checkout, payments, and security systems that scale to millions.
About
25+ years of experience leading engineering teams at companies like Venmo, Meta, Mysten Labs, and Etsy.
Most recently Senior Director at Venmo, leading product engineering across mobile and web platforms. Previously built security infrastructure at Mysten Labs, led blockchain teams at Meta, and architected checkout systems at Etsy that enabled their IPO.
Currently building AI agents and RAG pipelines. Languages of choice: Python for ML, TypeScript for web, Rust when performance matters.
Also training for the Tokyo Marathon 2026—fundraising for blood cancer research.
Experience
Venmo (PayPal)
Senior Director, Software Development
Mysten Labs
Head of Security Software Engineering
Meta
Engineering Manager — Infrastructure, Security, Blockchain
Etsy
Staff Software Engineer — Checkout + Payments
Skills
Strong
- Payments + Checkout
- Security Infrastructure
- Engineering Leadership
- Blockchain + Web3
- Platform Architecture
Solid
- Mobile Development
- Data Engineering
- AI/ML + RAG Pipelines
- Frontend Design
Growing
- Consumer Product
- Growth + Marketing