3x founder

Mark Pfluger

Senior Director at Kraken | YC W23 | Ex-Blockchain.com | AI Researcher | Founder

Co-founder

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2026Senior Director of Engineering· Kraken

Founder · since 2011

Company

Kraken

Role

Senior Director of Engineering

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Experience

Career

Kraken
Senior Director of Engineering · 2026 – Present
2026
Kraken
Director of Engineering, Institutional · San Francisco Bay Area · 2024 – Present
2024
Map3.xyz
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CTO · 2022 – 2023
2022
Blockchain
Head of Crypto Engineering · 2018 – 2022
2018
Blockchain
Principal Engineer · 2016 – 2018
2016
Blockchain
Senior Engineer · 2015 – 2016
2015
Blockchain
iOS Engineer · 2014 – 2015
2014
Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise
AI Research Programmer · Palo Alto · 2013 – 2014
2013
mileME
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CTO · San Francisco Bay Area · 2013 – 2014
2013
Cochibo
Founder
Founder · Bay Area · 2011 – 2013
2011
itestra GmbH
Software Architect · Munich Area, Germany · 2007 – 2008
2007
Technische Universität München
Tutor and Research Assistant · Munich Area, Germany · 2004 – 2006
2004
Self-Employed
Web Developer · Munich Area, Germany · 2000 – 2004
2000
eggs unimedia
Web Developer · Munich Area, Germany · 1996 – 2000
1996

Bio

Mark is the co-founder and CTO of Map3. Previously he worked at Blockchain.com as Head of Crypto Engineering, where he built and ran multiple engineering teams, contributed to the non-custodial wallet across all platforms (iOS, Android and Web), and led the effort to build the custody infrastructure across both Hot and Cold systems. Originally from Munich, Germany, Mark has been an entrepreneur since high school and holds a Master's degree in Computer Science.