Teen tech wunderkind Edward Coristine, a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aide known as “Big Balls,” is now working at the Social Security Administration (SSA), the agency confirmed Friday.
“Edward Coristine joined the Social Security Administration this week as a Special Government Employee,” SSA spokesperson Stephen McGraw said in a statement to The Hill. “His work will be focused on improving the functionality of the Social Security website and advancing our mission of delivering more efficient service to the American people.”
The White House confirmed to The Hill this week that Cortisine, whose “Big Balls” nickname comes from the moniker he has used online, resigned from his DOGE position.
After President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s explosive fallout earlier this month over the GOP megabill, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and other critics cracked jokes about who would get “custody” of the 19-year-old technologist. The Tesla CEO had brought Coristine to the federal government to serve on the advisory committee tasked with cutting federal spending and eliminating waste in the government.
“Now that the national divorce is happening … who’s gonna get ‘Big Balls’?” Moskowitz asked during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. “I’m worried about him. The children always get caught in the middle.”
Musk’s time as a special government employee lapsed at the end of May. Other DOGE aides also stepped down at that time.
Coristine’s account on the Musk-owned social platform X (@edwardbigballer) is now set to private.
Wired reported that multiple sources said he has been working this week at the SSA’s headquarters near Baltimore and was spotted at the cafeteria there Monday.
“Coristine looked nervous, almost embarrassed,” an unnamed SSA source told the tech outlet.
