Software engineer adept at complex systems, fluent in all programming paradigms and numerous languages. Passionate about solving problems with a pragmatic approach.

Work

  1. Protectorate Protocol: Smart contract/full stack engineer - developed and deployed to production 10+ smart contracts on Ethereum that have never been compromised and helped raise more than $1,000,000.00 USD through an on-chain dutch auction.
  2. Managed the offchain infrastructure to monitor the live smart contracts and implemented all of the keeper bots for them.
  3. Helped with frontend logic for said contracts, as well as backend management for the website.
  4. AlturaNFT: NFT gaming - worked on developing and testing smart contracts, as well as implementing UI and server-side functionalities.
  5. Netskope: Cybersecurity - responsible for integrating CI/CD tools into the pipeline and restructuring numerous API endpoints, ultimately improving the overall functionality and security of the system.
  6. Guros: Digital Insurance - worked extensively on the backend and also collaborated on an end-to-end test, ensuring the smooth operation of the application.

Writings

  1. Rediscovering the Distributive Property: Binary to decimal algorithm and it's mathematical correctness.
  2. Onchain Staking Pools: Efficient reward distribution mechanism used in blockchains.

Projects

  1. Funding Rate Arbitrage (Rust): Cli tool to detect, analyze, and execute the best funding rate opportunity between Binance and Hyperliquid.
  2. Reward Distribution Calculator (Rust): Microservice to accurately calculate fair rewards for a protocol based on user deposits and withdrawals in its vault contract.
  3. NFT Metadata Utility (TS): Server that handles NFT metadata creation and deployment (arweave, aws). Manages private keys trustlessly.
  4. LooksRare Volumes (TS/GraphQL): Server that parses LR volumes and filters wash trading.
  5. BFS Visualizer (JS): Website that illustrates how Breadth First Search algorithm works.
  6. NFT Scraper (JS): Service that scrapes NFT floor listings from OpenSea.

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