New York, New York, United States
Over 10 years in crypto across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Zcash, and more; deep experience in trading infrastructure and cryptography (prop trading, DeFi, MEV, ZKPs, custody systems). Interests: execution + market structure, low-latency infra, exchange connectivity, custody, and applying ZK to real products (privacy, proofs of solvency/reserves, verifiable execution). If you’re building in these areas (or know teams who are), I’d love to connect.
Building the trust boundary around customer funds through secure key-management and signing systems, with emphasis on MPC/TSS, enclave-based signing, policy enforcement, auditability, and operational safety.
Forked and deployed AMM perpetual DEX with multi-asset liquidity pools and custom oracle-based pricing. Developed Ethereum block builder and MEV extraction infrastructure for a proprietary trading firm. XGBoost machine learning on "industry standard" trading predictors and managing that pipeline.
Architected full Zcash Orchard protocol support from the ground up, integrating Halo 2 zero-knowledge proof verification, shielded transaction support, latest protocol upgrade support NU5+, and exchange custody systems for secure shielded withdrawals. Managed and optimized blockchain nodes across multiple networks with Kubernetes, improving reliability, sync performance, failover behavior, and monitoring for forks or abnormal chain events. Implemented Solana Priority Fee support for all SOL and SPL token withdrawals, achieving consistent sub second transaction finalization even during network congestion periods. On call engineer for blockchain deposits, withdrawals, and all things onchain. Technical Skills Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, EC2, IAM, Terraform, Kubernetes, k8s, k9s Observability & Operations: Datadog Programming Languages: Rust, Scala Blockchain & Security: UTXO, EVM, Solana, Zcash, ZKPs (zero-knowledge proofs), chain reorg risk & mitigations, onchain monitoring, deposits, withdrawals Databases & Messaging: Postgres, Flyway, Kafka
Designed and implemented an options/perps/spot exchange using modern exchange architecture, matching engine, sequencer, durable queuing, snapshotter, replayer, and smart contracts for on-chain settlement. Ensured trades and settlements were executed on-chain through a custom L2 rollup, seamlessly integrating with the ETH mainnet. Spearheaded the launch of Avax vaults and customized assets by forking the Opyn Gamma Protocol. Successfully deployed custom pricers leveraging Opyn/Chainlink integration. Technical Skills DevOps & Cloud: AWS, EC2, IAM, MSK, Elastic Containers, Docker Orchestration & Monitoring: Kubernetes (k8s), Kibana, Superset Programming Languages: Golang, Solidity Web Development: React, TypeScript Blockchain & Finance: Smart Contracts, Foundry, DeFi, Options, Black-Scholes Model Databases & Messaging: Kafka, ClickHouse
Collaborated with a world-class team as a key contributor for a leading Bitcoin exchange. Shipped features that catered to thousands of daily active users, garnering media attention. Spearheaded the addition and release of new digital assets on the exchange platform. Innovated new features and functionalities enhancing the website's user experience. Enhanced security by transitioning plaintext emails to HTML, mitigating phishing attacks. Optimized site performance during crypto bull runs, ensuring uptime and reliability by refining API calls and React components. Technical Skills Web Development: React, Next.js, TypeScript, PHP, tailwinds, Node.js, yarn DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Tilt, Kubernetes