Dmitry Gusakov

Blockchain Tech Lead | Ethereum Validator Infrastructure | Lido DAO

Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area

About

Builder and engineering lead focused on decentralized systems that strengthen Ethereum’s neutrality, scalability, and accessibility. I currently lead Community Staking at Lido Finance — an open, permissionless staking module designed to empower solo and community stakers. As a builder, I’m most motivated by elegant protocol mechanics, high-assurance code, and DAO-first governance models. I thrive in async-native, remote teams working on complex systems — and I’m excited by opportunities to own critical pieces of the Ethereum stack. Technically, I operate across the stack — Solidity, Vyper, JS, and Python — with hands-on architecture experience across smart contracts, monitoring systems, fuzzing pipelines, and validator tooling.

Experience

  • Lido Finance (4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Tech Lead, Web3, Staking Modules
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Lead architecture and development of Lido’s Staking Modules, enabling ETH staking at scale. Own end-to-end validator onboarding design — prioritizing decentralization, client diversity, and security. Manage a 10-person cross-functional team across smart contracts, backend, QA, and research. Drive module design through DAO proposals, ecosystem collaboration, and iterative community feedback loops. Contribute to Ethereum-aligned infrastructure, from validator coordination to testnet monitoring tooling.

    • Tech Lead – Internal DeFi Tooling & QA
      Jan 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Built and deployed automated QA pipelines for Lido’s smart contract systems, testnets, and staking interfaces. Designed monitoring and diagnostic tools to support the reliability of validator flows across the Ethereum mainnet and testnets. Led a globally distributed team of 4+ engineers delivering backend infrastructure and Solidity testing.

  • QA Automation Lead at Arenadata
    Jul 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Led QA strategy and implementation for large-scale distributed data systems (Python, pytest). Built out QA department from 0 to 15+ engineers, focusing on performance, reliability, and continuous integration.

  • QA / Software Engineering Lead at Tele2
    Nov 2019 - Jul 2020 · 9 mos

    Delivered billing automation and CI pipelines for telcom products Established a QA department of 10+ people being the leader of the department Specialized in test infrastructure for high-load systems

  • Software & QA Engineer at MegaFon
    Jun 2017 - Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    - Focused on back-office billing systems and automation of service provisioning logic