Talented builders looking for new opportunities. I've personally vouched for each of these candidates.
Talented builders looking for new opportunities. I've personally vouched for each of these candidates.
Smart Contract Engineering & Management
In the Ethereum ecosystem since 2017 with extensive experience in smart contract development and engineering management. Prefers management roles but open to dev. Original member of Ethereum Cat Herders, multisig signer, and active community contributor with 2.5k+ rep on Ethereum StackExchange.
Solutions Architect / Product Lead
Solutions architect and product lead, building in crypto since 2013. From Bitcoin and digital identity to Ethereum and the Internet Computer. Experienced working with indie developers and startups through to enterprises and governments. Always curious.
Web3 Product & BD Strategist
Web3 product and business development strategist with 9+ years of experience scaling early-stage crypto products, closing strategic partnerships, and raising venture funding. Former Co-Founder & CEO of DexGuru, a multi-chain DeFi analytics platform that reached 100K daily users and $1B+ cumulative trading volume. Currently leading business development at Sablier, driving integrations across DAOs, token launches, and L2 ecosystems. Deeply embedded in the DeFi ecosystem through building products, ecosystem partnerships, and founder relationships.
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
AI startup founder and senior software engineer. Built his first website at age 9, programming professionally since 12. Reth contributor. Previously at Penumbra Labs focused on financial privacy, led system rewrites at Moralis, built critical tools deployed by AWS and US DHS at 3PillarGlobal. Angel investor in AI and web3 (Monad, Succinct, Praxis). TypeScript, Rust, and Solidity developer.
ML Systems and AI Infrastructure Engineer
ML Systems and AI Infrastructure engineer across the full compute stack. Founded UnitedCompute building tinygrad inspired enterprise GPU software and an inference API platform for AI image/video models. Spent a year at Magic Hour (YC, 3M users) researching and deploying SOTA AI models into production, including TensorRT-LLM optimization. Contract engineering across Prime Intellect (compute aggregation), SemiAnalysis (AI compute research), and multiple YC-backed startups. Currently building an inference engine from scratch. Looking for roles in AI inference, GPU infrastructure, or forward-deployed engineering. Remote OK.
Tech Lead / Protocol Engineer
Experienced crypto tech leader with strong track record in protocol design at Optimism and leading teams to ship at Happy Devs. Open to tech leadership, VC investment roles, or co-founding opportunities.
Full-Stack Engineer & Solidity Developer
Full-stack engineer and Solidity developer with 8+ years in crypto, spanning DeFi protocol design, dApp development, and AI-powered platforms. Founded KlimaDAO — which tokenized the global carbon market and remains the most actively traded carbon market by volume on-chain or off. Previously contributed to carbon credit bridges (C3, Toucan), worked with OlympusDAO and TempleDAO, and served as project manager at RNDR. Now building independently across Web3 and AI, including Deepwriter AI — a multi-agent research platform generating complex papers at scale. Takes projects from MVP to production-grade platforms serving 100,000+ users.
Mid-Level Solidity Engineer
Solidity engineer with hands-on experience in production EVM smart contracts, diamond patterns (EIP-2535), upgradeable systems, and on-chain tooling. Contributed to Aavegotchi's smart contract infrastructure.
Restructuring Investment Banking Analyst / Crypto Markets Researcher
Early-career finance professional with 2 years in restructuring investment banking and 5–6 years actively engaged in crypto markets. Regularly trading on Hyperliquid and conducting research on the space at the NYU Stern, while also closely following crypto developments. Experienced in working with institutional clients and developing a strong understanding of financial markets. Interested in transitioning into crypto, particularly in business development roles across perpetual DEXs and crypto payment platforms, while also exploring opportunities in digital asset investing. Looking to leverage market experience, product curiosity, and long-term conviction in crypto to contribute to high-growth teams in the space.
Applied Cryptography Engineer
Applied cryptography engineer specializing in zero-knowledge proof systems. Previously worked on optimizing the Worldcoin Noir-based prover (ProveKit), cutting SHA-256 proving time by 59%, halving peak memory, and fixing a soundness issue in LogUp/Spice. Built zk-regex v2 (regex-to-circuit compiler) and zkemail.rs at ZkEmail. Open source contributor to WHIR, Jolt, and Binius. Received grants from the Ethereum Foundation (zkFOCIL) and PSE (PLUME). Looking for roles in ZK infrastructure, proving systems, or protocol engineering.
ZK & DeFi Engineer
Rust/TypeScript engineer with a mathematical background. Experienced in STARK and SNARK cryptographic protocols and ZKVM interoperability. Product development chops on DeFi orderbook lending models, liquidity provision/routing, real-time data serving for high-throughput trading systems, and Aave + Uniswap (v3 & v4) integrations. Minor experience with HyperEVM and Bitcoin development, plus Solidity and Cairo smart contract engineering. Currently Software Engineer at Herodotus (2024–present), expanding a ZK co-processor from EVM L2 storage proofs to plain merkle state proofs for matching engines, liquidation pipelines, and oracle updates. Built low-latency DeFi infra (600–800ms WS quote response), CVaR 99 risk pricing with sub-30ms execution, and an AI risk analysis tool mapping 12+ risk types across 30+ DeFi protocols. Speaker at Invisible Garden Devconnect 2025 and Ethereum Brasil 2025. Previously DevRel at Mediolano (2022–2024) — led architecture of an IP licensing platform on Starknet (ERC1155 bulk licensing of 300k+ publications, ZK proof-of-license circuits). Founder of the Rio de Janeiro University Blockchain League. OnlyDust maintainer; contributor to Starknet Foundry and Kakarot. ETHGlobal Prague 2025 + Brussels 2024 + ETHDenver 2025 (zkSync/Flow/Somnia bounties) award winner. Brazilian Math Olympiad silver + bronze medalist. B.Sc. Math + CS at IMPA Tech.
Founder & Software Engineer | AI, Full-Stack, Systems
Currently bootstrapped building AI for mechanics with 3 paying customers (~$9k ARR). Working towards next stages (setting up a workshop, equipment, 3D printers etc.). Offering work/consulting focused on product and systems engineering, with experience across game dev, full-stack, mobile, security, crypto, data, AI/devops. Background includes six-figure client contracts, SF hardware startup experience, and open-source contributions in Rust.