Staff Smart Contract Engineer and Defi Strategist @ Conclave
Career Interests: Smart Contract Systems, AMMs, the EVM, Managed DeFi strategies,
Lending/Borrowing Markets,
Defi Derivatives, MEV Capture/Reduction, Smart Contract Security
DeFi + Smart Contract Work:
- make.fun: Token launchpad on Base using concentrated liquidity (Conclave)
- Authored + managed all contracts and deployments
- Led the project through a successful audit
- White-labeled launchpad for zotto.ai
- Cod3x: AI-driven DeFi interface and multi-chain protocol stack (Conclave)
- Architected and deployed advanced smart contract systems across several chains
- Led core smart contract engineering efforts
- Ran the apprenticeship program
- Mentored several engineers
- reaper.farm: DeFi yield optimizer with actively managed strategies (Conclave)
- Developed strategies surpassing $10M+ in concurrent TVL
- Platform reached nearly $300M in total TVL
- Integrated extensively with other major DeFi protocols
- Created a custom BalancerV2 zapper
- Implemented a real-time rebalancing bot for lending market optimizations
- Deployed hundreds of smart contracts
- ethos.finance: Hyper-efficient stablecoin leveraging active collateral management (Conclave)
- Developed strategies to deploy collateral into external DeFi protocols
- Contributed to V2's mechanism design and product direction
- Extended Timeless/Bunni's Options Token for greater flexibility
- immortal.farm: Multi-LP index autocompounder on Fantom, unreleased (Founder)
- First major Solidity project, managed all technical aspects beyond the front-end
- Completed an audit and a closed beta, but did not launch after alpha due to receiving a more promising opportunity
- Created as a full-time college student
Skills + Qualifications:
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BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering with data science specialization from a top 20 US
University
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Languages: Solidity, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, familiar with several others
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Off Chain Tools: foundry, hardhat, ethers.js, tenderly, (gnosis) safe, etherscan
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DeFi Smart Contracts (3+ YOE): AaveV2/V3, BalancerV2, UniswapV2/V3,
Aerodrome/Solidly/Velodrome/Thena/Ramses, Liquity, Yearn/Beefy, CompoundV2, Curve, Tarot, Sommelier,
Optimistic L2s, ERC4626 vaults, exchanges, lending markets, upgradeability, and more
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Security: extensive experience with smart contract security best practices, bringing contracts through audits, exploit response, studying past/present DeFi exploits
Other:
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Extreme DeFi enthusiast, always keeping up with the latest trends
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Avid reader of science fiction and fantasy
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Currently in my 20s