arkgast

Senior software engineer with 10+ years building production systems across the full stack, with a focus on security, correctness and auth. I work in TypeScript and Rust, from React frontends to serverless and compile-time-safe backends, and I design systems around the invariants that have to hold.
I'm certified in Rust and Solana security (Rust Security Bootcamp, Rektoff x Solana Foundation, 2026) and in Ethereum development (Consensys), and I'm moving toward blockchain security work: reading programs for account validation bugs and building a public audit portfolio, while the correctness muscle stays live in everyday backend work.
Recent work: Orientate, a production Rust (Axum, SQLx) and React platform with compile-time-checked SQL, RS256 JWT verification with JWKS caching, and OpenTelemetry observability. Luminova, a Firebase serverless monorepo with role-based access-control rules written against an explicit attack model. I architected both and enforce the security gates; they're built with AI coding agents under standards I defined.
I also serve as president of JCI Oriente, leading a volunteer organization through a board, directors and committees, where commitment is earned rather than assigned.