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Blockchain Engineer • Smart Contract Developer • Smart Contract Security Auditor
Senior Blockchain Engineer and Smart Contract Developer with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and 6+ years of Solidity experience. Experienced Blockchain instructor with more than 15 years of experience as a university professor. Specialized in DeFi (DEXs, Uniswap v4 Hooks), NFTs, Security, and Layer 2 solutions, including Polygon’s zkEVM Validium, Canton, and Solana. Rust Backend Engineer building REST APIs, Agentic AI & programmable payment rails (x402) for autonomous API economies.
Skills: Solidity, Hardhat, Foundry, Yul, React, Daml, Javascript, Typescript, Ethers.js, Web3.js, Go, Anchor, and Rust.
Experience: 6 years
Yearly salary: $84,000
Hourly rate: $50
Nationality: 🇲🇽 Mexico
Residency: 🇲🇽 Mexico
Experience
Blockchain Engineer
Settle Network 2024 - 2026
Implemented the Plasma-Free protocol (PF) based on the Polygon’s Validium CDK. Enhanced the Go-based off-chain system to support PF logic.
Blockchain Security Auditor Internship
Nethermind 2024 - 2024
Conducted security audits for seven projects related to DeFi and protocols related to EigenLayer, LayerZero, Layer 2 Technologies, UniswapV3 and Fungible and non-Fungible Tokens. Prepared detailed audit reports outlining issues, recommendations, and risk assessments for stakeholders and project teams. Proficient in technical writing and outstanding communication skills.
Blockchain Instructor
101 Blockchains 2022 - 2025
Designed, developed, and taught several courses related to NFTs, DeFi protocols, Web3 applications, Solidity and smart contracts security, Polygon and Solana development.
Smart Contract Developer
Stackit 2022 - 2024
Developed an ERC20 token with Role-based access control capabilities. Coded a staking and a vesting contracts with time-based release schedules, cliff periods, and withdrawal functionalities. Supported the team during the auditing process. Contracts deployed on mainnet with a TVL +8M USD, May 7, 2024. Designed and implemented an NFT Marketplace platform with lazy-minting capabilities, trading interfaces, ERC721 collections and royalty mechanisms. Also developed an ERC1155 minter. Developed a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) platform with AMMs and liquidity pools capabilities.
Blockchain Engineer
Cartesi 2021 - 2022
Research and Smart Contract Development with Solidity, internal auditing and code review, coding unit tests in Hardhat and Typescript, and contract migration to the upgradability Diamonds standard (ERC2535).
University Professor and Program Manager
UTM 2005 - 2021
Blockcerts implementation. Blockchain-based Certificates, UTM, Team Leader (2019).
Skills
ethereum
hardhat
javascript
rust
solana
solidity
english
spanish