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Protocol Engineer
Experienced Protocol Engineer with a strong background in blockchain infrastructure and AI-driven analytics in DeFi. Proven track record in building scalable solutions and leading research teams.
Experience: 5 years
Yearly salary: $60,000
Hourly rate: $30
Nationality: 🇹🇷 Turkey
Residency: 🇩🇪 Germany
Experience
Solana Protocol Engineer
SolanaBeach GmbH 2024 - 2025
Built an on-chain protocol for efficient staking reallocation on Solana using Rust. Implemented PDA-based bookkeeping and staking account lifecycle management. Developed an algorithm to minimize on-chain transactions by matching off-setting user requests.
Co-Founder / Head of AI & Quant Research
Geode Finance 2023 - 2024
Led a 7-person AI team and scaled ML-driven staking and DeFi analytics products, contributing to a company valuation of $75M. Designed predictive models for validator performance, risk-adjusted yields, and cross-chain strategy optimization. Directed research and engineering roadmap in AI-driven protocol design, quantitative risk modeling, and automated on-chain decision systems.
Lead Protocol & Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Geode Finance 2021 - 2023
Built an on-chain implementation of StableSwap-based debt calculation for DeFi lending and collateral systems. Implemented ML-based LST risk modeling for tokens such as stETH, rETH, cbETH, eETH, and swETH, estimating price divergence, depeg risk, liquidity risk, and yield efficiency using forecasting, probabilistic models, and Bayesian inference. Designed scalable on-chain infrastructure for treasury health monitoring, liquidation risk, and collateral optimization.
Blockchain Infrastructure Engineer
SharedStake 2020 - 2021
Developed early oracle infrastructure, including on-chain oracle contracts, multi-sig governance flows, and staking monitors. Built real-time monitoring tools for validator performance, slashing risk, reward estimation, and protocol telemetry. Contributed to early smart contract development and protocol MVPs across staking, governance, and treasury infrastructure.
Junior Infrastructure Engineer
SharedStake 2019 - 2020
Developed high-throughput asynchronous pipelines for Ethereum staking operations using web3.js and web3.py. Built and maintained on-chain oracle systems to aggregate and broadcast validator performance and staking metrics. Optimized block-level data retrieval and processing, reducing latency and improving overall staking efficiency.
Internship - Machine Learning
Fetch.AI / Cambridge University 2018 - 2018
Developed autonomous economic agent networks for supply-chain information exchange using ERC-20 token FET. Implemented and tested ML algorithms within smart contracts for synchronous data handling.
Skills
ai
infrastructure
quantitative-trader
rust
solidity
english