petewatters

Layer 2 decentralised custodian protocol for institutional private key management on a blockchain network. Directed Web3 wallet integration and developed a new institutional trading interface using React, Redux Toolkit, Material UI, and styled-components. Integrated MetaMask, WalletConnect, and WebAPI to support secure client transactions on the Qredo network. Developed a Node.js ETH transaction parser to present on-chain history in a human-readable format, improving compliance and operational transparency.

Cryptowatch is a widely used real-time charting and trading terminal in the crypto community, acquired by Kraken and later integrated into Kraken Pro. Supported millions of active traders across 25 exchanges and over 4,000 markets. Developed the multi-exchange trading form, cockpit redesign, and custom trade table and leverage slider components for the Cryptowatch trading team. Built high-traffic, mission-critical infrastructure with direct visibility to executive leadership. Served as the sole frontend engineer on Coderunner, a greenfield trading automation tool. Delivered the complete frontend in eight months using React, TypeScript, and PostCSS with a custom dynamic form-generation system supporting consistent field types such as market picker, asset-aware amount input, and precision-aware currency handling. Initiated a Cypress E2E testing framework for Cryptowatch as a side project. Won the company-wide Codebashing security challenge in 2020, placing first for expertise in client-side vulnerabilities and OWASP mitigations.

Fully remote global FinTech providing multi-currency digital wallets and Bitcoin custody services, serving over 1.5 million customers worldwide. Designed a full-stack application blueprint using React, Next.js, and Express, which was adopted across multiple product teams as the company standard. Led the core product squad responsible for a comprehensive web platform redesign. Built CI/CD infrastructure and E2E testing standards from the ground up, reducing manual QA overhead and accelerating release cycles. Mentored engineers on testing practices and architecture patterns. Served as a technical bar-raiser during hiring across the engineering organisation and developed the hiring process. Completed private blockchain engineering training, including live sessions with Andreas Antonopoulos and a multi-day Bitcoin programming course with Jimmy Song.

One of the world’s largest financial institutions with $3+ trillion in assets under management. Served as the Ember.js subject-matter expert and senior frontend engineer within a team of six, working across the stack with Python and Django to deliver investment performance tracking software. Introduced automated acceptance testing (TDD/BDD with Cucumber) to the BAML frontend workflow, establishing it as the team standard. Mentored the team and delivered a series of technical presentations to elevate team quality standards.

Web-based tool for custom decal manufacturing. Recruited to recover a failing legacy Ember.js and Fabric.js application. Delivered the first stable production release in seven months, reducing test cycle time by 70%. Designed and implemented CI/CD with automated E2E testing (Docker, Webdriver.io, CasperJS) and automated deployment using Gitflow and custom Bash scripts. Recruited and onboarded a team of two to replace the outgoing engineering team, reporting directly to the CEO and CTO.

Ocean freight platform serving major global shipping brands. Later acquired byscartes. Recruited by the co-founder and CTO to lead the frontend product from inception to production (JavaScript, Ember.js, Ruby, CI/CD), establishing the engineering culture at the seed stage.

Global financial services corporation managing $11+ trillion in assets under management. Served as technical lead for an offshore development team, providing hands-on direction in the UK and India. Represented the engineering team during Enterprise Ireland R&D accreditation.