saramandaia

I've been deep in crypto since 2018, starting out as lead designer at Luxcore, building alongside legends like Tpruvot, Snowfro, and John McAfee. Worked extensively on front-end design and raced to develop one of the earliest decentralized exchanges—before Uniswap was a household name.

That same year, I also got hands-on with mining pools, creating and managing several based on Bitcoin forks. It was full-on crypto hustle: endless hours, pure passion.

In October 2020, I shifted gears into NFTs. My third project, "The Wolfgang," sold out completely, marking my first major success. Since then, I've personally launched over 100 NFT projects across multiple EVM chains—Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Base, Apechain—selling out more than 20 collections and handling Discord and Twitter communities myself. Notable hits include Feudalz, Pootopia, Capsule House, and Dininho Adventures, collectively moving over $20M.

In gaming, I launched three web3 titles: Wild Wild Mars on Solana (wildwildmars.com), Code Havoc on Apechain (codehavoc.xyz), and Dininho Adventures on Ethereum and Arbitrum.

When it comes to catching crypto trends, NFTs, memecoins, or DeFi—I trust my instincts. I've successfully launched meme tokens like ANIME on Base (ahead of Azuki’s hype), PPIZZA on Ethereum (timed perfectly with CZ’s Pizza Day tweet), and FKBLUR during peak anti-BLUR sentiment.

I’ve also built pure DeFi products, including on-chain token trackers (Solana and EVM), blockchain notary services, NFT staking platforms, and a decentralized exchange as a Uniswap fork.

Beyond projects, I’ve been active in the community as a speaker at NFT.NYC in 2022 and 2023, and Ethereum Rio 2021. Over the years, I've developed strong connections with key players, influencers, and KOLs across crypto Twitter, Discord, and Telegram.

In short: I’ve seen plenty, built plenty, learned plenty—and I’m always eager for what's next.


Experience: 6 years

Yearly salary: $150,000

Hourly rate: $0

Nationality: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Residency: 🇺🇸 United States


Experience

Hotcafe
Founder
2020 - 2024
Product Lead
UNIO
2020 - 2023
Desginer
Luxcore
2018 - 2019
Designer/Developer
Southern Telecom
2018 - 2020
Product Lead
Quest Basics
2018 - 2020
POM Gear
Tech Director
2015 - 2016
3D Designer
Beija Flor de Nilópolis
2014 - 2015
3D Designer
Sá Cavalcante
2013 - 2014
3D Designer
Rio 360 Marketing
2011 - 2012
Co-Founder
Moovin Visual Arts
2008 - 2010
Co-Founder

Skills

design-manager
head-of-design
lead-designer
product-manager
project-manager
cto
english
portuguese
spanish