

Experienced software engineer with 8+ years in Java backend development, 4+ years in full-stack TypeScript/React/Next.js, and 4+ years building blockchain applications on Ethereum and Solana. MEng in Computer Engineering with certifications in Kubernetes, MongoDB, cloud, Ethereum, Solana, and ZK. I’ve participated in 12+ hackathons (ETHGlobal, Encode, Superteam, Colosseum), winning bounties and showcasing innovative Web3 products. Skilled in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and end-to-end dApp development. Excited to collaborate on impactful freelance projects across DeFi, infra, and emerging blockchain protocols.
Freelance - SuperteamUK
August 2025 - Present
● Building Fullstack Solana/EVM Dapps with Anchor rust, foundry solidity, nextjs, nestjs, Web3js Viem and typescript ● Integrating with DEXs and DeFi protocols for building performant grpc backends (Jupiter, Uniswap, Drift, Pyth) ● Designing and deploying smart contracts on solana and ethereum for GameFi with auditing completion to mainnet Notable projects launched to mainnet - Rektguy (Ethereum), Meme Arena (Solana), Banazone (Solana)
Deko Pay Ltd,
January 2022 - January 2024
● Full Stack development to integrate new lenders (ie BNPP) into a retail brokerage platform for Buy now Pay later ● Creating new frontend wallet widgets (Typescript, React, Redux, Story book) for merchants websites to interact with the platform ● Designing and developing public and internal restful apis with Spring Cloud Gateway, Spring MVC, Swagger V3, Spring Boot ● Building persistence microservices with JPA/Hibernate/QueryDSL/Flyway Postgresql, Redis caching, Java 17 ● Management of EKS Kubernetes clusters, releases coordinated through Helm charts, ArgoCD, pipeline orchestration in Jenkins
Caplin Systems
January 2024 - September 2024
● Developing FX/Commodity Trading tools in spring boot kotlin and react redux for clients such as Westpac, FifthThird and Santader ● Created a reactive kotlin spring boot microservice to handle settlement Instructions for commodities with coroutines ● Enhanced UI Pricing utilities such as swap ladders, tiles and price feeds using react redux typescript
JP Morgan
April 2019 - December 2021
Worked in a pre trade derivatives pricing application ● Developing and enhancing a Rates pre-trade pricing application in core Java 8/11 with concurrency ● Migrating and modernizing microserves into private cloud using Spring boot/integration, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Jenkins ● Developed/designed an OOP solution on financial messaging for OIS/IRS/Swaptions/Midcurves using FIX/FPML
Natwest Markets
August 2017 - April 2019
Working in a Trade Data Service Modernizing tech stack from oracle coherence to mongodb ● Building trade event feeds, batch processing, aggregations in Guice, MongoDB, Zookeeper, Flink and KafkaJava 8/11 ● Fixing real time bugs and writing up regression tests using Mockito, Hamcrest and Junit4
Royal Bank of Scotland
August 2015 - August 2017
Working as a Java Developer on Oracle Coherence for Trade Lifecycle Reporting ● Automating the production of KPI data through Powershell, Bash, Python, SQL*Plus,PL/SQL scripts ● Designing/troubleshooting Java ODC API cache queries for fetching various MTM Data to meet regulations ie Brexit stress
University Of Nottingham, August 2015
Engineering
The Linux Foundation
Issued: 1/1/2021 - Expires: 1/1/2024
Credential ID: LF-d494jydycq
MongoDB
Issued: 12/1/2018
Credential ID: f6005603-f07b-4e4c-a029-c41d8fc6
Encode Club
Issued: 11/1/2023
Credential ID: https://opensea.io/item/matic/0xdBf2138593aeC61d55d86E80b8ed86D7b9ba51F5/7950
Encode Club
Issued: 11/1/2023
Credential ID: https://opensea.io/item/matic/0xdBf2138593aeC61d55d86E80b8ed86D7b9ba51F5/7950
Encode Club
Issued: 12/1/2024
Credential ID: https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmbiHYvtTGbSSSXiVKT327FdSWQJ1RWbUGioMaNSgTwEnv
Released Rektguy NFT Collection with ENS Subdomains, total volumes reached >34K ETH. This invovled creating an ERC-721 contract with merkle proof whitelisting and a reactjs token minting/claim interface with walletconnect and web3js. An ENS subdomain contract was also deployed for rektguy subdomains, this was also a fullstack piece with solodity, hardhat, ethers.js
View Project6/1/2022 -Present
Developed a Solana Predictions Market application onboarded over >100K Users. This was a fullstack contribution to an Anchor rust nextjs react typescript project. Built the Pyth integration and game user interface.
View Project9/1/2024 -12/22/2024
Developed a solana betting platform application, recently launched and gaining traction within the superteam community. A Fullstack contribution with Anchor rust, react vite, nextjs backend, typescript project. Integrated Privy embedded wallets with delegate actions and secure jwks integrations. Connected to Pyth price feeds for a seemless in game experience
View Project1/1/2025 -3/31/2025
Verified Blockchain Developer
8+ years of experience
Preferred commitment: Full Time
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