Protocol integrations at scale
Led backend integrations for staking, DeFi, LP, and perpetuals protocols across heterogeneous blockchain designs.
10+
years remote
8+
protocol ecosystems
5
years blockchain
roughly 50 in web2 years
Claw marks
Accomplishments
A compact record of remote work, scale, blockchain, and engineering instincts.
Partner-facing systems
Worked directly with wallets, custodians, and fintech engineering teams, turning protocol complexity into reliable APIs and SDK-style abstractions.
Blockchain data systems
Built custom indexers and GraphQL APIs for Substrate and EVM networks, including observability with Prometheus and Grafana.
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Experience
LinkedIn and CV-style highlights focused on the work behind the work.
Backend and API leadership
Designs API-driven backend systems that make protocol behavior usable for partners, products, and internal teams.
Protocol integration work
Comfortable working alongside smart contracts and protocol codebases, translating on-chain behavior into backend services.
Scale and reliability
Builds systems that need to stay consistent under growth: monitoring, testing, correctness, and long-term support included.
High-ownership delivery
Owns features end-to-end, from design and implementation through deployment, partner support, and maintenance.
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Companies
Places, teams, and products that shaped the work.
Apr 2023 - Present
Current
Yield.xyz
Head of Engineering, previously Lead Engineer
Leading backend and protocol integration work for a platform spanning staking, DeFi, LP, and perpetuals protocols.
- Scaled the platform to support 2000+ yield integrations.
- Worked directly with wallets, custodians, and fintech engineering teams.
- Integrated protocol logic from Solidity- and Rust-based systems into partner-facing APIs.
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
TDF Labs
Backend Engineer
Built blockchain indexers and developer-facing APIs at the Litentry spinoff company.
- Built indexers for Substrate and EVM networks.
- Designed GraphQL APIs exposing protocol data in integration-ready formats.
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
Litentry
Blockchain Backend Engineer
Built protocol data infrastructure across Substrate and EVM systems.
- Implemented custom indexers for Substrate chains, indexing pallet state and protocol-level data.
- Built EVM indexing pipelines consuming Solidity contract events and state changes.
- Introduced serverless indexing workflows and observability with Prometheus and Grafana.
Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
Swapcard
Senior Backend Engineer
Built and maintained high-performance APIs and backend workflows.
- Worked across Golang and Node.js services.
- Focused on reliable backend workflows for production product teams.
Jan 2016 - May 2021
Spreaker
Senior Full Stack Developer
Joined an early-stage startup through growth and acquisition, working across backend, product, and team maturity.
- Built APIs serving millions of users.
- Migrated background processing to AWS SQS and re-architected async pipelines.
- Led backend modernizations focused on performance and cost efficiency.
Tool chest
Skills
Backend, protocol, cloud, and delivery tools used to keep real systems moving.
Languages
- TypeScript / Node.js
- Golang
- Python
- SQL
- PHP
- React
Backend & APIs
- REST
- GraphQL
- Protocol integrations
- SDK-style APIs
Web3
- Staking
- DeFi protocols
- Blockchain indexing
- Wallet integrations
- Custody integrations
Smart Contracts
- Solidity integrations
- Rust integrations
- Contract events
- On-chain state consumption
Cloud & Tooling
- AWS S3
- AWS SQS
- Lambda
- Athena
- Redis
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Quality & Delivery
- Testing
- Documentation
- Monitoring
- CI/CD
Education
MSc in Computer Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico · Lisbon
Ship log
Timeline
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2023 - Now
Joined Yield.xyz as Lead Engineer and grew into Head of Engineering, leading protocol integrations and backend systems across 2000+ yields.
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2022 - 2023
Backend and blockchain data engineering across TDF Labs and Litentry, including Substrate and EVM indexers.
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2021 - 2022
Senior Backend Engineer at Swapcard, building high-performance APIs and backend workflows.
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2016 - 2021
Senior Full Stack Developer at Spreaker, scaling APIs, async systems, monitoring, and team practices through growth and acquisition.
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