About

I'm a protocol engineer focused on smart contracts, cryptography, and distributed systems. I've spent the last several years building core infrastructure in crypto — from NFT exchange contracts processing billions in volume at Blur, to a cross-chain bridge securing $2B in TVL at Blast.

Before that, I researched zero-knowledge proof systems at the Ethereum Foundation, built the Ethereum–StarkNet DAI bridge at Starkware, and worked on blockchain domain infrastructure at Namebase.

I studied at MIT before leaving in 2021 to work in crypto full-time.

Experience

2023 — Now

Founding Engineer · Blast ↗

Designed and built the cross-chain asset bridge from inception through mainnet, securing $2B in peak TVL. Core smart contracts for asset custody, yield management, and deterministic withdrawals across L1 and L2.

Solidity Go L2 Bridges Yield
2022 — Now

Smart Contract Engineer · Blur ↗

Exchange infrastructure for one of the largest NFT marketplaces, processing millions of trades and billions in volume. Calldata packing, storage optimization, audit tooling, and fuzz testing.

Solidity NFT Gas Optimization Security
2021 — 2022

Smart Contract Engineer · Starkware ↗

Built the Ethereum–StarkNet bridge for MakerDAO. Designed cross-chain transfer protocols, emergency recovery, and one of the earliest production Cairo projects.

Cairo Solidity StarkNet MakerDAO
2020 — 2021

Researcher · Ethereum Foundation ↗

Researched ZK proof applications. Built an anonymous message board, data marketplace, polling system, and browser-based proof toolkit — all using ZK-SNARKs on Ethereum.

ZK-SNARKs Solidity TypeScript Privacy
2020

Software Engineer · Namebase ↗

Blockchain domain marketplace, crypto wallet coin-selection, DNS gateway for decentralized naming, and node-level DNS query handling for 10k+ hosted domains.

Node.js Blockchain DNS Handshake

Education

2018 — 2021

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Left in 2021 to pursue opportunities in crypto.