Nelson Lourenço

• Leading technical chapters and driving engineering excellence across distributed teams.

• Architecting robust, scalable solutions and enforcing high-standard DevOps practices.

• Leading recruitment interviews and technical screening for senior engineering chapters.

• Mentoring senior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

• Research and deployment of a Layer 3 (L3) solution using OP Stack.

• Created enterprise-grade modules for seamless L3 integration.

• Architected and implemented a blockchain firewall to enforce granular enterprise policies (Geo-fencing, Whitelisting).

• Created POCs for authenticating Web3/Web2 and transaction signing (Firebase, Auth0, Privy, MM).

• Created the MCP Wallet protocol, bridging AI agent capabilities with secure Web3 interactions.

• Exploring the 'Agentic Web'-where LLMs autonomously manage assets via secure, verifiable wallets.

• Integrated QChain with Stacks to enable asset locking, transaction monitoring, and settlement processing.

• Architected and developed an abstract asset-locking (deposit and settlement) component on Layer 1.

• Led the integration of multiple Cosmos chains (Atom, Kava, Osmosis, Celestia, etc.).

• Refactored Qredo Block Explorer, improving throughput by 30%.

• Conducted professional technical interviews and defined hiring standards for the blockchain engineering department.

• Research and implementation of IaC for L1 and L2 blockchain networks (Starknet, Avalanche, Celo).

• Built Data Availability Committee (DAC) infrastructure for Arbitrum Nitro.

• Delivered high-stakes projects for ProtocolLabs and Codifi Assets RWA.

• Implemented blockchain health checks for EVMs.

• Performed technical recruitment interviews for senior protocol and frontend roles.

• Led the digital transformation of specialized luxury management workflows via Bubble-Go (Switzerland).

• Streamlined internal asset management systems, reducing manual processing time by 25%.

• Modernized legacy logic into a responsive, high-security Node.js architecture.

• Led technical interview processes for nearshore engineering talent.

• GoLang lead developer. Started a GoLang team, enforcing best practices.

• Main activities: Architect, Development full-stack, Estimations/allocation of work tasks, Selection of team members.

• Architected modern microservices for Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) systems, integrating NLP report analysis for automated insights.

• Engineered real-time SGR feed data integration to stream mission-critical market data to front-end dashboards.

• Developed an automated mail distribution system leveraging ML models for intelligent routing and prioritization.

• Migrated legacy monolithes to a containerized K8s architecture using Go and Skaffold for accelerated development cycles.

• Active member of the technical recruitment board, conducting high-level CIB engineering interviews.

• Leading nearshore developer team working to BMW Munich.

• Trainer in Everis Academy, delivering technical excellence sessions to senior engineers.

• Conducted extensive recruitment interviews and technical tests for nearshore expansion.

• Established an inclusive culture and career progression roadmap in a high-performance developer group.

• Optimized core banking services and redesigned payment processing modules to handle peak loads.

• Performed Java performance tuning and Oracle DB optimizations.

• A 14-year journey of continuous improvement and engineering excellence, delivering mission-critical value across 4 continents.

• Architected performance-critical systems serving millions of subscribers across the Altice global network.

• Mastered the lifecycle of complex systems, from initial concept to decadal maintenance.

• Experienced technical interviewer for carrier-grade system engineering roles.