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Business areas: Blockchain | OSS Telecoms | Automotive | Banking. Resilient - Problem solver - Team player. Team leader - Architect - Performance engineer - DevOps. Ability to troubleshoot - Profiling - Optimize complex code. Familiar with a large and complex system.

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Lead Developer@Pictet TechnologiesJanuary 2026 - Present

$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.

Blockchain & Backend Architect (Stealth)@Interval.xyzApril 2024 - Present

$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).

Founder / Lead Architect@Freelance - MCP WalletOngoing

$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.

Senior Blockchain Engineer@QredoDecember 2022 - September 2023

$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.

Blockchain Engineer (Professional Services)@ConsenSysNovember 2021 - December 2022

$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.

Senior Full-Stack Lead (Nearshore)@Rolex2021

$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.

Tech Lead@TechFirm PortugalOctober 2020 - November 2021

$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.

Technical Lead | Senior Software Engineer@BNP Paribas CIBJune 2019 - October 2020

$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.

Team Leader (Nearshore NTT Data)@BMWJune 2016 - September 2018

$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.

Senior Backend Specialist@CGD (Caixa Geral de Depósitos)Pre-2016

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

$Performed Java performance tuning and Oracle DB optimizations.

Lead Architect / Software Engineer@PT Inovação (AlticeLabs)September 2001 - June 2015

$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.