Experience
2023 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
Stellar Laboratory (lab.stellar.org) is an open-source developer toolkit for the Stellar ecosystem. It allows developers to explore networks, build and submit transactions, invoke smart contracts, inspect contract storage, and debug interactions without needing to write client-side code.
— Designed and implemented Stellar Laboratory’s advanced invoke-contract functionality, which dynamically generates UI forms from a JSON schema and maps user-entered native values into Soroban-compatible smart-contract values. Open-sourced the implementation, which is now integrated by external developers including Aha Labs and OpenZeppelin.
— Implemented features across contract storage, transaction building, keypair utilities, and network inspection tools to deliver consistent improvements to stability, DX, and smart-contract workflow
Code: https://github.com/stellar/laboratory/
2020 — 2023
In October 2020, I joined Vibrant (now rebranded as Vesseo, vesseoapp.com), a mobile wallet app that helps Argentines protect their money from inflation by providing access to US digital tokens like USDC. Since then, the app has expanded to the USA, Mexico, and Ukraine, introducing features like cross-border remittances, cash in/out via MGI, and stablecoin-based wages for Argentines.
— Led development of cross-border remittances, send to phone number, cash-in/out flows, and stablecoin salary features.
— Collaborated with product to shape roadmap; became de-facto lead engineer by 2022.
— Enhanced app stability (add a metric if you have one).
I wrote a blog post on enabling international remittances on Stellar: https://stellar.org/blog/developers/making-international-remittances-easy-with-pay-by-phone
2019 — 2020
Greater New York City Area
I joined SDF as a front-end developer. My colleague and I used React (including React hooks), TypeScript, Styled Components, and Jest to build SDF websites. The sites we built include:
— https://stellar.org/
— https://developers.stellar.org/docs
— https://developers.stellar.org/api
2016 — 2019
2016 — 2019
New York City Metropolitan Area
Firstborn is an award-winning design and technology company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1997, we create interactive experiences, digital products and content that build brands, grow businesses and transform categories.
— Built interactive experiences and campaign sites for global brands including Supercell, Lay’s, and L’Oréal.
— Built the official Supercell Shop for KR/JP/US/EU using Preact + Shopify/Liquid.
— Contributed to the Lay’s “Do Us a Flavor” campaign app (React, Redux).
— Developed WebAR landing page “RBG for Good” using ThreeJS + GSAP.
— Shipped multi-language pages for Clash Royale League World Finals (React + Styled Components).
— Built internal side projects including a Leap Motion canvas demo, a 72-hour Ludum Dare game, and a Slack-authenticated movie-voting app.
2015 — 2016
2015 — 2016
Greater New York City Area
• Lead developer for incremental projects for Samsung, the largest account for TBG
• Collaborated with producers, designers, and developers in a team environment
• Mentored newly hired developers and development interns
• Successfully recruited talents including technologists for the agency’s immediate needs
• Created custom animations using CSS, SVG, and JS incorporating the Greensock library
Education
University of Miami