# Loïc Lesavre

> Senior Software Engineer at Dapper Labs

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/loc

Seasoned software engineer with extensive backend and blockchain development experience. Currently building consumer-facing blockchain applications at Dapper Labs.

Passionate about technologies that change how apps and data interact to unlock wider open ecosystems and greater control over one's own digital assets and identities.

Always grateful for the opportunities to learn, solve problems, and build new things. Focused on growing and advancing mission-driven projects as a team, organization, and community. 🚀

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Dapper Labs
Jan 2024 – Present

### Smart Contract Lead / Backend Engineer @ Dapper Labs
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Designing, building, and deploying backend systems, APIs, and smart contracts for high-profile consumer applications and core services middleware. Currently working for Disney Pinnacle as founding team member. Other contributions include NBA TopShot and NFL AllDay.

### Backend Engineer @ Pine Street Labs
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Built blockchain integrations for Flow, Avalanche, and Cosmos SDK-based networks, focusing on account creation, token interactions, and staking activities. Enhanced transaction workflows, added support for new blockchain categories, and contributed to the development of walletOS, a non-custodial enterprise wallet infrastructure.

### Blockchain R&D Lead / Software Engineer @ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Returned to the Computer Security Division as a contractor for Prometheus Computing, focusing on building blockchain cloud infrastructure and leading a shared blockchain governance study.
• Examined network topologies, system requirements, and security assessment processes (authorization to operate, re-authorization triggers).
• Implemented integrations with Veramo agents and EVM networks to manage private keys, decentralized identifiers, verifiable credentials, and verifiable presentations.

### Research Software Engineer, Blockchain @ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Washington D.C. Metro Area / Remote
Joined the Computer Security Division to conduct blockchain research.
• Designed and developed automated virtual machine and container provisioning for blockchain research networks with on-chain governance – worked with Besu, Solidity, Fabric, AWS.
• Authored 'Blockchain Networks: Token Design and Management Overview' (https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8301).
• Authored 'A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems' (https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.01142020).

### Research Software Engineer, Network Tuning @ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Washington D.C. Metro Area
Worked within the Wireless Networks Division to create data analysis tools and performance metrics for FirstNet LTE network optimization. Contributed to critical research efforts and improved simulation data evaluation, helping to better manage resources in First Responder scenarios.

### Software Engineering Intern @ MSC Software
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Orange County, California Area
Optimized data ingestion pipelines, improving the accuracy and efficiency of cross-platform simulation performance analysis. Developed and integrated a comprehensive notification system, while expanding product support to an additional product line, directly contributing to the capabilities and productivity of the High-Performance Computing (HPC) team.

### FIRST Open Innovation Fellow @ Fondation Mines-Télécom
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Paris Area, France
FIRST is an entrepreneurship development program led by Fondation Mines-Télécom, Orange, BNP Paribas, and Alcatel-Lucent. Graduate students are selected from Télécom ParisTech, Télécom SudParis, IMT Atlantique, IMT Business School, and Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Reims.

The class of 2015 was invited to attend seminars in Paris at Bell Labs, Welcome City Lab, and UsineIO, before joining Laval University's Startup Fuze Entrepreneurial Summer Program, a two-week prototyping program in Québec, Canada.

### Project Management Intern @ Telehouse KDDI
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Paris Area, France
Led cross-functional collaboration between IT, technical support, and external contractors to analyze and develop tailored colocation solutions at the Telehouse Paris Voltaire data center, a major internet hub. Partnered closely with IaaS cloud, virtualization, and cybersecurity teams to deliver cloud and managed services.

### Micromapping Open Innovation Consultant @ SNCF
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Paris Area, France
Led a feasibility study on deploying context-aware services using indoor positioning in train stations. Modeled Paris train station facilities in OpenStreetMap and participated in user story workshops.


## Education
### Master's Degree and Bachelor's Degree - Diplôme d'Ingénieur Télécom SudParis in Computer Science and Engineering
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

### Exchange Program in Data Science
UC Irvine
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### Scientific Preparatory Classes for French Engineering Schools / Intensive Undergraduate Program in Math, Physics, and Engineering
Lycée Vaucanson Grenoble
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/loiclesavre

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Last updated: 2026-03-22