Resume

ALI RAZA

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

LinkedIn

alirazacodes.btc@gmail.com

GitHub

+92-3084917786

Website

Software Engineer

Strategic and results-oriented Software Engineer and Smart Contract Developer with 4+ years of professional experience. Experienced in advising startups to build their products using different blockchain networks and Web 3.0 technologies. Skilled in building trusted relationships with clients, leadership, and colleagues to drive project completion. Deep subject matter expertise within all areas of Smart Contracts, Software Applications and IoT. Authentic and adaptive hands-on leader driven by a passion to develop and inspire others.

Core Competencies

  • Blockchain Networks
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Cross-Team Collaboration
  • Web 3.0
  • Defi
  • Software Coding
  • Process Improvement
  • Data Structures
  • Smart Contracts
  • Client Relations
  • Project Management
  • Artificial Intelligence

Professional Experience

Kabuni, United Kingdom (Remote)

Blockchain Lead • Nov 2023 – Sept 2024

  • Provided best Blockchain consultancy services with well written technical documentations and defining clear roadmaps for company
  • Developed and tested token vesting contracts custom to kabuni ERC-20 tokens and company's instructions
  • Developed and battle tested kabuni wizard smart contracts, including decentralized identity verification/RBAC, kabuni Egg with advanced minting with every new level, valuable ERC-721 nfts tied with physical objects tx stored on NFC chips, content minting by teachers/orgs/publications, KBC transfering as rewards, Soul Bound tokens as certifications of completion for students
  • Developed and battle tested kabuni ChangeMaker smart contracts with custom functions such as RBAC roles, custom nft lock, one nft per wallet, variable unlock supply with trigger functions that can be made by oracles integrated on frontend
  • Wrote brief and audited smart contracts with Ai tools such as testmachine.ai, indicating zero vulnerabilities as far. Integrated with fronted to ensure proper working and testing
  • Worked with backend and frontend devs closely in integrating state of the art fireblocks(wallet as a service) wallet into the platform

Stacks, United States (Remote)

sBTC/Nakamoto Tester • Oct 2023 – June 2024

  • Got elected to work closely with Stacks Core Engineers to test sBTC and Nakamoto before mainnet release
  • Tested and reported potential bugs and vulnerabilities to core engineers in a closed agile environment
  • Developing example dapps around sBTC for checking out functional state of the tokens peg functions over the testnet
  • Working further with Nakamoto testing along with core engineers

NFTCC, United Kingdom (Remote)

Lead Developer • Feb 2023 – May 2024

  • Leading and developing the whole technical side of the project
  • Developing smart contracts and whole backend solutions, integrating with DLC and storing the transactional records on Bitcoin
  • Working along the NF Technology team integrating smart contracts with NFC chips for phygitals
  • Research and Development regarding ordinals, timestamps and UTXO's with company needs and wants

BCAMP, United States (Remote)

Blockchain Mentor • Dec 2023 – Feb 2024

  • Provided best practices and resources regarding smart contract development and blockchain
  • Mentored on a potential idea and made it into reality, named ChainFusion ID & finance Hub
  • Provided best practices and helped apprentices in integrating moon walllet(Wallet as a Service) into the project
  • Audited the contracts and code of the apprentices and provided with valubale feedback and corrections

Blockchain & Smart Contract Apprenticeship • Sep 2023 – Nov 2023

  • Developed BlockBadge(an onchain attestation for candidates and recruiters/organizations) from scratch to production and successfully shipped
  • Won first place throughout the cohort and earned to be the best innovator title
  • Developed robust smart contracts in Solidity and tested in simulated environment such as scaffoldEth
  • Introduced features like a time limit for users to edit attestation incase of making any error, after that the attestations settles permanently on Blockchain
  • Introduced BNS feature customed for BlockBadge for the easment of recruiters and candidates to search for people with their names instead of wallet address

Amorize, United States (Remote)

Full-Stack Blockchain Developer / Team Lead • Aug 2021 – Oct 2022

  • Directed a team of four, launching the project from scratch by creating flowcharts, smart contracts, front-end design, and backend programming for the Fortune 500 client
  • Implemented yield farming into the smart contracts while maintaining high-security standards and integrated SIP-009 and -010 traits
  • Developed the DAO & BNS smart contracts, minting contracts, and time-locked vault contracts to release funds after a certain period
  • Achieved 100% OTD by effectively coordinating with the engineering team and clients to ensure smooth project milestone completion
  • Shifting project from Stacks blockchain to other blockchain networks like Ethereum. Adding advanced features and smart contract traits along the way

Dy.Finance, United Kingdom (Remote)

Smart Contract Engineer / Consultant • Feb 2022 – Jul 2022

  • Managed clients, providing consultations to management for improved smart contract design, testing, cost analysis, and transactions over stacks blockchain
  • Developed high-level, security risk-free smart contracts on Clarity and provided unit testing
  • Collaborated with engineers, clients, and leadership to implement multi-sig transaction features, token options, gas-cost estimation, and epoch timestamp
  • Increased efficiency by 80% through developing scripts to analyze gas fees, cost-effective solutions for function calls and events handling

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

3.42 CGPA

Government College University, Faisalabad • Sept 2016 – Sept 2020

Achievements

EthGlobal EthOnline 2024 - Best Hackathon Project

EthGlobal Superhack 2024 - VouchSafe (Prize Pool Winner)

Beeloud - Carelink (most innovative project)

BCAMP Apprenticeship - BlockBadge 1st place innovator title

Runner-Up at Hack4Impact 1.0 Hackathon – Stacks Pakistan 2021

MLH Fellowship Mini Hackathon – 2nd Place Finish 2021

Capture the Flag Event MLH Fellowship – 2nd Place Finish 2021

Approved FYP Funding from IGNITE 2020

Google Startup Competition – 2nd Place Finish 2019

Skills

Technical Skills

  • JavaScript
  • Typescript
  • Python
  • Stacks
  • Ethereum
  • Clarity
  • Solidity
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Gaia Hub
  • IPFS
  • Next.js
  • REACT
  • Ether JS
  • Technical Research
  • Debugging
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Microsoft Suite

Business Skills

  • Customer-Facing
  • Organization
  • Time Management
  • Prioritization
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Entrepreneurship

Languages

Fluent in English