Caleb – Ethers.js, Smart contracts, Solidity
Caleb is a senior blockchain engineer with deep expertise in Solidity, Ethers.js, and TypeScript, specializing in DeFi and Ethereum smart contract development. He has led protocol architecture, security, and audits for high-value projects, including stablecoin and lending platforms. Caleb demonstrates strong ownership, clear communication, and a user-focused approach, thriving in small, autonomous teams.
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Founding Engineer
It's a liquidation-free, high-LTV crypto lending system using DEX swaps and options-like payoff structures.

- Built the protocol from the ground up while focusing on security and exploit protection.
- Architected and implemented core smart contracts and supporting technical design for the product's initial build-out.
- Helped secure more than $1M in funding by pitching the product and technical vision to a16z and led the team through the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator in London as the sole engineer.
Founding Engineer & Security Lead
It's a decentralized stablecoin issuer and a protocol-controlled value store.

- Designed, prototyped, and implemented core and peripheral smart contracts, security checks, testing framework, and middleware utilities for the Fei stablecoin and Tribe governance token.
- Developed and audited more than 20 smart contracts for governance and protocol-controlled value systems and implemented security auditing frameworks for the protocol.
- Led design and development on the protocol through reaching a peak of $3.5B in protocol-controlled value.
- Started as the sole Solidity engineer, interviewed candidates, mentored junior engineers, and helped grow the engineering team by five hires.
- Designed and implemented a Markle-tree smart contract for token redemption along with monitoring infrastructure.
- Implemented a security monitoring framework with automated scripts and checks via OpenZeppelin Defender and PagerDuty, along with custom hourly scripts to protect protocol-controlled value.
- Created and administered the protocol bug-bounty program through ImmuneFi, triaging issues and coordinating responses to high- and critical-security issues.
Software Engineer
It's a decentralized compute marketplace that enables users to rent out unused computing resources to others through a secure, distributed network.
- Researched and architected Layer 2 payment-channel systems for metered and subscription-based compute services with Ethereum as the source of finality using Connext DAO and instant settlement.
- Developed Solidity contracts and the middleware and infrastructure needed to connect off-chain application logic with on-chain settlement.
- Served as the primary blockchain engineer for the project.
QA Automation Engineer
It's an internal warehousing and inventory system used by the company's employees and Home Depot operations across the United States.
- Built a Node.js and webdriver.io automated test suite integrated with BrowserStack and CI/CD pipelines for the main company product.
- Created CI/CD pipelines for automated testing with commit hooks and hourly smoke checks via GitHub CI.
- Created process documentation and built dashboard-based monitoring with high-priority error alerting and at-a-glance resource visibility.
Software Engineer Project Lead
It's a fully on-chain casino platform backed by more than 20 interoperable Ethereum smart contracts, a dynamic bankroll system, and a tokenization system that lets users receive a portion of house profits by holding the protocol token.


- Led a distributed team of 9 engineers.
- Developed Solidity contracts and automated tests using Truffle and Ganache while coordinating with a Vue.js/web3 frontend-based team of developers.
- Secured the smart contract and bankroll platform against malicious attackers and set up monitoring and alerting systems that enabled mitigation of exploit attempts.