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Jan – Solidity, Smart contracts, Ethereum, experts in Lemon.io

Jan

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Blockchain Engineer|Strong senior

Jan – Solidity, Smart contracts, Ethereum

Jan is a Strong Senior Blockchain Engineer with 10+ years of experience building and scaling EVM-based systems, specializing in Solidity and smart contract architecture. He has led the delivery of complex DeFi, NFT, and cross-chain projects, with a strong focus on security and audit readiness. He explains complex concepts clearly and supports teams through thoughtful technical guidance and mentorship. He balances engineering decisions with product needs and business impact, and is comfortable pushing back on high-risk ideas while maintaining a collaborative approach.

10 years of commercial experience in
Architecture
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
NFT
Smart cities
Smart home
Marketplace
Open source
Web3
Web development
Main technologies
Solidity
10 years
Smart contracts
10 years
Ethereum
10 years
Additional skills
Typescript
JavaScript
Ethers.js
web3.js
NFT
DeFi
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Possible
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Experience Highlights

Independent Blockchain Consultant, Auditor, and Developer
Sep 2017 - Ongoing8 years 5 months
Project Overview

A self-owned consultancy providing auditing, development, and advisory services, with clients primarily acquired through referrals.

Responsibilities:
  • Consulted multiple projects on technical aspects of their ICO and designed and deployed their smart contracts;
  • Audited a number of smart contracts, discovering vulnerabilities and possible gas optimizations;
  • Designed, implemented, and deployed an upgradeable ticketing system utilizing gasless ECDSA signatures;
  • Won multiple hackathon awards on blockchain-specific and general hackathons.
Project Tech stack:
Solidity
Blockchain
Smart contracts
Solution architecture
Git
Senior Solidity Developer
Aug 2023 - Jan 20262 years 5 months
Project Overview

A DeFi protocol that issues multiple stable assets and provides services such as overcollateralized minting, swapping, cross-chain liquidity, vesting, and stablecoin-as-a-service.

Responsibilities:
  • Redesigned vesting smart contracts holding over 1.2B USD at its peak;
  • Architected and implemented a multi-tiered on-chain incentives program that supports weekly and one-off allocations of points, which has been successfully running for over 2 years with over 100k participants;
  • Created a novel multi-tiered staking and delegation system that will be used for Fraxtal network validators, as well as incentives conversion boosting;
  • Designed and built a multi-chain LayerZero-powered NFT collection locking over 100k USD of yield-bearing liquidity.
Project Tech stack:
Solidity
Typescript
Blockchain
DeFi
Crypto
GitHub
Senior Solidity Developer
Aug 2022 - Aug 20231 year
Project Overview

A company developing and publishing NFT 2.0 standards that enable NFTs to evolve beyond static images through composability and versatility, while also operating the Singular marketplace.

Responsibilities:
  • Created multiple NFT 2.0 smart contracts for the open-source package 1000s installs;
  • Designed and built documentation for this package with 1000s of monthly users;
  • Drove the upgrade of the Singular NFT marketplace from static smart contracts to upgradeable ones;
  • Detected multiple high-impact security vulnerabilities, saving the team and customers from potential loss of funds;
  • Published 7 Ethereum Requests for Comments (ERCs);
  • Designed, created, and deployed public-good repositories across multiple blockchain networks to the same address, with support for gasless interactions.
Project Tech stack:
Solidity
Typescript
Blockchain
GitHub
NFT
Senior Solidity Support Engineer
Aug 2021 - Aug 20221 year
Project Overview

A DeFi platform on Polkadot and the first parachain to secure a slot, offering an overcollateralized stablecoin (aUSD), liquidity and financial tooling, and advanced EVM precompiles like on-chain scheduling that made it a trailblazer at launch.

Responsibilities:
  • Resolved multiple integration issues for external partners working with a Polkadot-based DeFi platform;
  • Designed architecture for advanced DeFi precompiles of the network;
  • Created and delivered technical workshops to 100s of hackathon participants;
  • Created developer-focused documentation for building on the platform’s stack;
  • Facilitated integration of the network with key infrastructure providers.
Project Tech stack:
Solidity
Typescript
DeFi
GitHub
Middle Blockchain Researcher & Developer
Jun 2016 - Nov 20215 years 5 months
Project Overview

A laboratory in the University of Ljubljana focusing on research and development of new and advanced solutions in the IT space.

Responsibilities:
  • Designed and built a blockchain-powered electric car charging system;
  • Created a collaborative robotics marketplace;
  • Founded a token-agnostic blockchain-based charity project;
  • Created and delivered courses about blockchain technology, EVM, and Solidity smart contract development.
Project Tech stack:
Solidity
GitLab
Blockchain
Middle Blockchain & Backend Engineer
May 2018 - May 20213 years
Project Overview

A global digital product agency that specializes in designing and developing mobile apps, web platforms, and custom software for enterprise and startup clients.

Responsibilities:
  • Assumed the role of acting CTO on a blockchain charity project;
  • Assessed potential projects for viability and decided which projects to accept;
  • Designed architectures for clients with blockchain-based projects;
  • Implemented crucial loyalty features of applications in Ruby on Rails.
Project Tech stack:
Solidity
Blockchain
Smart contracts
Git

Education

2018
Electrical Engineering
Batchelor's degree
2021
Cybersecurity in Decentralized Applications
Master's Degree

Languages

English
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