Lucas Smith

Blockchain Development

Lucas Smith

Skilled in DeFi, DEX, DAO, Wallet, NFT mint site & marketplace.

Lucas Smith is a certified blockchain professional (CBP) with seven years of full-stack development experience and five years in blockchain. He has a firm understanding of blockchain basics and built various websites and DApps like DeFi, DEX, DAO, Wallet, NFT mint site and marketplace. He was a senior blockchain engineer at Inverted Studios, responsible for developing gas-optimized NFT smart contracts on Ethereum network and decentralized social media web apps. At Coinswap, he created a blockchain-based platform for the distribution of digital content which increased efficiency by 30%.

Blockchain DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentEthereumDEFIDEXDAONFTsSolidityTruffleHardhatOpenZeppelinWeb3.jsethers.jsHTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptDockerGolangPythonDjangoFlaskReact.jsReduxNext.js

Employment Highlights

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Inverted Studios

October 2021 - December 2022 (1 year 2 months)

Blockchain Engineer

Coinswap

September 2020 - August 2021 (11 months)

Blockchain Lead Engineer

Sator

July 2019 - August 2020 (1 year 1 month)

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Unified Infotech

April 2018 - June 2019 (1 year 2 months)

Education Highlights

Bachelor's, Computer Science

Kansas State University

March 2010 - May 2014 (4 years 2 months)

Resume

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Inverted Studios

October 2021 - December 2022 (1 year 2 months)

  • Developed gas-optimized NFT smart contracts on Ethereum network in accordance with business requirements.
  • Built R3 Corda and Kotin smart contracts for the main game logic using Chainlink VRF and Keeper.
  • Developed 3 decentralized social media web applications using React, CSS, Bootstrap, and web3.js/Ethers for integrating Ethereum Stored all media files and metadata on Pinata to make the loading speed faster.
  • Developed the client DApp by implementing the best UX, and deploying the site on Amazon AWS S3.
  • Built the admin site using Next.js, and deployed and maintained it on Amazon AWS EC2.
  • Participated in peer code reviews and provided feedback to peers as well as mentored less experienced developers. 

Blockchain Engineer

Coinswap

September 2020 - August 2021 (11 months)

  • Created a blockchain-based platform for the distribution of digital content, which increased efficiency by 30%.
  • Designed and deployed smart contracts on Hyperledger Besu, Quorum.
  • Built and deployed smart contracts for ERC-20 based token, $MONA, and ERC-721 based tokens, Genesis MONA NFT and PODE NFT.
  • Developed and implemented blockchain solutions using Hyperledger Fabric, Go-Ethereum, or other open source frameworks.
  • Built and deployed NFT staking contracts on Polygon Network for $MONA rewards because of ensuring faster and cheaper transactions for users.
  • Developed DApps for ESPA games, Minecraft and Roblox.

Blockchain Lead Engineer

Sator

July 2019 - August 2020 (1 year 1 month)

  • Mainly developed and launched SATOR's NFT Marketplace where unique fungible or non-fungible ERC-1155 tokens can be traded.
  • Designed and implemented a decentralized application based on Ethereum’s smart contracts (~$1M in transactions per month).
  • Developed gas-optimized smart contracts of NFT-based DApp games.
  • Stored all media files related to NFTs on IPFS.
  • Provided technical support during client onboarding process including project scoping, architecture review, testing strategy development and implementation.
  • Acquired a deep understanding and experience writing smart contracts, best practices of smart contract security and Blockchain design patterns.

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Unified Infotech

April 2018 - June 2019 (1 year 2 months)

  • Built the Unified Infotech platform (main cloud-hosted service) to connect games to Ethereum blockchain.
  • Developed an Ethereum smart contract to automate supply chain management processes and reduce costs (~40% savings).
  • Refactored internal websites as microservices on AWS infrastructure using Django framework, Django REST Framework.
  • Actively participated in code review and mentoring junior developers.
  • Implemented web design and development principles to build stable web apps using Golang.

Education

Bachelor's, Computer Science

Kansas State University

March 2010 - May 2014 (4 years 2 months)