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Jun 2021 - Present
Founding Engineer at Backed Finance
First engineering hire at a Swiss-based tokenized securities platform, responsible for designing and building the product from zero to acquisition. Backed tokenizes real-world assets - stocks, ETFs, and bonds - as ERC-20 tokens backed 1:1 by underlying assets held through licensed custodians.
Designed and built the entire platform architecture as the sole engineer, using a modular monolith with domain segregation and event-driven communication between domains - intentionally structured for future service extraction without requiring large-scale refactoring
Built the initial token issuance pipeline, powering the launch of Backed's first tokenized products including bCSPX (tokenized S&P 500 ETF)
Designed and implemented the internal GraphQL API, giving the admin application rich, flexible access to platform data without requiring endpoints for each use case
Engineered multiple issuance and redemption flows: default sequential flow, atomic swap flow, and in-kind flow
Fully automated securities trading through Alpaca API integration, eliminating manual processes
Built the automated pipeline for xStocks - Backed's main tokenized equities product - to handle high-volume securities building that was no longer feasible manually
Organized the codebase as a monorepo, enabling fast onboarding and reducing context-switching overhead
Helped the platform issue 100+ tokenized products across 15+ blockchains, cross $200M+ AUM, and generate over $3B on-chain volume
I had been interested in iOS development for a while and over the Christmas holidays I finally found the time to commit to it - an app that helps you remember what you read. Knowing general development patterns, and having AI as a partner, gave me the ability to build a well-structured app with SDKs I had never touched before.
Multi-platform active recall app (iPhone, iPad, Mac) - import highlights from Kindle, articles, or manual entry, and review them through spaced repetition
Custom Leitner box algorithm with pluggable scheduling, overdue scoring, and a 30/70 new-to-due balance for large libraries
SwiftDataKit - an 800-line Swift macro package that generates MVVM bridging code from SwiftData models, solving actor isolation and testability problems
Four-directional swipe gesture card stack with spring physics, haptic feedback, and undo via shake
Offline-first with CloudKit sync and deterministic conflict resolution across devices
Ships on three Apple platforms from a single SwiftUI codebase with one external dependency
SwiftUISwiftDataCloudKitStoreKit 2Swift Macros
May 2024 - Present
Built anneto.dev
A personal website that grew from a simple portfolio into a playground - surfacing stats from my life, experimenting with interactions, and building things for fun. Self-hosted, no managed platforms, every section is its own small project.
Seven self-contained homepage sections - music, code, photography, travel, books, activities - each fetching its own data
Interactive globe with zoom-based progressive disclosure, showing countries, cities, and landmarks at different zoom levels
Photo processing pipeline with Sharp, S3, EXIF extraction, blur placeholders, and SHA256 deduplication
Apple Music integration via Last.fm scrobbling with live 'Now Listening' display and waveform animation
WebAuthn passkey authentication - no passwords, challenge-based, invite-only Friends Zone
Self-hosted on Docker with one-command deployments via Coolify API
Worked across multiple client engagements at a leading blockchain consultancy, earning three promotions in just over a year. Primary client was DAOstack, a decentralized governance platform for building and managing DAOs on Ethereum.
Served as a full-stack developer on DAOstack's "Common" product — a mobile-first platform for open collaboration and community-driven decision-making
Built backend services in Node.js hosted on Firebase, supporting Common's governance and community management features
Developed frontend interfaces in React for the Common ecosystem
Built the admin application used internally to manage and operate the Common platform
First professional exposure to blockchain and Web3 development
Node.jsReactSolidityFirebase
Mar 2019 - May 2020
.NET Developer at VirtuWorks
My first real job. Still in school, figuring out how professional codebases actually work.Built an internal property management platform for a real estate client. Full-stack in the Microsoft ecosystem: .NET backend, Entity Framework for data, SQL Server underneath, and admin interfaces on top.Learned how to work on a team, use version control without breaking things, and write code that someone other than me had to read.