Alex Werner

Full-stack Engineer & Crypto / P2P Specialist

Toulouse, France · obusco@gmail.com · alex.werner.fr

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Summary

  • 12+ years of full-stack engineering across web, mobile and decentralized systems; 9+ years in blockchain, crypto and DeFi.
  • Co-invented the ChainLocks & SML/DML consensus at Dash Core Group (patent US20220108285A1); the technology now secures $350B+.
  • Shipped 20+ production smart contracts (ERC-20/721/1155/4626, vote-escrow governance, treasury, time-locks) and invented a crypto-RWA index on a ~$100M-TVL protocol.
  • Led and hired engineering teams; co-founder and head-of-engineering experience with strong product ownership and architecture leadership.
  • Security-conscious, adversarial-environment hardened: smart-contract audits, operational security, 0-day crisis response.
  • Public speaker and writer — Money20/20, conferences, podcasts and interviews.

Skills

Languages
JavaScript · TypeScript · Go · Solidity · Python · Rust · Shell
Frameworks
Node.js · React · Next.js · Nest.js · Hardhat · Tailwind
Blockchain & DeFi
EVM · Cosmos-SDK · Solana · Consensus · Wallet architecture · DEX / AMM design · Tokenomics · Cryptography
Infrastructure
Docker · Kubernetes · Dagster · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · CI/CD · ZMQ · RabbitMQ

Experience

StealthLead Engineer

2024 — present · Remote
  • Designed and shipped 20+ production contracts — ERC-20/721/1155/4626, vote-escrow governance, treasury and time-lock mechanisms, with the financial-math models behind them.
  • Invented a crypto-MSCI-World-style index for real-world assets (iREET).
  • Built the SSR frontend (Next.js / Tailwind), RPC tooling, a deployer suite and dockerized localnets that mirror mainnet.
  • Stood up a ZK-based KYC + NFT proof-of-ownership validation flow.
  • Owned the security & audit process: comprehensive unit + e2e tests, CI workflows and the documentation site.

Security · Solidity · OpenZeppelin · ERC-4626 · ve-Governance · ZK · Next.js · Docker · Chainlink

JMES WorldHead of Engineering

2022 — 2023 · Berlin
  • Bootstrapped the JMES P2P consensus protocol (Go / Cosmos-SDK) securing the DAO.
  • Built an EU-regulation-compliant tokenization model for art pieces (Warhol, …).
  • Shipped a from-scratch React Native app and the Web3 connectivity libraries beneath it.
  • Defined the engineering roadmap, infra (AWS / Docker), token model and yellow paper.

Go · Cosmos-SDK · Rust · TypeScript · React Native

ZebitexHead of Innovation

2021 — 2022 · Toulouse
  • Led ICO strategy (whitepaper, tokenomics) and a staking / multi-asset basket platform.
  • Integrated BNB/BEP20, XTZ (FA 1.2 & 2.0), TRX and USDT into trading pairs; co-developed an MIT-licensed Tezos library.
  • Hardened core systems: transaction monitoring & signing, ed25519 derivation, live-status monitoring, mint/burn CLI.

Ruby · TypeScript · Tezos · BSC · TRON · Kubernetes

Dash Core GroupLead → Principal Developer

2016 — 2021 · Phoenix, AZ
  • Co-invented ChainLocks and the long-living masternode quorums (SML / DML) — a consensus breakthrough now woven into projects securing $350B+.
  • Named inventor on patent US20220108285A1 (object-validated blockchain accounts).
  • Spearheaded Dash's decentralized API (DAPI) and conceived the flagship DashPay wallet (React Native).
  • Led and hired the platform & wallet teams; introduced Agile, the GitHub org and the NPM namespace.
  • Maintained 10+ OSS packages; frequent public speaker and evangelist; 0-day crisis response.

Rust · Tendermint · JavaScript · C++ · P2P · Security · React Native

TantiumCo-founder / Head of Engineering

2021 — 2022 · Bordeaux
  • Led tech and product for a B2C/B2B real-estate tokenization platform.
  • Authored the legal framework — the first European product to fully comply — plus whitepaper and tokenomics.
  • Engineered the application chain, currency, smart contracts and backend infrastructure.
  • Carried the RWA-housing thesis forward — it later became iREET.

Next.js · React · Solidity

Yggdrasil DigitalFounder · Engineering studio

2018 — present · Toulouse
  • Built market-data → OHLCV pipelines, real-time signal engines and an autonomous trading & portfolio agent driven by 100+ indicators.
  • Delivered a Stellar-funded cross-chain DEX + bridge enabling Stellar ↔ EVM asset interoperability.
  • Designed and built a from-scratch L0/L1 P2P networking stack and L2 apps — Scintilla.
  • Engineered event-driven, microservice data-orchestration systems (Dagster + Redis job queues) for horizontal scale, and mentored teams on infrastructure and CI/CD.
  • Led tokenomics, architecture and audits as a Web3 / ICO advisor; authored whitepapers and SDKs.

Node.js · Go · Rust · Solidity · Dagster · Redis · PostgreSQL · ZMQ · Cosmos-SDK

Giraf WorldFirst engineer · Full-stack

2016 — 2017 · Toulouse
  • Built the full microservice social-network stack (Node.js + AngularJS) as the first engineer.
  • Designed a hybrid content-based recommender system.
  • Owned the infrastructure end to end: IPv6/SSL, monitoring, backups, security.

Node.js · React · AngularJS · MongoDB · PostgreSQL · WebSocket

Orange Business ServicesR&D Engineer

2013 — 2015 · Toulouse
  • Built features for the Orange Pro webmail (10M+ users).
  • Researched and built hybrid, responsive applications on a company framework.
  • Shipped a stadium ticketing system (33,150 seats) for Toulouse Football Club.

Node.js · HTML5 · MongoDB · SCSS · PhoneGap

The OriginsWebmaster → Founder

2003 — 2008 · Lieuran-lès-Béziers
  • Built the town website and a Stargate fan encyclopedia from age ~10.
  • Ran Dreamovies, a Netflix-shaped streaming site, at 15 — 1M+ hits in under a year, AdSense-profitable.
  • Closed it himself when the law changed.

HTML · PHP · MySQL · AdSense

Education

Ingesup, FranceB.Sc / M.Sc — Computing Engineering

2011 – 2015

Faculty of Sciences, Montpellier, FranceA.S.

2014

Patents

US20220108285A1 Methods & Systems for Object-Validated Blockchain Accounts. Co-inventor — the patented foundation behind ChainLocks & SML/DML.

Open source

  • TyrDB Fast in-memory database for Node & browser, from scratch (built on an SBTree).
  • SBTree Optimised document store using a B+Tree for fields; in-memory & filesystem adapters.
  • Bifrost WSS WebSocket server with rooms, topics and auth — request/response over pub/sub.
  • Node-Askr Simple microservice event & command dispatcher.
  • FSLockJS Filesystem queue with locking and events; async directory/file utilities.

Languages

English (Proficient) · French (Native) · Russian (Conversational)