Software engineer

5+ years building EVM systems across DeFi, staking, governance, and protocol infrastructure, with experience in Go-based backend services.

Amir Shirif

I build production systems across backend infrastructure, platform services, and EVM-based products with an emphasis on clear interfaces and dependable delivery.

Impact ~9x faster CI for contract delivery workflows
Scale $150M+ TVL secured across production protocol systems
Reliability 30%+ transaction reliability improvement through protocol architecture work
Community 15%+ community outreach increase through staking and governance integrations

Summary

Smart contract engineer with EVM and backend depth.

Smart contract engineer with 5+ years building EVM systems across DeFi, staking, governance, and protocol infrastructure, with experience in Go-based backend services.

Focus

  • EVM systems across DeFi, staking, governance, and liquidity modules
  • Go-based backend services and off-chain protocol infrastructure
  • Oracle integrations, smart contract architecture, and audit coordination
  • Operational reliability through indexing, settlement, and delivery improvements

Experience

Roles and scope.

Lead Smart Contract Engineer

Just Games, Inc. / Nashville, TN

September 2025 - Present

  • Lead architecture and development of Solidity contracts for a decentralized betting protocol with oracle-driven event resolution.
  • Implemented Permit2 and account abstraction (ERC-4337) to enable gasless transactions and improve onboarding UX.
  • Designed off-chain data ingestion and processing for event-driven protocol updates and settlement.

Lead Smart Contract Developer

Telcoin, LLC. / Santa Monica, CA

May 2023 - September 2025

  • Architected and deployed production Solidity smart contracts across Ethereum, Polygon, and Telcoin's L1 development network.
  • Led design and implementation of production staking, governance, and liquidity modules.
  • Owned the full contract lifecycle from specification and prototyping through testing, external audit coordination, deployment, and post-audit remediation.

Smart Contract Developer

Telcoin, LLC. / Santa Monica, CA

October 2020 - May 2023

  • Built and scaled backend/cloud infrastructure supporting blockchain, wallet, and payments applications.
  • Led wallet and payments integrations that improved transaction processing and operational reliability.
  • Defined operational procedures and protocol controls for blockchain systems.

Education

New York University

Master of Science in Computer Science

August 2017 - May 2020

Education

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

September 2010 - June 2014

Selected Work

Case study from recent work.

Featured case study Just Games

Decentralized betting protocol architecture

Production betting protocol architecture built around oracle-driven event resolution, gasless onboarding flows, and off-chain ingestion paths that kept settlement reliable as the product surface evolved.

  • Owned the system boundaries between core betting logic, oracle-driven events, Permit2 and ERC-4337 onboarding flows, and downstream operational services.
  • Designed off-chain ingestion and processing paths for protocol updates and settlement.
  • Cut CI turnaround by roughly 9x, making contract delivery faster and tightening the engineering feedback loop.

Solidity / Foundry / TypeScript / Permit2 / ERC-4337 / Oracle integrations

Tools

Core stack.

Development

Solidity Go TypeScript Foundry Hardhat Ethereum Polygon EVM DeFi

Protocol systems

Staking Governance Liquidity Oracle Integrations Smart Contract Architecture Audit Coordination

Backend and operations

Web Hooks Off-Chain Data Indexing