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Pylyp Radionov

Pylyp
Radionov

Built the first Ethereum internal transaction indexer in the AML/compliance industry (2017)

Fullstack Engineer & Product Architect

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Years Experience
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Projects Shipped
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Hackathons · 1 Win

Impact & Achievements

Shipping production systems from protocol layer to product

Ethereum Indexing Pioneer

Built the first Ethereum internal transaction indexer in the AML/compliance industry

C++ solution: 4M blocks in 6 hours on 256MB RAM

Hackathon Winner

Won Best Use of IPFS at ETHGlobal HackFS 2023 plus multiple hackathon participations

Winner: Best Use of IPFS — Decentralized file sharing on Filecoin

Technical Leadership

CTO at Copernic Space, Product Engineer at SmartMerchant — owning product outcomes and mentoring engineers

Led teams of 3-5 engineers across distributed timezones

Startup Success

Architected platforms that raised significant funding

$1.5M+ total funding raised for portfolio companies

Full-Stack Expertise

From low-level C++ protocol optimization to high-conversion React frontends. Currently focused on AI-augmented engineering — using Spec-Driven Development and agentic coding tools to accelerate architecture and delivery. Experienced across the entire stack: smart contracts, ZK circuits, ETL pipelines processing petabytes of blockchain data, and modern frontend architectures.

Experience

Blockchain, product architecture, and AI-augmented delivery

SmartMerchant

Product Engineer (Frontend Lead)

Sep 2025 — Feb 2026

Acting as the bridge between Engineering, Design, and Product for a B2B platform connecting shop owners with wholesalers.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSShadcn UITanStack Query
• Legacy Migration & Modernization: Orchestrated migration from legacy PHP to modern Next.js architecture with Tailwind, Shadcn UI, and TanStack Query
• Product Ownership & UX Strategy: Owned V2 Product Vision and user flow architecture, optimizing UI for higher conversion and retention
• Technical Leadership: Led frontend delivery for a 4-person agile squad with component-driven development

DeCleanup Network

Open Source Contributor

2024 — Present

Contributing infrastructure to an open-source initiative that verifies real-world environmental cleanups on-chain via impact NFTs.

SolidityHypercertsIPFSReactNext.js
• Contributing smart contract and frontend work to verify cleanup actions on-chain
• Integrated Hypercerts (ERC-1155) for minting impact certificates after verified cleanups

0xKYC

Co-founder & CTO

Sep 2022 — Dec 2023

Decentralized identity platform built on zero-knowledge proofs. Started at ETHWarsaw 2022 hackathon, secured pre-seed funding and joined a VC accelerator.

Zero-Knowledge ProofsCircomSolidityReactIdentityTypeScript
• ETHWarsaw 2022: Co-founded and led technical architecture for ZK-based identity verification
• Secured pre-seed funding and acceptance into VC accelerator post-hackathon
• Designed ZK proof system allowing on-chain identity claims without exposing PII
• Transitioned to consulting role as the protocol matured

Copernic Space

CTO → Independent Contractor

Jan 2021 — Jul 2025

Web3 marketplace for tokenizing space industry assets — satellites, payloads, mission capacity. Company raised $1M total funding.

SolidityYul/AssemblyHardhatFoundryReactNext.jsThe Graph (Subgraph)IPFSFilecoinFirebaseGCPERC-1155TypeScript
• Architected EVM smart contract protocol using Factory patterns and recursive ERC-1155 token relationships for hierarchical space assets
• Designed gas-optimized contracts with comprehensive fuzz testing coverage
• Built custom Subgraph indexer for real-time on-chain data and IPFS/Filecoin integration for decentralized metadata storage
• Developed full-stack React/Next.js application with Sign-In with Ethereum (SIWE) and Firebase
• Led technical decisions and mentored a team of 3-5 engineers across distributed timezones

ZeeKaptcha

Zero-Knowledge Protocol Engineer

Jan 2024 — Mar 2024

Developed an open-source Zero-Knowledge SNARK protocol to verify CAPTCHA solutions on-chain while preserving user privacy.

CircomGolangZero-Knowledge ProofsSoliditySmart Contracts
• Developed Circom circuits for on-chain CAPTCHA verification without exposing user data
• Built proof generation and verification infrastructure from scratch — implemented custom Powers of Tau ceremony setup, proof generator, and verifier smart contract
• Prepared open source release of the solution

Firelabs

Tech Lead

May 2021 — Aug 2021

Led a team of 5 engineers to design and deliver a Web3 mirror trading application for external enterprise client.

GolangReactWeb3TypeScriptSmart Contracts
• Team Leadership: Managed full delivery lifecycle, defined deliverables, structured workflows, and maintained alignment
• Requirements Engineering: Conducted feasibility studies and collaborated with client to clarify technical requirements
• Project Management: Provided accurate estimates and ensured strict adherence to client deadlines and specifications
• Full-Stack Development: Implemented Golang backend services and React frontend with Web3 trading logic
• Code Quality: Established code standards and review practices across the team

Coinfirm

Software Engineer — Big Data & Blockchain Analytics

Apr 2017 — Dec 2020

Core engineer for global crypto-compliance platform. Built ETL pipelines processing petabytes of blockchain transaction data for enterprise banking clients.

PythonScalaSoliditySQLNeo4jHadoopMapRETLSmart ContractsUnixDockerPostgreSQL
• Performance Engineering: Built the first Ethereum internal transaction indexer in the AML/compliance industry (2017) — C++ solution processing 4M blocks in 6 hours on 256MB RAM
• Data Pipeline Architecture: Designed ETL pipelines mapping Ethereum data to SQL and Neo4j graph databases for compliance investigations
• Extended indexing infrastructure to Bitcoin and UTXO chains (Litecoin, Dash)
• Engineered MapR and Apache Spark clusters for historical blockchain analysis and automated node operations

Education

B.Sc.

Computer Science

Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology

Warsaw, Poland

M.A.

International Economic Relations

Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University

Odesa, Ukraine

Skills & Expertise

Full-stack engineering, AI-augmented workflows, and blockchain infrastructure

AI-Augmented Engineering

Spec-driven development, agentic coding, rapid prototyping

Spec-Driven DevelopmentClaude CodeAiderGemini CLILLM-Assisted ArchitectureRapid Prototyping

Web3 & Blockchain

Smart contracts, DeFi, chain data, cryptography

SolidityHardhatFoundryViemEthers.jsSmart ContractsERC StandardsDeFiZero-Knowledge ProofsEthereumOptimismPolygonArbitrumBitcoinIPFSFilecoinThe GraphCircom

Languages & Frameworks

Core languages and frontend/backend frameworks

TypeScriptJavaScriptSolidityC/C++PythonGolangJavaScalaReactNext.jsNode.jsTailwindCSSShadcn UITanStack Query

Data & Infrastructure

ETL pipelines, databases, cloud, DevOps

ETL PipelinesSQLNeo4jHadoopMapRBigQueryDockerGCPFirebaseSubgraphAnalyticsUnixGitCI/CD

Product & Leadership

CTO experience, product ownership, team management

Tech LeadTeam ManagementProject ManagementProduct DevelopmentFigmaUI/UX DesignCommunicationCollaborationStakeholder ManagementArchitecture DesignMentoring