José Velázquez

Software Engineer

About

Software Engineer with a passion for building innovative solutions in the decentralized space. I enjoy working with Rust and contributing to cutting-edge projects that push the boundaries of what's possible.

My interests include blockchain, cryptography and AI. I believe humans excel at orchestrating great solutions to complex problems.

Technologies

Programming Languages

  • Rust
  • Python
  • Solidity

Rust Ecosystem

  • Tokio
  • Serde
  • Axum

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Services:
  • EC2
  • SageMaker
  • DynamoDB

Development Tools

  • Git
  • Docker

Experience

Smart Contract Engineer Jr

Wafra Money Remote Jul 2024 – Present
  • Engineered smart contracts in Solidity for multi-protocol DeFi integration, aggregating yields from Aave, Pendle, and Aerodrome protocols while maintaining regulatory compliance and capital safety
  • Architected automated yield optimization strategies delivering 5-15% APY through algorithmic portfolio rebalancing
  • Collaborated with distributed team to integrate KYC verification systems and fiat payment rails for seamless user onboarding

Software Engineer Intern

Thomson Reuters Mexico City, Mexico Jun 2024 – Present
  • Built and deployed key components for production-ready RAG-based system for content consumption and generation, serving enterprise clients
  • Developed semantic search pipeline with FAISS vector database achieving millisecond-latency content retrieval in distributed production environments
  • Managed AWS SageMaker deployments for scalable model inference, optimizing cost and performance metrics

Developer Advocate

Secret Network Remote Apr 2022 – Jun 2023
  • Contributed to technical documentation with interactive examples and tutorials, resulting in 15% improvement in developer onboarding metrics
  • Led technical workshops and presentations for 100+ developers, showcasing Rust-based smart contracts framework CosmWasm
  • Collaborated with core development team to identify and resolve developer experience issues

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Open Source Contributions

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Blog

Latest Thoughts

I write about software development, cryptography, and dive deep into blockchain.

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