Brandon Richardson

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Current Stack

Experience

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Republic (Remote) • 05/2021 – Present

  • Redesigned a secure smart contract that facilitated secure and streamlined financial transactions, reducing processing time by 20% and cutting operational costs by 10%.
  • Led a team of developers in the successful blockchain protocol migration from a legacy platform to a more efficient and secure framework, resulting in a 15% reduction in transaction fees.
  • Managed the implementation of a gas optimization strategy that reduced transaction costs by 15%, enhancing the overall user experience and attracting more developers to the platform.
  • Conducted comprehensive security audits, identifying and mitigating critical vulnerabilities, resulting in a 100% reduction in potential security threats.
  • Created a proof-of-concept (PoC) for tokenization of 2 real-world assets, demonstrating the potential to unlock liquidity and opening new avenues for investments.
  • Designed and implemented a multi-signature wallet feature, boosting user control over digital assets; the initiative led to a 95% decrease in reported security issues, reinforcing brand reputation and trust among users

Backend Developer

Swarm City • 09/2019 - 04/2021

  • Refactored legacy code, improving code maintainability by 30% and accelerating feature delivery by 25%.
  • Designed and implemented a fully DAO with custom governance tokens and on-chain voting tools, increasing community participation by 40% and enhancing engagement in decision-making processes.
  • Composed and maintained microservices using Go's standard library and popular frameworks like Gin Gonic, resulting in a 25% increase in scalability and a 10% reduction in development time.
  • Integrated gRPC-based inter-service communication with Rust and tonic module for efficient and reliable inter-service communication with a 10% improvement in inter-service performance.
  • Executed a migration plan from a monolithic to a containerized application, resulting in a 40% reduction in infrastructure costs.

Backend Developer

CrowdStrike • 07/2017 - 08/2019

  • Engineered performance optimization with implementing lazy loading and code splitting techniques results in a 15% reduction in initial page load times and a 10% increase in SEO rankings.
  • Refined and implemented of a microservices-based infrastructure, enabling the server to handle a threefold increase in user load more than 300%.
  • Executed a comprehensive review of production workflows to eliminate bottlenecks, resulting in a substantial 15% drop in downtime and establishing a new benchmark for application stability.
  • Optimized database queries, reducing backend response times by 10%, leading to a smoother user experience.

Education