MacBobby Chibuzor
Senior Software Engineer
macbobbychibuzor@gmail.com
Backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and DeFi protocols. 7+ years building high-performance APIs, data pipelines, and cloud-native applications. Passionate about Rust, Go, and Python.
Experience
Blockchain Engineer (Contract)
Jeroid Pay
WhatsApp-Native Crypto Trading Platform
- →Built production-grade DeFi infrastructure integrating multi-chain settlement (Solana, Base, Polygon) with fiat on/off-ramps and KYC verification via Smile ID.
- →Engineered event-driven architecture with PostgreSQL state management, async message routing via Twilio webhooks, and AI-powered intent classification using Groq LLM.
- →Architected stateful conversation flows supporting concurrent multi-user transactions with atomic settlement guarantees across multiple blockchain networks.
Buyback & Burn Bot — Token Economics Automation
- →Built automated STRD buyback and burn system processing auctions every 10 minutes via Kubernetes CronJob, burning ~5.3M STRD yearly.
- →Implemented optimal swap routing algorithm integrating Osmosis Swap Router API with multi-pool routes and slippage protection.
- →Engineered multi-chain architecture handling IBC transfers with Skip API routing, PFM detection, and 2-hop fallback for non-PFM chains.
Stride DEX Subgraph — Uniswap V3 Analytics
- →Adapted Uniswap V3 subgraph for Stride Swap DEX, implementing concentrated liquidity visualization with dynamic tick range histograms.
- →Built complete testing infrastructure with Matchstick framework, achieving full unit + integration test coverage on localnet.
- →Deployed to Goldsky, saving $3,600/month vs The Graph Protocol hosted service.
stBGT Points Program Indexer — Berachain Integration
- →Architected production-grade FastAPI service for real-time metrics, user analytics, and high-throughput API endpoints on Berachain.
- →Built data pipeline with efficient caching strategies, automated daily indexing jobs, and PostgreSQL backends for high-volume transaction processing.
Production Trading Bots — Berachain Ecosystem
- →Developed POL Swapper integrating Ooga Booga DEX aggregator for token-to-stBGT conversions (6-hour K8s CronJob cadence).
- →Built boost cycle operator for validator rebalancing with Merkle proof verification and slashbot for real-time validator slash detection.
Infrastructure & Cost Optimization
- →Reduced GCP costs ~$5k/month by consolidating 16 microservices into 8 deployable services (50% reduction).
- →Migrated TEE bot database from JSON files to PostgreSQL, built Kubernetes orchestration with Helm charts.
- →Modernized protocol testing by converting legacy shell scripts to TypeScript with Cosmos-native client SDKs.
Lead Software Engineer
Cloudax Holdings LTD
Platform Engineering
- →Architected and deployed cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform, building IaC pipelines from scratch for a greenfield crypto product.
- →Built internal tooling and automation scripts in Bash and Python to streamline developer workflows and reduce manual operations.
- →Set up monitoring and alerting systems with Prometheus and Grafana, giving engineers visibility into system health and anomalous behavior.
Product Development
- →Led a team of engineers building crypto-native applications: blockchain oracles, banking integrations, and P2P trading — from scratch to first 2000 users.
- →Built critical backend APIs and smart contracts for on-chain functionality.
- →Researched blockchain technologies specializing in ZKPs and L2 scalability solutions.
- →Developed smart contract security tooling and zkSNARKs implementations for proof-of-concept projects.
- →Authored technical content reaching ~2.1k monthly developer readers.
Software Engineer
IOD Cloud Technologies
- →Built cloud infrastructure and automation for enterprise clients including Cisco, Logz.io, and Zoho using Terraform and Docker.
- →Conducted AWS ECS vs. EKS performance benchmark tests, providing data-driven recommendations for container orchestration decisions.
- →Designed monitoring and observability stacks with Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for production workloads.
- →Authored 15 technical guides on Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, and distributed systems — used for client onboarding and internal training.
- →Achieved 73% higher delivery rate compared to peers through automation-first approach to repetitive tasks.
Software Engineer
ReachExt K.K. (EJable.com)
Backend Development & Infrastructure
- →Developed and maintained backend services using Python (Flask) and Go for EJable.com tech content platform.
- →Built RESTful APIs and content management systems with efficient database queries and caching strategies.
- →Managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, S3) with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
Technical Leadership & Content
- →Trained and mentored junior engineers on backend development, API design, and cloud infrastructure.
- →Authored 12+ comprehensive technical articles on cloud computing, security, blockchain, and DevOps.
- →Contributed to dao-dao contracts in Rust, used by all DAOs in the Interchain ecosystem.
- →Added active threshold functionality to CW4 voting module and NFT ID address querying.
- →Improved and wrote tests for CosmWasm DAO governor/membership voting module.
Technical Skills
Languages
Databases
Cloud & DevOps
Blockchain
Education
B.Eng. Mechatronics Engineering
Federal University of Abeokuta
Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance
MIT OpenCourseWare
Building Cloud Computing Solutions at Scale
Duke University (Coursera)