SUMMARY

Protocol and Blockchain Engineer with 3+ years building production systems across EVM, Starknet, and Rust-based infrastructure. I design at the intersection of performance, privacy, and decentralisation — shipping smart contracts, devtools, and protocol-level architecture that pushes what's possible on-chain. Experienced in Account Abstraction (ERC-4337), ZK research, and cross-layer system design. Equally focused on technical communication: I write, teach, and translate complex protocol mechanics into things developers understand and can build on. Actively pursuing roles at protocol teams, L1/​L2s, and developer tooling companies.

Projects

PAYEGO⁠

https://github.com/intelliDean/Payego

High-performance multi-currency financial platform built in Rust. Production-grade fintech infrastructure with Axum/Tokio async architecture, Diesel/PostgreSQL, JWT auth, and Stripe/PayPal/Paystack payment integration.

Stack: Rust · Axum · Tokio · Diesel · PostgreSQL · Docker · JWT · Stripe/​PayPal/​Paystack · React

STYLUS TRACE⁠

https://github.com/CreativesOnchain/Stylus-Trace

High-performance diagnostic suite for Arbitrum Stylus — converts opaque WASM transaction traces into interactive flamegraphs, automated gas regression detection, and CI/CD integration. Bridges the gap between low-level execution and developer-level optimization insight.

Stack: Rust · Arbitrum Stylus (Nitro) · WASM/​DWARF · SVG/​Flamegraph · Foundry · GitHub Actions · TOML

PHANTOMBET⁠

https://github.com/intelliDean/PhantomBet

Privacy-first decentralised prediction market protocol using Chainlink DONs and GPT-4o for AI-powered settlement. Bridges off-chain truth and on-chain trust with Account Abstraction (EIP-4337) for seamless UX.

Stack: Solidity · TypeScript · Chainlink CRE · Monad Testnet · EIP-4337 · Privy · Pimlico · React/​Vite

THE ARBITER

https://github.com/intelliDean/The-Arbiter

Autonomous dispute resolution protocol on Monad using deterministic AI-assisted verification for wager settlement and trustless arbitration.

Stack: Rust · Monad · AI · Smart Contracts

Michael Dean Oyewole
Technical Skills
Programming Languages

Rust · Solidity · Cairo · Java · TypeScript

Domain

Protocol Engineering · DeFi · Account Abstraction (ERC-4337) · AI × Blockchain · ZK Research · WASM

Chains

Ethereum · Arbitrum Stylus · Starknet · Monad

Devrel

Technical Writing · Developer Education · Documentation · Community Building · Public Speaking · Open Source

Frameworks

Axum · Tokio · Foundry · Hardhat · Starknet Foundry · Spring Boot

Architecture

Protocol design · Microservices · Layered architecture · Factory patterns · Diamond Standard (ERC-2535)

Professional Experience

BLOCKCHAIN ENGINEER

Mariblock⁠
November 2024 – September 2025 | Remote
  • •Designed and deployed Starknet smart contracts in Cairo for transaction validation and execution lifecycle control.
  • •Integrated the Argent Wallet SDK into a Telegram-native platform, enabling non-custodial onboarding for non-technical users — a core Account Abstraction UX pattern.
  • •Architected secure transaction flows for onboarding, remittance, and off-ramping across multiple currencies, ensuring correctness under adversarial input conditions.
  • •Produced technical documentation and internal best practice guides adopted across the engineering team.
  • •Collaborated cross-functionally with frontend and product to ship developer-facing features on deadline.

    • BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Remote)

    Syncskills. Flagstone, QLD, Australia⁠
    July 2023 – March 2024Flagstone, QLD, Australia
  • •Integrated RabbitMQ for async message handling, achieving 20% lower latency, 25% better responsiveness, and 60% reduction in processing bottlenecks at peak load.
  • •Engineered authentication systems with Spring Security and OAuth2, reducing vulnerabilities by 30% and increasing user engagement by 25%.
  • •Optimised database layer with Flyway migrations, cutting query times by 50% and reducing deployment complexity by half.
  • •Built comprehensive validation and error-handling systems, reducing critical bugs by 95% and system downtime by 40%.
  • •Delivered Stripe, PayPal, and PayID payment integrations, boosting customer conversion rates by 10%.

    • JAVA SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Hybrid)

    Boy Boy, Nigeria
    December 2022 – June 2023 | Lagos, Nigeria
  • •Architected scalable multimodule codebase enabling future microservices migration with an estimated 30% performance gain.
  • •Designed resilient database architecture with Flyway, achieving 99% uptime and 40% faster query response times.
  • •Integrated Squard payment gateway and delivered full testing suite, reducing critical issues by 95%.
    • Education

    Business Management and Entrepreneurship

    Henley Business School, The University of Reading⁠
    2023 | Reading, UK

    Project Management Technology

    Federal University of Technology, Akure⁠
    2019 | Akure, Nigeria
    Michael Dean Oyewole