# identity
Pablo Maldonado

Pablo Maldonado

Smart Contract Engineer · Independent Consultant · UK
> Specializing in EVM and Solana/SVM smart contracts, DeFi protocols, and audit-driven, security-first development. Backend systems, cloud architecture and DevOps (AWS, Google Cloud) when the protocol needs it. Consulting via SPMT.

## work_history

0x01
2022 → PRESENT
Smart Contract & Backend Engineer
@ UMA
// Optimistic oracle infrastructure: Solidity contracts resolving ~99% of Polymarket markets, plus backend services and integrations around the UMA optimistic oracle.
2021 → PRESENT
Independent Consultant
@ SPMT
// Smart contract design, audit-driven development and protocol engineering for EVM and Solana/SVM teams. ETH Global Paris '23 — 1st place (Cartesi), DCA.Monster. ETH Global HackFS '23 — finalist + 4× 1st, DefiKicks.
2021 → 2022
Backend Engineer
@ Ocean Protocol
// Backend services and tooling for decentralized data markets on the Ocean Protocol stack.
2020 → 2021
Developer
@ Threads Styling
// Full-stack product engineering (TypeScript, Node) for a social-commerce platform.
2019 → 2020
Cloud Developer
@ Corexpert
// Cloud architecture, infrastructure-as-code and DevOps on AWS for enterprise clients.
2017 → 2019
Java EE Developer
@ Sopra Steria
// Enterprise Java EE, Spring and Angular delivery for banking and public-sector clients, Lyon.
2014 → 2017
Promoter / FM / BIM Manager
@ Burgos & Garrido · Grupo Clarosol · Aivin
// Real-estate development, CAFM-based facility management under ISO procedures, BIM modeling and front-end design at Madrid studios. Co-founder work on early-stage design and digital projects.

## education

0x02
2019 → 2022
Master in Data Science
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
2010 → 2016
Licenciatura in Architecture
Polytechnic University of Madrid

## stack

0x03
▸ languages/
Solidity Rust TypeScript Node Python Go
▸ ecosystems/
EVM Solana / SVM Oracles RWA DeFi Protocols
▸ cloud & ops/
AWS Google Cloud Docker CI/CD DevOps
▸ expertise/
Audit-driven Development Security-first Design Protocol Engineering

## awards

0x04
JUL 2023
ETH Global Paris 2023 — 1st · DCA.Monster
Issued by ETH Global
// Solo hacker weekend. Built DCA.Monster, an AMM on a Cartesi Rollup with Stream Swapping — fine-grained DCA at the cost of a single L1 transaction. 1st prize, Cartesi.
JUN 2023
ETH Global HackFS 2023 — Finalist + 4× 1st · DefiKicks
Issued by ETH Global
// Solo-hacker entry: DefiKicks. Overall finalist plus 1st prize from Filecoin, Bacalhau, Lit Protocol and Drand.

## projects

0x05
2026 → PRESENT
60second.site
Creator
// Generate and deploy static websites from WhatsApp in under 5 minutes. This site was built with 60second.site.