Geoff Stuart
Toronto
Summary
Complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. I enjoy working in cohesive teams that have strong internal trust and am dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules while producing impeccable code.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Ava Labs
10.2024 - Current
- Enable interoperability between blockchains.
- Wrote smart contracts to allow moving ERC20 or native tokens between any EVM compatible chains with ICM support.
Software Engineer
Ava Labs
04.2023 - 10.2024
Software Engineer
Protocol Labs
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Software Engineer for Lotus, the #1 Filecoin client.
- Propose, review, implement, and test changes to the Core Filecoin Spec.
- Helped implement the FEVM - the Ethereum Virtual Machine running on Filecoin.
- Redesigned our CI pipeline, reducing cloud costs by 75% while speeding up execution time.
- Implemented and tested network upgrades for Filecoin.
Software Engineer
Slync.io
03.2021 - 04.2022
- Implemented a platform feature using Google's PubSub to improve response times for API data ingestion by over 70%.
- Designed and implemented a system to parse queries from Solutions Architects to trigger arbitrary data processing pipelines.
Software Engineer
SS&C Algorithmics
04.2020 - 03.2021
- Implemented internal communications for a low-latency high-availability enterprise project using Spring Integration and JMS.
- Updated old Java code bases to modern development standards in Kotlin.
- Develop and maintain a Gitlab CI server with artifact management through Artifactory.
Blockchain Engineer
The Open Application Network
06.2019 - 04.2020
- Developed, tested, and deployed new features to an open-source decentralized blockchain network forked from the Ethereum codebase.
- Designed and implemented a hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus algorithm in Java.
Lead Developer
Site 2020
09.2017 - 06.2019
- Developed an Android application operating on an ad-hoc wireless network used for real-time control of safety-critical systems by users with minimal training.
- Designed an embedded system on a custom PCB. Developed software to communicate with peripherals and control hardware components.
- Developed a multithreaded C++ application to run on top of an embedded Linux environment to handle control of multiple hardware units in a safety-critical system.
Education
Bachelor of Mathematics - Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON08.2017
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS04.2013
Skills
- Golang/C
- Java/Kotlin
- Typescript/Nodejs
- Linux/Unix
- Github/Gitlab
- CircleCi/Jenkins
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Ava Labs
10.2024 - Current
Software Engineer
Ava Labs
04.2023 - 10.2024
Software Engineer
Protocol Labs
04.2022 - 02.2023
Software Engineer
Slync.io
03.2021 - 04.2022
Software Engineer
SS&C Algorithmics
04.2020 - 03.2021
Blockchain Engineer
The Open Application Network
06.2019 - 04.2020
Lead Developer
Site 2020
09.2017 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Mathematics - Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Science - Physics
Dalhousie University
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