Alex Milkov
@alexmilkov
Software engineer focused on Solana blockchain, AI, and distributed backend systems.
BulgariaWhat I'm looking for
I bring more recent expertise in blockchain and protocol development on Solana grounded in a background in distributed systems and programming language theory. I’m strongest across TypeScript, Go, and Rust backend systems, and I like shipping end-to-end products for small teams.
Lately Ive taken on work in the generative AI space. On canvas.otoy.ai an AI compositing platform featuring an infinite canvas interface that allows users to chain multi-modal generative AI models (image, video, LLM, 3D) with traditional VFX utilities. It supports complex, node-based workflows designed to automate high-end production-grade visual effects, acting as a distributed computing and media-processing ecosystem
I’ve built and advised across the Solana ecosystem—from core DAO platforms to agricultural culture lending to top 25 CMC full project migrations: I served as sole engineer for Render Foundation’s Ethereum-to-Solana migration, building, deploying, and mantaining, burn-mint equilibrium, automated payments, token bridge (with adhoc exchange migrations), cNFT tokenization, TypeScript services/cranks, FE dashboards, and full EKS infrastructure with automated backups and secret injection.
Earlier, at Square (Block.xyz), I owned backend end services for merchant inventory and catalogs, working with sharded MySQL, Elasticsearch, and re-architecting toward a shared generic object store. At The Weather Company, I helped migrate services to EKS and built Scala-based profile and alerting systems, while mentoring engineers in functional programming language theory—so I can bring both pragmatic delivery and deep technical care to every team.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Eth→Solana Migration Advisor
Render Foundation
May 2023 - Present (3 years 1 month)
Sole engineer for Render's Ethereum-to-Solana migration for a top-25 CMC project, building Anchor programs (burn/mint equilibrium, payments, token bridge, and cNFT tokenization) and supporting TypeScript services/cranks. Drove custody and burn of $1B+ in tokens for Binance, built payment-channel automation and FE dashboards, and implemented full EKS infrastructure with observability and secure sec
Founder & Software Engineer
Ibex Labs Ltd.
Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)
Founded Ibex Labs and led blockchain/protocol product development for small teams focused on Solana. Delivered end-to-end features across on-chain applications, backend services, and production infrastructure.
Solana Ecosystem Advisor
Nation
Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)
Built products across Nation's Solana ecosystem, including a core DAO platform and Vellum, a DocuSign-like on-chain document signing product with GPT-assisted drafting and post-signature actions.
Developed Go backend services for merchant inventory and catalogs using sharded MySQL and Elasticsearch-backed search. Re-architected a next-generation shared object-store service and introduced Rust to Square by porting required internal libraries and tooling.
Senior Software Engineer
The Weather Company
Sep 2016 - Jun 2019 (2 years 9 months)
Helped migrate services to AWS EKS and established org-wide best practices and tooling such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Loki, and nginx-ingress. Built and maintained Scala user profile and alerting systems, and mentored engineers in functional programming language theory.
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
Comcast
Jun 2018 - Dec 2018 (6 months)
Built an isomorphic configuration management system using Scala.js + React bindings with a Scala backend. Enabled operators to remotely manage configuration for hundreds of thousands of newly rolled out networking devices.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science, Computer Science
2015 - 2018
Earned an M.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2018.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
2011 - 2014
Earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2011 to 2014.
Availability
Location
BulgariaAuthorized to work in
ZimbabweWebsite
ibexlabs.xyzJob categories
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