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David Asamonye

@davidasamonye

Backend Engineer building Bittensor protocol infrastructure and cross-chain services that handle failures without taking APIs offline.

United States

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At TAO.COM, I owned the backend for an intents-based cross-chain swap service connecting wallet requests to solver quotes and on-chain settlement across EVM networks and Bittensor. I also built an order service with idempotent registration so retries wouldn’t submit an order twice.

At BLOOM, I designed backend infrastructure for a social trading platform and built its token manager and cross-chain transaction parsing engine. A Redis caching strategy cut latency on high-traffic portfolio endpoints by about 60–85%.

At CANZA FINANCE, I architected core smart contracts for Baki Exchange, a synthetic FX protocol for African markets, and built LayerZero cross-chain token bridging and ERC-4626 vaults. At RCHAIN, I worked on the signed deploy lifecycle and contributed to P2P networking and node synchronization.

I’m building PANDAPAY, payments and commerce infrastructure for digital gaming purchases through WhatsApp. My work centers on reliable payment lifecycles, reconciliation, and services that degrade gracefully when dependencies fail.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder & Software Engineer

Current

PandaPay

Jan 2026 - Present (9 months)

Building payments and commerce infrastructure for digital gaming purchases through WhatsApp, with no card required. Architected payment and order lifecycle around Paystack, USDC, and supplier integrations with idempotency and strict state machine enforcement.

Rust TypeScript Go Solidity PostgreSQL Redis BullMQ Clickhouse Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP Paystack USDC Blockchain NestJS

Backend Engineer (Contract)

TAO.com

Jun 2026 - Oct 2026 (4 months)

Owned the backend for an intents-based cross-chain swap service, connecting wallet requests to solver quotes and on-chain settlement across EVM networks and Bittensor. Architected the Bittensor Order Service and Matcher with idempotent registration.

Rust TypeScript Go Solidity Bittensor EVM Substrate PostgreSQL Clickhouse Redis BullMQ Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP WebSockets REST APIs

Software & Protocol Engineer (Contract)

General Tensor

Nov 2025 - Apr 2026 (5 months)

Designed Cartha's liquidity architecture with ERC-4626 parent vault and custom miner vaults, including EIP-712 lock verification and transfer restrictions. Built 0xMarkets keeper automation for liquidations, deposits, withdrawals, and orders.

Solidity Rust TypeScript Go ERC 4626 EIP 712 Python PostgreSQL Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP EVM Bittensor

Senior Software Engineer

Bloom

Feb 2025 - Apr 2026 (1 year 2 months)

Designed backend infrastructure for a social trading platform, including token management, portfolio services, and cross-chain transaction parsing. Implemented Redis-first portfolio management and reduced API latency by 60-85%.

Rust TypeScript Go Solidity PostgreSQL Redis BullMQ Clickhouse Docker Kubernetes AWS GCP WebSockets REST APIs EIP 191 JWT AI assisted Development

Smart Contract & Backend Engineer

Canza Finance

Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 (3 years)

Architected core smart contracts for Baki Exchange, a synthetic FX protocol for African markets, contributing to a $2.3M fundraise. Built LayerZero OFT cross-chain token bridging, ERC-4626 vaults, and The Graph subgraphs.

Solidity Rust TypeScript Go LayerZero ERC 4626 TheGraph Slither CertiK Paladin EVM Substrate

Software Engineer

RChain

Jun 2018 - Dec 2021 (3 years 6 months)

Worked on the signed deploy lifecycle for a distributed compute network, including authentication, validation, and execution of user-submitted programs. Contributed to P2P networking and node synchronization.

Rust Distributed Systems P2P Networking Node Sync Blockchain