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Nicholas Bjorklund

@nicholasbjorklund

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Senior software engineer building AI backend systems and scalable distributed services.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build secure, production-grade AI backend systems—LLM integration, RAG, and real-time event-driven pipelines—alongside distributed systems teams that value performance, observability, and shipping reliable infrastructure.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in AI-driven backend systems—LLM integration, multi-model orchestration, RAG architectures, and ML infrastructure using Python and FastAPI. I bring a strong focus on prompt engineering, fine-tuning (LoRA, instruction tuning), and production-grade, secure AI pipelines with real-time data ingestion and event-driven processing.

In my recent role as an AI Product Engineer at Emodo, I led a deep technical audit and modernization of large-scale traffic shaping and machine learning pipeline processing at ~20 billion bid requests per day. I also designed automated traffic quality reporting workflows, built Spark-based validation and enrichment pipelines, and re-architected observability and logging so teams could act on block reasons, feature gaps, enrichment failures, and shaping decisions.

My background also runs deep in distributed systems and high-reliability deployments at scale, with earlier specialization in DeFi protocol architecture and smart contracts. As a blockchain engineer, I’ve led protocol architecture end-to-end, including AMM pools, farming, staking vaults, emissions logic, and treasury flows, and delivered production upgrades and audit remediation support.

Across both domains, I’m motivated by building systems that stay aligned from offline training to real-time inference, and by shipping secure, maintainable tooling. I enjoy turning complex requirements into reliable pipelines—whether that’s distributed ML infrastructure or resilient on-chain protocols and indexing.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

AI Product Engineer

Emodo

May 2024 - Jan 2026 (1 year 8 months)

Led a modernization of Emodo’s traffic shaping and ML pipeline processing ~20 billion bid requests per day using distributed Databricks, Apache Spark, and Go real-time inference services. Re-architected automated traffic quality reporting and observability/logging across the pipeline to improve data integrity and enable data-driven partner optimization.

Apache Spark Databricks Go Python Event Driven Systems Data Pipelines AWS S3 Observability

Lead Full-Stack Blockchain Developer

WagyuSwap

Feb 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Owned end-to-end protocol architecture for a Velas-based AMM DEX, including pools, farming (MasterChef), staking vaults, emissions, and treasury flows. Built and maintained the DEX front end (React, Next.js, TypeScript) and deployed a chain-specific Subgraph indexing pipeline while leading contract upgrades and production deployment support.

Solidity AMM Protocol Design React Next.js TypeScript Subgraph Indexing

Senior Blockchain Developer

Port Finance

Nov 2022 - May 2023 (6 months)

Developed and maintained Solana on-chain programs for a non-custodial lending protocol, including variable-rate lending, collateral management, and liquidations. Optimized compute-unit usage and account layouts to reduce transaction costs and improved liquidation/health factor logic to increase resilience during volatility.

Rust Solana DeFi Lending Protocols Account Data Layout Optimization Liquidation

Senior Blockchain Developer

88mph

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Architected and built fixed-rate yield smart contracts by integrating with Aave and Compound to convert floating-rate exposure into predictable fixed-income products. Implemented yield tokenization (ERC-20 Yield Tokens), dynamic interest/funding mechanisms, and strengthened security through invariant validation and edge-case handling.

Solidity Aave Integration Storage Layout Efficiency Smart Contract Security Subgraph Indexing

Lead Full-Stack Blockchain Developer

GameSwap

Mar 2019 - Apr 2021 (2 years 1 month)

Designed and developed NFT marketplace smart contracts supporting ERC-721 and ERC-1155 standards and built off-chain orderbook infrastructure for gas-efficient listings and order matching. Implemented signature-based order validation (EIP-712 style), integrated IPFS metadata storage, and built the marketplace interface using React and Next.js with security reviews and reentrancy protections.

Solidity ERC 1155 Off Chain Orderbook EIP 712 Signatures IPFS React Next.js

Front-End Web Developer

Typent

Aug 2015 - May 2018 (2 years 9 months)

Built and maintained responsive landing pages and client-facing web applications by translating design mockups into pixel-perfect, production-ready UIs. Improved performance and accessibility through asset compression, lazy loading, semantic HTML/ARIA, and refactored legacy JavaScript into more modular components.

Responsive Web Design HTML CSS JavaScript SEO And Accessibility (ARIA)Performance Optimization Lazy Loading