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Henry Hazan

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Summary

A blockchain and smart contract specialist with extensive experience in designing and deploying secure decentralized applications. Backed by a full‑stack and mobile development background plus a strong DevOps focus, capable of managing end‑to‑end pipelines from interface to production. Applies functional programming principles—pure functions, immutability and strong typing—to produce clean, maintainable code across more than ten languages and ecosystems. Driven by a design‑led approach with solid architectural choices to deliver intuitive user experiences. Hands‑on expertise in BASIC and Assembly since age thirteen.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Blockchain Developer

Shift
06.2025 - Current
  • Constructed integration libraries to interface with servers and APIs.
  • Solidity EVM and Solana implementation
  • Architected, developed and deployed decentralized applications to provide permission access to data at smart contract and protocol levels.

CTO

Spin Gaming
01.2025 - 07.2025

Software Architect | Real-Time Multiplayer Game Engine Development
Elixir/Phoenix • Finite State Machines (FSM) • CQRS • Real-Time Systems

  • Designed and developed a high-performance finite state machine (FSM) game engine to support real-time multiplayer gameplay at scale.
  • Architected low-latency, event-driven systems using Elixir/Phoenix, leveraging Phoenix Channels, WebSockets, and PubSub for seamless real-time communication.
  • Applied the CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) pattern to optimize data flow, ensuring separation of concerns and improving system responsiveness.
  • Worked closely with cross-functional teams, including game designers and engineers, to translate gameplay mechanics into scalable and maintainable system architectures.

Blockchain Architect

The Tinkering Society
06.2022 - 07.2025
  • Write pool and trading match engine contracts for a derivatives protocol in solidity, self-audit, fuzz-testing, Ethereum EVM gas optimization.
  • Integration with Oracle systems (Chainlink, custom oracles)
  • Event-driven indexing (The Graph) and subgraph creation
  • Audit workflows & checklist creation (Slither, MythX, Echidna)
  • Formal verification techniques (Certora, Dafny, Foundry invariant testing)
  • Bytecode inspection, opcode analysis, and Yul optimizations

Founder & CTO

InsurDAO
01.2020 - 06.2025
  • We are developing a Blockchain protocol that will enable communities to create a P2P coverage for their members, offering automated actuary algorithms and digital signed claim management back-office.
  • Groups will be able to pay premiums to DeFi liquidity pools and receive extra capital to cover highly unexpected risks.
  • Our smart contracts are compatible with Ethereum EVM, in solidity.

Blockchain Architect

Fuse
06.2021 - 05.2022
  • L2 research and architecture, Arbritrum AVM, optimism L2 deploy, Go development, Ethereum Smart contracts.
  • Researched materials to determine appropriate selection for projects.
  • Verified construction documentation to meet client requirements and vision.

VP R&D, Co-founder

WEEL
06.2015 - 09.2020


  • Led front-end and back-end architecture using Elixir/Erlang, and Angular to build responsive UI
  • Developed and optimized ETL workflows, data lakes, and warehouses to support robust analytics and real-time reporting.
  • Architected microservices-based back-end systems with RESTful and GraphQL APIs for high performance and maintainability.
  • Designed and maintained automated CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code deployments to ensure reliable, scalable operations for massive AI data processing.

CEO & Founder

Teramine
07.2012 - 01.2015

Led and scaled a full-service technology firm delivering high-quality software solutions across the entire product lifecycle—from strategic planning to deployment and maintenance.

  • Established and managed cross-functional teams across India (3 teams) and Brazil, ensuring cost-effective global delivery and 24/7 development cycles.
  • Directed end-to-end project execution, including scope definition, budgeting, scheduling, quality assurance, HR allocation, communication planning, and risk management.
  • Oversaw research, UX strategy, wireframing, high-fidelity UI design, and prototyping for client validation.
  • Spearheaded full-stack development, API integration, and DevOps automation using modern technologies tailored to each project’s unique needs.
  • Maintained a strong focus on code quality, scalability, and long-term maintainability, aligning technology stacks with project goals and client expectations.

Head of Quantitative Trading

SLW Corretora de Valores e Câmbio
01.2010 - 04.2012
  • Modeling strategies, software development in C#, C++ and Java, options pricing platform for structured products, ATS implementation.

Quantitative Trader & Software Developer

Banco Daycoval
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Independent Consultant for Quantitative Trader & Software Developer.
  • Research, backtesting & Implementation of quantitative trading strategies using CEP Apama and C# OpenQuant platforms.
  • We worked on seeking-alpha strategies, and in a join with Alpes Corretora, we developed several execution strategies, to buy pair trading with best prices.
  • Apama strategies were running on Bovespa co-location servers.

Software Architect & Developer

CSI Comercio e Soluções Inteligentes
01.2000 - 08.2002
  • Developed a multi-threaded database server, to access binary files, caching the information in object format, and using the Observer Design Pattern to create a real time monitoring from UDP sockets, sending signals to Java applets in a web-browser, or Servlets using XSLT to dynamically format views.
  • Reading from the binary file were optimized using bi-sect algorithm for searches, and all the data bases operations were built from scratch.

Financial Modeling & Simulation

Porto
09.1999 - 02.2000
  • Developed an agent based model financial simulator in Java to calculate risks for new financial products, using monte-carlo simulations, where agents profiles generate future cash flows.
  • Every user was modeled as a POJO object, and objects received distributions on how they should pay monthly fees to receive a premium counting from one year payments, the system simulated several scenarios, including negative cashflows and banking lending, with different ranges of interest rates.

Delphi Developer & QA

Metrô de São Paulo
01.1997 - 01.1998
  • GUI, SQL database and QA for an automated POS [Point of Sales] in Delphi.
  • UML design for Object Oriented Design using Rational Rose for a C++ simulator to calculate the train energy capacitation.

CEO & Founder

NYA Internet Multimedia & Web-Design
03.1996 - 01.1998
  • Lead a software service provider with 3 developers, that was one the first companies in Brazil to offer Web Application Development & Web-Design.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Music Theory and Composition

FASM - Faculdade Santa Marcelina
01.2000

Skills

  • EVM
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Ethereum
  • Blockchain Architecture
  • Go, Java, C, Bash, Erlang, Rust
  • Software Architecture
  • Mobile Developer (Flutter)
  • Design Patterns

Honors And Awards

  • Financial Modeler, Client feedback at Odesk - InProp Capital, 03/13
  • Financial Modeler, Henry was a wonderful hire. He is smart, knowledgeable, has a great work ethic, and very motivated. We highly recommend him., 03/13

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Spanish
Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hebrew
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Italian
Intermediate (B1)

Timeline

Senior Blockchain Developer

Shift
06.2025 - Current

CTO

Spin Gaming
01.2025 - 07.2025

Blockchain Architect

The Tinkering Society
06.2022 - 07.2025

Blockchain Architect

Fuse
06.2021 - 05.2022

Founder & CTO

InsurDAO
01.2020 - 06.2025

VP R&D, Co-founder

WEEL
06.2015 - 09.2020

CEO & Founder

Teramine
07.2012 - 01.2015

Head of Quantitative Trading

SLW Corretora de Valores e Câmbio
01.2010 - 04.2012

Quantitative Trader & Software Developer

Banco Daycoval
01.2009 - 01.2010

Software Architect & Developer

CSI Comercio e Soluções Inteligentes
01.2000 - 08.2002

Financial Modeling & Simulation

Porto
09.1999 - 02.2000

Delphi Developer & QA

Metrô de São Paulo
01.1997 - 01.1998

CEO & Founder

NYA Internet Multimedia & Web-Design
03.1996 - 01.1998

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Music Theory and Composition

FASM - Faculdade Santa Marcelina
Henry Hazan