Esad Atik
Co-Founder CTO at Chainway Labs
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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Top SchoolEsad Atik is a proactive technology founder and CTO with 9 years of experience spanning robotics, backend systems, and quantitative crypto trading. As Co-Founder and CTO of Chainway Labs (and Chainway) since 2022, he leads engineering efforts at startup environments while building scalable software foundations. His background includes backend & ROS development for Set Robotics, IT and web maintenance for HanTech Ship Spare Parts, and hands-on contributions to BiLira’s market-making, RFQ trading, and MEV bots. He combines formal training in computer engineering from Boğaziçi University with an entrepreneurial track record of turning complex requirements into robust, production-ready solutions. Based in Istanbul, he has worked across fintech, robotics, and logistics domains, bridging software and operations to drive automation and performance. Esad holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Boğaziçi University and has demonstrated versatility across full-stack development, algorithmic trading, and ROS-based robotics software.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate, Graduate at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi3.57/4.00, 3.57/4.00 at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
English, German, Turkish, Russian
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Github Skills (28)
modular10
evm10
metadata10
ethereum10
blockchain10
distributed-systems9
p2p9
rust9
risc8
secp256k18
risc-v8
sdk8
virtual-machine8
bitcoin8
base588
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chainwayxyz/citrea
Mar 2024 - Apr 2025
Citrea, Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup 🍊🍋
Contributions:1483 reviews, 849 PRs, 1343 pushes in 1 year
eyusufatik/sovereign-sdk
Aug 2023 - Jun 2024
A framework for building seamlessly scalable and interoperable rollups that can run on any blockchain
Contributions:5 reviews, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 10 months
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