Adrian Alic
Switzerland
Summary
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RockstarAdrian Alic is an experienced software engineer based in Switzerland with eight years focused on distributed systems, operating systems, and compilers. He contributes to high-impact open-source infrastructure, notably backend work on the Internet Computer (dfinity/ic) where he’s enhanced consensus, multi-signature crypto workflows, and ingress/serialization performance. Comfortable across low-level systems and blockchain backends, he blends practical engineering with cryptographic awareness to harden and scale node software. Adrian’s profile suggests a preference for systems-level problem solving and measurable optimizations rather than surface-level features.
8 years of coding experience
German, English
Github Skills (10)
consensus10
rust10
cryptography10
blockchain10
serialization9
data-serialization9
bitcoin8
testing8
bitcoins8
benchmarking7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dfinity/ic
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Internet Computer blockchain source: the client/replica software run by nodes
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:118 reviews, 20 commits, 56 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Adrian primarily contributes to the back-end infrastructure of the Internet Computer blockchain. Their commits involve enhancements to the consensus mechanism, focusing on crypto-related functionalities such as multi-signature aggregation and signature validation. They also worked on the ingress manager to account for pool byte size, and added a serialization benchmark for ingress payloads. Furthermore, they are involved with the ckBTC minter, showing expertise across multiple backend components of the project.
blockchain
dist1ll/dist1ll.github.io
Jul 2022 - Dec 2024
Contributions:166 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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