Alexander Van Der Bourg
Founder at Balancer Foundation
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Van Der Bourg is a founder and DeFi operations builder with 13 years of technical and research experience, now leading DeFilytica to advance on-chain operations, treasury management and analytics for the Balancer Protocol. Based in Zurich, he combines deep systems and software engineering skills—from Kafka, Kubernetes and Airflow to Python and Java—with a rigorous scientific background (PhD in Neuroscience) and hands-on lab-building experience. As a member of the Balancer Foundation board, he bridges DAO governance and practical protocol operations, turning complex on-chain mechanics into auditable processes. His career arc—from academic optics labs to enterprise banking software and crypto infrastructure—gives him a rare mix of experimental rigor, production-grade engineering, and strategic DAO stewardship.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Neuroscience at University of ZurichMatura Biochemistry, Matura Biochemistry at Bündner Kantonsschule ChurMaster of Science (MSc) Neuroscience, Master of Science (MSc) Neuroscience at ETH Zürich
French, German, English
Github Skills (11)
blockchain9
ethereum9
frontend8
react8
xrp4
wallet4
trezor3
uniswap3
analytics3
ethereum-wallet3
ledger3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
defilytica/aura-analytics
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:12 PRs, 36 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 7 months
defilytica/balancer-tools-v2
Mar 2023 - Feb 2025
Toolset to interact with the Balancer v2 protocol
Contributions:3 reviews, 24 PRs, 101 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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