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 (7)
ethereum10
frontend9
react4
uniswap3
analytics2
ethereum-wallet2
smart-contracts2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Xeonus/multisig-ops
Oct 2024 - May 2026
Contributions:163 pushes, 87 branches in 1 year 6 months
Xeonus/v3-info
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Interface for Balancer V2 analytics. 📊
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 71 pushes in 1 year 1 month
analyticsbalancer
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