Andrej Rakic
Developer Relations Engineer
Serbia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrej Rakic is a Developer Relations Engineer at Chainlink Labs with eight years of experience building and advocating for blockchain technology. He blends hands-on smart contract and full-stack development—evidenced by significant contributions to Chainlink’s hardhat-starter-kit, where he improved testing, deployment tooling, and VRF integration—with a talent for translating complex protocols into practical developer resources. Based in Serbia, Andrej has progressed from lead blockchain developer roles to developer advocacy, pairing technical depth with community-focused communication. His background in networking and computer science informs a systems-minded approach to optimizing code quality and deployment workflows. Relentless about learning, he brings both engineering rigor and an educator’s mindset to growing developer ecosystems.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Gymnasium "Bora Stankovic" NišCCNA System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, CCNA System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager at Cisco Networking AcademyComputer Science, Computer Science at Faculty of Electrical Engineering Niš
English, German, Serbian
Github Skills (7)
testing10
javascript10
chainlink10
solidity10
hardhat10
ethersjs9
gas-optimization8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
smartcontractkit/hardhat-starter-kit
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
A repo for boilerplate code for testing, deploying, and shipping chainlink solidity code.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 26 commits, 12 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Andrej made significant contributions to the project, focusing on updating and configuring the hardhat setup for testing and deployment of smart contracts. They removed dependencies, added plugins like hardhat-gas-reporter and hardhat-contract-sizer, and integrated VRF V2 functionalities. The user also made code improvements such as making storage variables immutable and resolving open PR conversations, demonstrating a focus on code quality and optimization.
soliditytestingchainlinkhardhatjavascript
andrejrakic/andrejrakic
Jul 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:29 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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