Brock Smedley
Searcher Experience Engineer at Flashbots
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrock Smedley is a Searcher Experience Engineer with 11 years of systems-focused software experience and a BS in Computer Science from Oregon State University. He blends enterprise automation and architecture expertise with hands-on blockchain and DeFi engineering, currently building blockchain software at Flashbots and First Foundry. A co-founder of LedgerCTRL, he has repeatedly translated distributed-systems thinking into production tooling and enterprise solutions. Brock is an active open-source contributor to prominent Flashbots projects—implementing private-transaction flows, cancellation logic, and documentation improvements that power MEV protection tooling. Based in Corvallis, he pairs low-level systems chops (Kubernetes, compute clusters) with practical API and SDK development for web3 ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Oregon State University
Github Skills (20)
markdown10
content-management-system10
javascript10
web3py10
python10
apidoc10
ethersjs10
flash10
markdown-it10
api10
content-management10
ethereum10
blockchain10
documentation10
self-organization10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
flashbots/web3-flashbots
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Web3.py plugin for using Flashbots' bundle APIs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 5 reviews, 39 commits in 10 months
Contributions summary:Brock primarily contributed to the development of the `flashbots/web3-flashbots` project, which is a Web3.py plugin for interacting with Flashbots' bundle APIs. They refactored example code and upgraded dependencies. They added and implemented methods for sending and cancelling private transactions. They integrated the v2 APIs including stats.
pythonethereumbundleweb3flashbots
flashbots/ethers-provider-flashbots-bundle
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Flashbots provider for ethers.js
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 reviews, 36 commits, 11 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Brock primarily contributed to the implementation and modification of the `eth_sendPrivateTransaction` function within the Flashbots provider for ethers.js. Their work involved refactoring parameters, handling transaction details, and integrating the function with the Flashbots relay service. The commits showcase the user's focus on building and refining the core functionality of sending private transactions using the Flashbots infrastructure. Furthermore, the user developed new functions to cancel private transactions.
providerethereumethers-jsflashbotsethers
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