Summary
Cody Butz is a Lead Software Developer with 11 years of experience building reliable backend systems, web platforms, and production software, currently driving the technology vision for Indigo Protocol’s DeFi platform. He combines hands-on architecture and backend development with engineering process improvements—code quality standards, deployment workflows, and coordinated external security audits—to operate a financial platform serving 10,000+ users and $100M+ in value. His technical toolkit spans Node.js, Laravel, Vue.js, and TypeScript, and he has hands-on experience designing and auditing smart contracts in Plutus and Aiken on Cardano. Recently he’s blended traditional backend engineering with modern AI tooling to automate workflows and agent-based integrations, bringing practical ML/AI APIs into production systems. Based in Dayton, Ohio, Cody is equally comfortable sketching system architecture as he is driving day-to-day delivery and incident resilience for high-reliability services.
11 years of coding experience
Diploma, Computer Networking Technology, Diploma, Computer Networking Technology at EHOVE Career Center
Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Bellevue Senior High School
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at Wright State University
English