Damir Shamanaev
Senior Software Engineer at Mysten Labs
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolDamir Shamanaev is a Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years building high-throughput backend systems and developer tooling, currently shaping core smart-contract infrastructure at Mysten Labs. A Move and Rust power-user, he authored the widely-cited Move Book and several VSCode Move/Starcoin extensions, and contributed Move examples to the prominent Sui smart-contract platform. He combines deep systems experience (PostgreSQL, Redis, Node.js) with compiler and language work (Leo, Move), having driven tooling, formatters, and serialization libraries used across the ecosystem. Known for clean, documented, and well-tested code, he also mentors teams and champions developer experience and RFC-driven design processes. Outside engineering, he brings a maker’s mentality—building synths, pixel art, and nearly unbeatable foosball skills—which reflects a creative approach to problem solving. Based in Istanbul, he blends practical production delivery with active open-source leadership in next-generation blockchain tooling.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Information Security, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Information Security at ITMO University
Github Skills (15)
distributed-ledger10
smart-contracts10
programming-language10
move10
language-design10
nft10
blockchain10
distributed-ledger-technology10
rust9
compiler-compiler9
compiler9
error-handling8
command-line-interface8
command-line8
cli8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ProvableHQ/leo
Jan 2021 - Feb 2022
🦁 The Leo Programming Language. A Programming Language for Formally Verified, Zero-Knowledge Applications
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:206 reviews, 390 commits, 122 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Damir primarily focused on improving the Leo programming language. They modified the grammar files to incorporate multi-line support and addressed issues related to the login and add commands, particularly error handling for non-authorized users. They also added the logout command, enhancing the command-line interface.
verifiedzeroknowledgezero-knowledgeformally-verified
MystenLabs/sui
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Sui, a next-generation smart contract platform with high throughput, low latency, and an asset-oriented programming model powered by the Move programming language
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:649 reviews, 105 commits, 459 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Damir primarily contributed to the development of the Sui smart contract platform, focusing on example Move programs. The user implemented various example games, including Rock Paper Scissors, showcasing the use of the Move programming language and Sui-specific features. Furthermore, the user was involved in examples of NFT marketplace. Their work demonstrates a strong understanding of smart contract development, asset-oriented programming models and the Move language.
ethereumcontractsmart-contract-platformprogramming-languagesui
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