Denis Varlakov
Lead MPC Engineer at Dfns
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolDenis Varlakov is a Lead MPC Engineer based in Paris with a decade of experience turning cutting-edge cryptographic research into production-grade systems. He has progressed from software engineering roles to research and R&D positions at VDOM Box, BI.ZONE, and ZenGo before leading MPC efforts at Dfns since 2021. Denis specializes in multiparty computation and applied cryptography, bridging formal research papers and practical, auditable implementations for security-sensitive environments. His background in computer science from Tomsk State University underpins a pragmatic approach to building robust, deployable crypto tooling. Colleagues appreciate that he balances deep theoretical understanding with hands-on engineering, shipping resilient systems rather than prototypes. Notably, he operates at the intersection of research and productization, often translating academic advances into operational security features for real-world infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Tomsk State University
English, Russian, French
Github Skills (187)
parser10
elliptic-curve10
diffie-hellman10
digital-signature10
cryptocurrency10
eddsa10
intervals10
noise10
getopt10
elliptic-curve-cryptography10
ecdsa10
secp256k110
command-line-parser10
interval-arithmetic10
byte10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
LFDT-Lockness/generic-ec
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
Generic elliptic curve cryptography in Rust
Contributions:93 reviews, 48 PRs, 141 pushes in 1 year 2 months
LFDT-Lockness/hd-wallet
Feb 2024 - Jan 2025
SLIP10 implementation in Rust
Contributions:22 reviews, 26 PRs, 59 pushes in 11 months
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