Dominik Schmid
Co-Founder at Polygon Technology
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDominik Schmid is a Berlin-based technologist and co-founder with eight years of cross-disciplinary experience spanning software engineering, product and strategy in blockchain and finance. Trained in mathematics and philosophy, he combines rigorous analytical thinking with a knack for product delivery—evident from 180+ PRs and pathfinding work on the popular Raiden Network. He has moved between hands-on development and leadership roles at Raiden, brainbot, ConsenSys and Polygon Technology, building teams, shipping core L2 tooling and designing KYC and regulatory solutions. Currently exploring zero-knowledge proofs while leading Miden, he brings a pragmatic blend of research curiosity and executional focus that helps translate complex cryptographic ideas into production-ready products.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA Philosophie, Master of Arts - MA Philosophie at Hochschule für Philosophie MünchenBachelor of Science - BS Mathematik, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematik at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Github Skills (10)
python10
ethereum10
blockchain10
api-design9
restful-api9
apidoc9
rest-api9
api9
api-rest9
testing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
raiden-network/raiden
Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
Raiden Network
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 103 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Dominik primarily focused on enhancing the Raiden Network's pathfinding capabilities, adding new features and configurations to the application. They implemented the ability to configure the pathfinding service address and the maximum number of paths requested. Furthermore, the user worked on integrating PFS (Pathfinding Service) information and checks at client startup. They also addressed security concerns regarding the IOU signature, and added assertions for IoUs and PFS history within the scenario player.
paymentsethereumraidenblockchainweb3
0xPolygonMiden/examples
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 200 reviews, 115 commits in 4 months
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