Evangelos Barakos
Software Engineer at ChainLink(LINK)
Athens, Attica, Greece
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Top SchoolEvangelos Barakos is a seasoned software engineer with 10 years of experience, based in Athens, specializing in blockchain integrations and back-end systems. He contributes to both open-source and proprietary projects, notably adding multi-provider block height endpoints and tests to the widely used smartcontractkit/external-adapters-js monorepo. Beyond hands-on coding, he has led and mentored engineering teams, translating complex distributed-data requirements into reliable integrations. A polyglot developer who stays current by attending blockchain conferences worldwide, he combines practical blockchain engineering with interests in machine learning and AI. His work as an Integrations Engineer at ritual-net demonstrates a focus on resilient API design and cross-service interoperability. Colleagues know him for blending deep technical contribution with active community engagement and testing discipline.
10 years of coding experience
ECTS B, ECTS B at Auth, Thessaloniki, Greece
Spanish, German, English, Greek
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Github Skills (9)
apim10
javascript10
adaptor10
extern10
api10
blockchain10
adapter10
externals10
testing9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
smartcontractkit/external-adapters-js
Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
Monorepo containing JavaScript implementation of external adapters
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:68 reviews, 74 commits, 28 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Evangelos primarily contributed to adding new endpoints and functionality for retrieving block height data from various blockchain APIs (CryptoApis, Blockchair, Crypto-ID). They also refactored and adapted existing adapter code to incorporate new APIs and data retrieval methods, including implementing and testing these new functionalities. The changes involved modifying and integrating external adapter logic in Javascript. The user also updated testing configurations to validate new endpoints.
javascriptmonorepotypescriptadapters
ebarakos/ebarakos.github.io
Jan 2018 - Mar 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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