Summary
Hira Siddiqui is a Co-Founder and IT architect based in Berlin with a decade of hands-on experience building decentralized identity, web3, and AI systems. She has driven blockchain architecture and NFT marketplace initiatives at Telekom MMS and T-Systems, blending protocol-level expertise (Hyperledger Indy/Aries, Ethereum, Layer 2s) with pragmatic engineering practices like CI/CD, containers, and trusted computing. A former Microsoft and Bentley engineer, she pairs distributed-systems training from TU Dresden with a strong software-engineering foundation (NUST gold medalist) to translate complex requirements into secure, production-ready solutions. Hira also writes about web3 trends and ran freelance blockchain projects, evidencing both technical depth and a knack for communicating emerging tech. Notably, her recent focus on self-sovereign identity and soul-bound token concepts reflects a long-term commitment to privacy-preserving, interoperable identity in web3.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, 3.72/4.0 CGPA, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, 3.72/4.0 CGPA at NUST SEECS
Master's degree, Distributed Systems Engineering, 1,4 (Sehr Gut), Master's degree, Distributed Systems Engineering, 1,4 (Sehr Gut) at Technische Universität Dresden
Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, 3.7 out of 4 CGPA (92%), Gold Medalist for Final Year Project, Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering, 3.7 out of 4 CGPA (92%), Gold Medalist for Final Year Project at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
Zero Knowledge Bootcamp, Computer Science, Passed, Zero Knowledge Bootcamp, Computer Science, Passed at Encode Club