Jarrod Watts
AI Engineering Lead at Cube Labs
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJarrod Watts is an AI engineering lead and seasoned software engineer with eight years of experience bridging full-stack development, data engineering, and developer relations from Sydney. He has progressed from internships and data roles into leadership positions at organizations such as thirdweb, Polygon Labs, Cube Labs, and Monad Foundation, contributing both product-facing SDK work and developer outreach. Jarrod is an active open-source contributor to notable web3 projects like thirdweb-dev/js, where he improved SDK components, hooks, and NFT-related features, showing a blend of front-end polish and SDK-level engineering. He excels at translating complex blockchain and AI concepts into usable developer tools and UIs, and his background in a cooperative scholarship program at UTS underpins a practical, collaborative approach to building production systems.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Co-operative Scholarship, Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology Co-operative Scholarship, Information Technology at University of Technology Sydney
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Github Skills (19)
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css10
typescript10
sdk10
web3js10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
nextjs9
documentation9
nft8
ui-design8
aws-amplify6
blockchain6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
thirdweb-example/erc721
May 2022 - Sep 2022
Create an NFT minting page using thirdweb's React SDK
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 7 PRs, 19 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Jarrod focused on developing the user interface for an NFT minting page built with the thirdweb React SDK. Their contributions include adding and styling UI elements, such as a quantity selector and "sold out" status, and integrating a Metamask connect button. The user also implemented UI components for displaying the NFT information and added a thirdweb logo. These changes improved the user experience and functionality of the NFT minting application.
thirdwebcontracterc1155nft-dropweb3
thirdweb-dev/js
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Best in class web3 SDKs for Browser, Node and Mobile apps
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 52 commits, 58 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jarrod contributed significantly to the thirdweb-dev/js repository, focusing on SDK development and documentation. Their work involved adding and modifying SDK components, including the `ThirdwebSDK` and `UserWallet`, and updating snippets for code generation. They also updated and documented core features within the SDK, like ERC-1155 and signature minting functionalities. In addition, they made changes to the React components and associated hooks, particularly the `useContract` hook.
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