Josh Stevens is a senior engineering leader with nine years of experience building and scaling blockchain-first products, now serving as VP of Engineering at Polymarket after a rapid progression through senior leadership roles at Aave Labs. He combines hands-on expertise in Rust, TypeScript, Solidity, Node, React and SQL with cloud proficiency (AWS) to ship secure, high-performance smart contract and full‑stack systems. Josh has contributed core logic and feature work to prominent open-source projects like the Lens Protocol, including signature-based profile management, bug fixes and performance-focused refactors. His background spans consumer crypto infrastructure, wallet development and traditional web stacks, giving him a rare blend of protocol-level smart contract insight and product delivery experience. Based in England, he maintains an active public portfolio and GitHub presence, signaling a commitment to transparent engineering and continuous learning.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
First class degree - Applied Computing, Computer Programming, Web development and Sql Server Database, First class degree - Applied Computing, Computer Programming, Web development and Sql Server Database at Sheffield Hallam University
A-Levels and GCSE's, A-level: ICT, Media and Business. GCSE'S: 10 A*-C all core subjects including ICT, A-Levels and GCSE's, A-level: ICT, Media and Business. GCSE'S: 10 A*-C all core subjects including ICT at Lutterworth College
Contributions:3 reviews, 27 commits, 17 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily contributed to the core logic of the Lens Protocol, focusing on smart contract development. They implemented new features, such as allowing users to set and modify default profiles using signatures. They also fixed bugs and added tests to ensure the reliability of the smart contracts. Additionally, the user refactored and optimized code for better performance and maintainability.
Contributions:21 commits, 7 PRs, 19 pushes in 8 months
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