Lev Potomkin
Software Engineer at Matter Labs
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolLev Potomkin is a software engineer with seven years of experience specializing in secure, decentralized protocol engineering at Matter Labs, where he has progressed from intern to full engineer. He contributes to prominent zkSync projects, improving zk-rollup tooling, prover components, and the Hardhat zkSync plugin—work that spans backend development, infrastructure, and CI/CD automation. Based in Tallinn, he blends practical systems engineering (Docker compilation, VM and testing infra) with protocol-level changes like FRI prover and configuration management for zkcli. Colleagues rely on him to reduce technical debt and make complex cryptographic tooling more maintainable and developer-friendly.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ontario College Diploma, Software Engineering, Ontario College Diploma, Software Engineering at Conestoga CollegeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
English, Ukrainian
Github Skills (25)
zksync10
docker10
plugin-development10
command-line-interface10
dockers10
cryptography10
command-line10
rust10
cli10
hardhat10
scripting9
solidity9
cicd9
configuration-management9
blockchain9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
matter-labs/hardhat-zksync
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:52 reviews, 212 commits, 126 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Lev refactored and extended the functionality of a plugin for the Hardhat development environment, specifically focusing on zkSync compatibility. They modified the artifact generation process, including support for factory dependencies and library linking. The user also addressed the build and compilation process, introducing support for Docker compilation. This work involved significant changes to compilation tasks and configurations within the plugin.
matter-labs/zksync-era
Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
zkSync era
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 107 reviews, 60 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Lev primarily contributes to the `prover` directory, focusing on modifications related to the FRI prover within the zkSync era. Their work involves changes to commitment utilities, witness generation, and the implementation of CI/CD checks. The user also addresses the project's technical debt by incorporating format and lint checks. The user updated the VM and testing infrastructure.
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