Liam Zebedee
Software Engineer
Australia
Summary
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RockstarLiam Zebedee is a seasoned engineer and community founder with 14 years of hands-on experience spanning frontend React, backend systems in Rust/Go/Node/Django, distributed systems, cryptography, and ML pipelines. He has led protocol engineering at Synthetix and Keep Network—securing hundreds of millions in assets and contributing fixes to notable open-source projects like Synthetix and Vyper—while also publishing independent research that won developer grants. Based in Australia, Liam founded a 400+ crypto builders community that scaled organically and attracted speakers from the Ethereum ecosystem, demonstrating rare product, branding, and event-operational chops alongside deep technical skill. Comfortable from low-level replicated state machines and SNARK/STARK tooling to LLM fine-tuning and prompt engineering, he blends pragmatic, resourceful execution with a strong written-culture discipline. Notably, he’s built censorship-resistant web hosting tools and maintains an active research-engineering mindset—self-described as “based and lindy”—that favors durable, well-documented solutions.
14 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
14,290reputation
1.1mreached
38answers
149questions
Github Skills (15)
jscript10
javascript10
lang10
solidity10
vyper10
ethereum10
blockchain10
documentation10
testing10
udp6
html6
protocols6
python6
networking6
angularjs6
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
Synthetixio/synthetix
Mar 2021 - Nov 2021
Synthetix Solidity smart contracts
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 116 reviews, 409 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Liam focused on identifying and fixing a debt calculation error within the Synthetix smart contracts. They addressed a problem where debt was not being correctly excluded from debt calculations, specifically within the MultiCollateral and CollateralEth components. This work involved code modifications within the DebtCache.js test file, indicating a focus on ensuring the accuracy and reliability of debt tracking within the Synthetix system.
smart-contractssolidityblockchaindefiderivatives
vyperlang/vyper
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the EVM
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Liam primarily contributed to the repository by updating and improving the documentation, specifically focusing on the structure-of-a-contract section. Their work clarifies the usage and behavior of the default function in Vyper contracts, detailing gas stipend considerations, and providing clear code examples. They also fixed typos and rewrote portions to improve clarity and accuracy within the documentation.
evmsmart-contractsvyperpythonethereum
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