Maksim Malikov
CTO & Co-Founder Lead Blockchain Developer at DeFiPie
Budva, Montenegro
Summary
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Top SchoolMaksim Malikov is a founder-turned-CTO with over a decade of product and engineering leadership and 15 years in software development, currently leading blockchain architecture and development at DeFiPie. He built and scaled consumer-facing platforms—SmartProgress (200K+ users, 65K goals achieved) and a distributed file-sharing system with 100K daily users—and won a $35K Startup Chile grant for his work. As an operator he spans product, architecture, team leadership, marketing and fundraising, and has advised notable Russian software firms. His four years as a blockchain architect complement deep full-stack roots dating back to PHP/MySQL web development, giving him a practical blend of decentralized systems and user-facing product experience. Based in Budva, Montenegro, he combines a builder’s mentality with a strong interest in emerging technology and governance, often focusing on adoption and real-world traction rather than pure protocol research.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
бакалавр, экономика и управление на предприятии, бакалавр, экономика и управление на предприятии at СибАДИ
Русский, English, Serbian
Github Skills (128)
cryptocurrency10
abi10
p2p10
crypto10
acl10
golang10
phalcon10
hidden10
php-extension10
go10
phishing10
php10
ethereum10
cryptography10
blockchain10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
smartprogress/incubator
Aug 2019 - Apr 2020
Incubator adapters/functionality for the Phalcon PHP Framework
Contributions:10 pushes in 7 months
phalcon-phpphpadaptersphalconphalcon-php-framework
DefiPie/compensation-program
Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:4 pushes in 8 months
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