Manlio Poltronieri
Staff Software Engineer at Consensys
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolManlio Poltronieri is a Staff Software Engineer based in London with 11 years of experience building product-grade systems across startups and media. He co-founded and served as CTO of HAL.xyz, raising £~3M and leading a build-to-exit that was acquired by Consensys, where he now contributes at staff level after an internal senior engineering role. His background spans fast-moving startups and established teams, including The Guardian and Tray.io, combining product instincts with hands-on engineering across backend and distributed systems. Trained with an MSc in Computing Science from Imperial College and a BA in Philosophy, he brings analytical rigor and a human-centered approach to technical decision-making. Comfortable as both founder and individual contributor, he blends entrepreneurial risk-taking with discipline in shipping reliable software at scale. Notably, his path includes a short stint as a digital nomad, reflecting adaptability and a preference for experimental career moves.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of MilanMaster of Science (MSc) Computing Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computing Science at Imperial College London
Github Skills (65)
guardian10
browser10
firefox10
browser-extension10
opera10
brave10
plug10
chrome-extension10
metamask10
chrome10
ethereum10
blockchain10
dapp-developers10
client-library9
golang9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/apple-news-analytics-lambda
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:65 PRs, 143 pushes, 67 branches in 4 months
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oilnam/dotfiles
Nov 2015 - May 2024
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 8 months
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