Martin Minkov
Senior Full-Stack Engineer at O(1) Labs
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMartin Minkov is a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with 11 years of experience building resilient backend systems and developer tooling, currently at Chainlink Labs after several years at O(1) Labs. He brings deep practical experience in crypto and zk tooling—contributing backend fixes to the Mina protocol and shaping build systems for the o1js TypeScript zk-SNARKs framework. A Simon Fraser University BSc graduate with a BCIT diploma in Computer Systems Technology, he pairs strong academic foundations with hands-on product and DevOps work. Martin has a track record of improving error handling, automated builds, and testability in complex codebases, and he often bridges core protocol logic with developer experience. Based in Vancouver, he combines systems-thinking with a pragmatic focus on shipping reliable, production-grade features for distributed and cryptographic systems.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
English, Bulgarian
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Github Skills (24)
typescript10
webpack10
ocaml10
webpacker10
build-automation10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
typescripts10
javascript9
data-parsing9
blockchain9
error-handling9
protocols8
jestjs8
json8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
MinaProtocol/mina
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
Mina is a cryptocurrency protocol with a constant size blockchain, improving scaling while maintaining decentralization and security.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:217 reviews, 809 commits, 303 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Martin's commits focused on implementing and refactoring back-end functionalities for the Mina protocol. They addressed issues related to empty delegate keys and invalid transaction fees, which involved modifying error handling mechanisms and data types in the code. The user also implemented a starting point for JSON parsing of metrics and added functionality to incorporate and process 4.1 data, highlighting their work in the core logic of the project.
minaethereumsecurityblockchainocaml
o1-labs/o1js
Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
TypeScript framework for zk-SNARKs and zkApps
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:321 reviews, 106 commits, 212 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily focused on building and configuring the build system for the project. Their contributions involved creating Webpack configurations for both node and web environments, including development and production builds. They refactored the project's structure, moving dependencies and configurations into the source directories. The user also introduced a prettier configuration, and enabled Jest node tests to be run, demonstrating a focus on build automation and project structure.
snarksjavascript-frameworkjavascriptzk-snarksjavascript-typescript
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