Maxim Smolyakov
Full Stack Developer
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RockstarMaxim Smolyakov is a Full Stack Developer with 11 years of hands-on experience building reliable, production-grade software across front-end and back-end boundaries. He contributes to high-profile open-source blockchain infrastructure—most notably improving the Waves Scala node by fixing build issues, rounding bugs, and adding unit tests for edge-case reserved balances—demonstrating attention to correctness in distributed systems. Comfortable navigating complex codebases and developer tooling (IntelliJ), he blends pragmatic engineering with a test-first mindset to reduce runtime surprises. Based in Russia, Maxim brings steady delivery and a developer-centric perspective that favors robustness and maintainability over flashiness.
11 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
scala10
unit-testing10
blockchain10
sbt8
wave6
smart-contracts6
wavesplatform6
docker6
ride6
cryptography6
java6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
wavesplatform/Waves
Oct 2018 - Aug 2021
⛓️ Reference Waves Blockchain Node (client) implementation on Scala
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:99 reviews, 122 commits, 141 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Maxim's primary contributions focused on improving the core functionality and reliability of the Waves blockchain node. They addressed build issues within the IntelliJ IDEA environment, ensuring project compatibility. Additionally, the user implemented unit tests for reserved balance, focusing on edge cases. Further contributions include fixing a rounding issue within a "waves" extension method and updates to DexGenerator.
blockchain-nodecryptographyblockchain-platformblockchainwaves
msmolyakov/waves-crypto-java
Nov 2019 - Mar 2021
Tools to work with cryptographic primitives used in the Waves blockchain
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 4 months
cryptographycryptographicblockchainwavesprimitives
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