Michael Demarais
Engineer Co-Founder at 🌈 Rainbow
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarMichael Demarais is an engineer and co-founder with 13 years of product-focused software experience, currently building Rainbow, a popular React Native Ethereum wallet used by millions. He specializes in front-end and mobile (iOS) development, shipping polished UI, animation, and UX improvements across critical wallet flows like seed import and token selection. Michael combines startup leadership—co-founding and running product and engineering at small companies—with hands-on implementation, having held senior and consulting roles across fintech and healthcare startups. Based in New York, he pairs strong visual/design sensibilities with deep React Native expertise, and his open-source work on the widely used rainbow-me/rainbow repo reflects a commitment to consumer crypto usability.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (14)
uid10
react-native10
front-end-development10
animation10
ui-design9
interface-design9
javascript9
user-interface9
walletconnect8
ios8
mobile-development7
android7
redux7
mobile7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rainbow-me/rainbow
May 2018 - Oct 2022
🌈‒ the Ethereum wallet that lives in your pocket
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Front-end Developer
Mobile Developer (iOS) & Front-end DeveloperContributions:177 reviews, 1037 commits, 495 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the "rainbow-me/rainbow" repository, an Ethereum wallet app built with React Native. Their commits focused on implementing UI and functionality improvements for the wallet, including changes to the import seed phrase functionality, settings modal, and token selection within the send flow. The user also focused on improving animation across the app and general visual polish. The user appears to have a solid understanding of React Native's animation capabilities and is responsible for integrating them within the application's UI.
ethereum-walletreact-nativeethereumrainbowdefi
mikedemarais/react-coin-icon
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
Cross-platform component that displays an icon for a given cryptocurrency symbol
Contributions:3 reviews, 31 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 11 months
cryptocurrency
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