Nathan Sala
Head Of Engineering at Goala
Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolNathan Sala is a seasoned engineering leader with 16 years of experience building low-latency trading systems, blockchain architectures, and consumer-facing startups from Hong Kong. As Head of Engineering at Animoca Brands and co-founder/CEO of a geolocated discounts startup, he blends strategic leadership with hands-on delivery across web3 and fintech domains. His background includes designing high-performance private blockchains and automated market-making platforms at BNP Paribas, reflecting deep expertise in latency-sensitive systems and distributed architectures. He mentors engineering teams to grow people as well as products, favoring pragmatic experimentation and continuous learning. Trained with a Master’s in Software Engineering from Université Paul Sabatier, he brings research-rooted rigor to product-driven execution.
16 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
English, French, Japanese
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Github Skills (34)
ethereum-contract10
hardhat10
blockchain-platform9
solidity9
tooling9
debugging9
blockchain9
ethereum9
smart-contracts9
metadata8
typescript8
javascript8
chrome7
firefox7
metadata-management7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
animoca/ethereum-contract-helpers
Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:8 releases, 10 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 years
animocabrands/blockchain-inventory_metadata
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 2 PRs in 9 months
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