Niven Sie
Senior Quantitative Developer
Singapore
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Top SchoolNiven Sie is a Rust-focused software engineer based in Singapore with 5 years’ experience specializing in blockchain protocol engineering and open-source systems. He currently contributes to OKX’s DeFi backend and protocol work for X Layer, a zkEVM validium built on Polygon CDK, and previously engineered the world’s first UTXO-based chain with full EVM compatibility at Bake. His background spans core protocol development for DeFiChain, distributed systems for DSO National Laboratories, and research on novel target-tracking algorithms at NUS (recipient of the NUS Faculty of Engineering Innovation & Research Award). Comfortable at the intersection of low-level systems and crypto-economic design, he brings practical production experience with cutting-edge layer-2 tech and a track record of shipping interoperable blockchain infrastructure.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Singapore-Cambridge General Certification of Education Advanced Level, Singapore-Cambridge General Certification of Education Advanced Level at Hwa Chong InstitutionStudent Exchange Programme, Student Exchange Programme at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (35)
multi-camera10
modular10
finance10
decentralization10
bitcoin10
distributed-systems10
cryptocurrency10
simultaneous10
raycasting10
ethereum10
blockchain10
decentralized-finance10
rust10
p2p10
hand-tracking9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
okx/xlayer-reth
Dec 2025 - May 2026
XLayer Reth is a customized implementation of Reth optimized for the XLayer network, an Optimism-based Layer 2 solution.
Contributions:45 reviews, 27 PRs, 127 pushes in 4 months
layer2
sieniven/dotfiles
Nov 2023 - May 2026
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 32 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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