Riley Kilgore
Senior Software Engineer at ADAO
Sammamish, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRiley Kilgore is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience focused on blockchain and full-stack engineering, currently at Input Output (IOHK) and a founding core contributor to a Cardano-focused DAO. He designs and deploys PlutusTx/Plutarch smart contracts, builds TypeScript integrations and React UIs, and architects Web2 infrastructure to complement on-chain systems. Riley has co-founded and shipped products at Summon, contributed to the Aiken smart contract ecosystem at IOHK, and brings startup-grade ownership alongside production experience from Smartsheet and MAANA. Based in Sammamish, WA, he blends deep technical craft with community coordination—often operating where protocol development, deployment, and governance intersect. An unconventional detail: his GitHub bio hints at a mathematical curiosity (∞σ), reflecting an interest in elegant, theoretically informed engineering.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Science and Software Engineering at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS at Bellevue College
Github Skills (38)
wallet10
cardano10
smart-contracts10
rust10
plutus10
javascript9
code-documentation9
compiler9
blockchain8
fuzzer7
testing7
property-based-testing7
proof-of-work6
typescript6
static-analyzer5
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ADAOcommunity/AgoraExpansion
Mar 2024 - Jan 2026
Repository to house new validators and off-chain code for leveraging Agora with NFTs instead of FTs.
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 10 months
ADAOcommunity/cardano-token-registry
Jan 2022 - Aug 2023
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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