Rodrigo Ariza
Blockchain Engineer at Chainlink Labs
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRodrigo Ariza is a Blockchain Engineer with a decade of software development experience and a Telecommunication Engineering background, currently building resilient infrastructure at Chainlink Labs. He blends backend and full-stack expertise—having improved core Chainlink node error handling and added Arbitrum support—while also contributing JavaScript adapters that expanded data providers for real-world oracle integrations. Rodrigo’s career spans fintech and enterprise projects (BBVA, ConsenSys) where he shipped payment and consensus-signal products, demonstrating a pragmatic focus on efficiency and execution. A team-oriented problem solver and sports enthusiast, he prioritizes project success and consistently aims to turn big ideas into production-ready tools.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
AGH UniversityGrado en Ingeniería, Tecnologías de la comunicación, Grado en Ingeniería, Tecnologías de la comunicación at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Spanish, English
Github Skills (22)
apim10
javascript10
extern10
testing10
adaptor10
externals10
go10
api10
chai10
ethereum10
blockchain10
adapter10
error-handling10
oracles9
typescript9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
smartcontractkit/external-adapters-js
Nov 2020 - Aug 2021
Monorepo containing JavaScript implementation of external adapters
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:281 reviews, 204 commits, 115 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Rodrigo made significant contributions to the `external-adapters-js` repository, which involves JavaScript implementations of external adapters. Their work focused on the `market-closure` adapter, implementing test cases for market closure checks and defining types. Additionally, they worked on the `defi-pulse` adapter, introducing new data providers such as coinpaprika, coinmarketcap, and coingecko, and refactoring code for data provider functionality and response formatting. The commits demonstrate an understanding of adapter design and data fetching.
javascriptmonorepotypescriptadapters
smartcontractkit/chainlink
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 33 commits, 11 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Rodrigo primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Chainlink node, focusing on improving error handling and adapting the system to support new features on different blockchain networks, especially Arbitrum. Their work included refactoring existing code and implementing the ability to handle and report errors related to transaction nonces, gas prices, and insufficient funds, improving the node's resilience. The contributions involved modifying core service components and integrating new interfaces for Arbitrum, as well as adapting the codebase to the evolution of the flags service.
golangcomputationethereumblockchaindecentralized
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