Summary
Rodrigo Medina is a Lead Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building and re-architecting backend, DevOps, and crypto systems for startups and Fortune 500 clients. He has led end-to-end launches for high-profile token, metaverse, and DeFi products—including work on ApeCoin/Otherside for BAYC—and now drives AI/crypto initiatives at HorizenLabs. Rodrigo’s background spans large-scale systems at Amazon, embedded AI tooling at Mentor Graphics, and mobile startup engineering in Paris, giving him a rare blend of product, infrastructure, and research-driven skills. He holds a Master’s in Information Retrieval and AI and often pairs academic rigor with hands-on delivery to solve complex, production-grade challenges. Colleagues rely on him to navigate ambiguous problems, from legacy system rewrites to designing novel AI-evaluations in the crypto space.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Information retrieval AI Master Degree, Master, Information retrieval AI Master Degree at University of Twente
French and Bolivian Baccalaureate, Science, French and Bolivian Baccalaureate, Science at Lycée Franco Bolivien Alcide d’Orbigny
Lycée Jean Perrin
Engineering degree, Computer Science and Project Management, Engineering degree, Computer Science and Project Management at Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
Spanish, French, English