Rodrigo Villar
Software Engineer at Ava Labs
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolRodrigo Villar is a software engineer with ~5 years of hands-on experience specializing in blockchain virtual machine development and performance optimization, currently focusing on making the EVM faster at Ava Labs. He has built and maintained core SDK infrastructure, architected custom VMs with the HyperSDK, and designed load-testing frameworks to quantify performance gains. Rodrigo pairs practical smart contract expertise—having founded and taught Cornell’s first for-credit blockchain development course—with low-level systems work, including Rust-based MEV tooling and arbitrage research. His background straddles developer relations and core engineering, giving him a rare blend of platform-building skills and community-facing communication. He’s especially interested in alternative VM architectures and distributed systems, and brings an educator’s clarity to complex protocol engineering challenges.
5 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Edison High SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Mathematics, Senior, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Mathematics, Senior at Cornell University
Github Skills (14)
golang10
avalanche10
blockchain10
evm8
ethereum8
subnet8
smart-contracts7
consensus4
wallet4
cryptocurrency4
rust3
widgets1
ocaml1
sdl1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RodrigoVillar/rodrigovillar.github.io
Jan 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
RodrigoVillar/hypersdk
Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
Opinionated Framework for Building Hyper-Scalable Blockchains on Avalanche
Contributions:34 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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