Ross Bulat
Director at JKRB.io
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRoss Bulat is a Director and seasoned full-stack engineer based in London with a decade of experience building web and blockchain systems. He blends TypeScript front-end craftsmanship—contributing UI improvements to high-profile projects like Uniswap’s interface and the Polkadot-js apps—with Rust-based backend work on core Substrate and Polkadot repositories. At Parity Technologies he delivered staking and nomination-pools features, tests, and performance-focused runtime changes, demonstrating deep protocol-level understanding. As founder/Director at JKRB.io he pairs product-oriented leadership with hands-on engineering across decentralized finance and web apps. Comfortable moving between UI polish and low-level blockchain logic, he has a track record of shipping cross-stack, production-ready features on widely used open-source platforms. An early background in game engines and multimedia informs his attention to UX and systems thinking in complex distributed projects.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
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English, Chinese
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Github Skills (35)
substrate10
javascript10
pancakeswap10
develop10
runtimes10
css10
responsive-design10
typescript10
ui-design10
parity10
uid10
polkadot-js10
staking10
front-end-development10
blockchain10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
paritytech/polkadot-sdk
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
The Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:51 reviews, 23 PRs, 294 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ross made several contributions to the substrate/frame/nomination-pools and frame/staking modules of the Parity Polkadot Blockchain SDK. Their work involved implementing new features like commission configurations, and claim permissions, as well as updating the code to account for controller deprecation. They focused on updating tests, fixing bugs, and improving the code's maintainability.
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paritytech/substrate
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Substrate: The platform for blockchain innovators
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:208 reviews, 362 commits, 16 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Ross primarily contributed to the backend logic and functionality of the Substrate blockchain platform. Their work involved implementing new features, such as commission management within nomination pools and modifying the staking pallet with event integrations. They also addressed documentation issues, improved tests and made code refactors to core components. The user demonstrated proficiency in Rust and familiarity with blockchain concepts.
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