Sam De Caires
Director Of Frontend Engineering at Aave Labs
Cowes, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam De Caires is a Director of Frontend Engineering with 14 years of software experience and a decade-plus focus on web technologies, now leading frontend at Aave Labs after senior engineering leadership at Syndicate and Rainbow. He blends hands-on TypeScript/UX work with team leadership, having converted key wallet components, added cross-chain swap logic and NFT pricing features to the widely used Rainbow Ethereum wallet. Deeply embedded in the Ethereum ecosystem for 4+ years, Sam contributes to open source and maintains personal projects, pairing product-minded design engineering with blockchain integrations. Based in Cowes, England, he brings a pragmatic mix of startup and enterprise experience—from Cloudflare and Rapha to crypto startups—plus an uncommon academic background in genomics that informs his analytical approach to complex systems.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Genome Sciences/Genomics, Genome Sciences/Genomics at Portsmouth University
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Github Skills (19)
react-native10
typescript10
ethereum10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react9
ui-design8
javascript8
redux7
react-navigation7
routes6
ethereum-wallet6
activemodel6
ruby-on-rails6
sinatra6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
rainbow-me/rainbow
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
🌈‒ the Ethereum wallet that lives in your pocket
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:63 reviews, 11 commits, 33 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Sam focused on enhancing the functionality and user experience of the Rainbow wallet. They implemented features to integrate Seaport sell orders and display current prices for NFTs. A significant portion of their work involved converting various components, like the ExchangeModal and CurrencySelectModal, to TypeScript, aligning them with new design system primitives. They also contributed to the addition of a refuel option sheet and handled cross-chain swap logic.
pocketethereumreact-nativerainbowwallet
sammdec/punkapi-lib
Dec 2016 - Jan 2020
A javascript library for interacting with the punkapi-db
Contributions:3 releases, 5 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 years 1 month
apijavascriptjavascript-librarypunkapi
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