Shawn Spitz
Engineer at nuconstruct✧
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShawn Spitz is a senior blockchain engineer and technical leader with seven years of engineering experience and five years focused on blockchain protocol design and production-grade implementations. A UC Berkeley Master of Engineering in Control of Robotic Systems, he brings a systems-oriented approach forged in robotics and embedded C++/C# work to complex distributed protocols. He has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like Cosmos Interchain Security, improving integration tests, tightening security with gosec fixes, and automating multi-consumer test workflows. Shawn has shipped production MEV and blockchain infrastructure at Primev and now builds at nuconstruct, blending low-level engineering rigor with DevOps automation. Known for reducing code complexity and creating practical test tooling, he favors auditable, secure implementations that scale across networks.
7 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering Control of Robotic Systems, Master of Engineering Control of Robotic Systems at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering at Gonzaga University
Github Skills (14)
automation10
automations10
docker10
go10
dockers10
integration-testing10
scripting9
cicd9
shell9
script9
sh9
testing8
golangci-lint7
blockchain7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cosmos/interchain-security
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Interchain Security is an open sourced IBC application which allows cosmos blockchains to lease their proof-of-stake security to one another.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:12 releases, 841 reviews, 336 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Shawn focused on improving the integration tests within the repository. This involved making gosec pass by fixing security vulnerabilities and reducing code complexity. Furthermore, the user implemented additional transaction checks and created shell scripts to streamline the testing process, demonstrating strong automation skills. They are also responsible for the refactoring related to multi-consumer tests.
blockchaincosmos-hubcosmos-sdkgolangibc
shaspitz/drone-mpc
Dec 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 1 month
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