Stephen Young
Founder And CEO at NFTfi
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolStephen Young is a founder and CEO with 15 years of software and product leadership experience, currently building NFTfi, a marketplace for NFT-collateralized loans. A token engineer and smart contract developer focused on Solidity and DApp design, he blends hands-on engineering with product strategy from prior roles as CPO at Coindirect and digital/head architect positions at Allan Gray. He has shipped across the full SDLC in multiple languages (C++, C#, JavaScript, Ruby) and thrives in SCRUM, Lean Agile and Kanban environments. Passionate about open, censorship-resistant blockchains, he prefers long-term, value-driven collaborations and brings a designer’s sensibility—he also makes mixed-media art, reflecting a creative approach to product and token design.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Comp Sci, Diploma Comp Sci at CTIMatric, Matric at Parel Vallei High
Afrikaans, English
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Github Skills (44)
event-listener9
firefox8
ethereum8
brave8
chrome8
browser-extension8
dapp-developers7
opera7
large-language-models7
metamask7
blockchain7
backend7
smart-contracts7
heroku6
event-driven6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
clockwork-protocol/clockwork
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Clockwork is a decentralized protocol that enables recurring payments on Ethereum to give users the ability to manage repeat payments entirely on-chain. Thus, Clockwork enables the use of cryptocurrency for subscription, SaaS, and other repeat-payment business models that have not been possible before.
Contributions:87 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
cryptocurrencyethereumdefi
clockwork-protocol/eventeum
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
A resilient Ethereum event listener that bridges your smart contract events and backend microservices
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 months
backendethereumevent-listenermicroservicessmart-contracts
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