Summary
Steven Valeri is a Senior Software Engineer based in Boston with eight years of experience building full-stack and blockchain-native systems for leading DeFi and finance teams. He has advanced from IT risk and assurance at EY to hands-on protocol and product work at Aave, Sense Finance, and as a founding engineer at Rumpel Labs, and now contributes to 0x. Steven blends engineering rigor from his consulting background with product-focused smart contract and backend development, shipping decentralized solutions used in live financial contexts. He’s comfortable across the stack—architecture, smart contracts, and integrations—and brings an auditor’s attention to security and compliance. Notably, his career path reflects a steady shift from governance and risk into core protocol engineering, making him adept at translating regulatory constraints into robust technical designs. Trained in computer science at Boston College, he pairs academic fundamentals with practical, production-grade blockchain work.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Boston College
Chatham High School