Tyson Battistella
Was And Still Am at ZORA
United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolTyson Battistella is a software engineer with 11 years of experience focused on blockchain and web engineering, currently contributing at ZORA. He has hands-on experience building and refactoring Solidity smart contracts—most notably improving ERC721 drop contracts used by Zora’s drop infrastructure. His background includes product-facing engineering roles at Coinbase and frontend work at Telmediq, giving him fluency across backend systems, smart contract development, and client-side integration. Tyson pairs formal training in software engineering and deep learning foundations with practical open-source contributions, demonstrating both theoretical depth and production-grade delivery. Colleagues describe him as persistent and adaptable—evident from varied roles and creative job titles at ZORA that reflect a willingness to tackle unconventional problems. He lives and works in the United States and maintains a concise portfolio at https://tbts.tl.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSeng, Computer Software Engineering, BSeng, Computer Software Engineering at University of VictoriaNanodegree, Deep Learning Foundations, Nanodegree, Deep Learning Foundations at UdacityThompson Rivers University
Github Skills (9)
smart-contracts10
solidity10
erc72110
blockchain9
deployer9
script9
openzeppelin8
testing8
hardhat7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ourzora/zora-721-contracts
Apr 2022 - Jun 2022
Zora drops contracts (powers create.zora.co)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:24 reviews, 27 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Tyson primarily contributed to the smart contracts within the repository. Their work involved modifying and refactoring solidity code, specifically within the ERC721Drop and related test files. The user deployed and adjusted the drop and associated metadata contract as well as deploying a proxy. This included fixing and upgrading functionality for token minting.
zoraethereumdropspowerscontracts
tbtstl/DISARRAY
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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