Vecheslav Druzhbin is a software engineer and blockchain architect with 10 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems in Rust and TypeScript from Portugal. He has led engineering efforts for Web3 identity, lending and NFT platforms—designing DID-based, privacy-preserving credential systems on Solana and architecting high-load microservices on Substrate/Polkadot. A hands-on leader, he’s delivered end-to-end solutions including smart contracts, backend auction logic for Metaplex, and SSO/DID identity services combined with face recognition and signer hardware integration. Comfortable from protocol-level Rust to TypeScript APIs and Kubernetes deployments, he focuses on reliable, decentralized architectures and pragmatic security-by-design. Notably, his contributions to Metaplex’s auction module show a knack for refining complex marketplace logic and shipping well-tested backend features.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Science
Information systems and programming, Information systems and programming at Higher College of Informatics NSU
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
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Back-end Developer
Contributions:2 reviews, 8 commits, 2 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Vecheslav primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the Metaplex project, focusing on the auction module. Their work involved implementing and refining features related to auction mechanics, including instant sales and bid management. Key contributions include adding support for auction names, refining the logic for instant sales, and ensuring correct behavior in various auction scenarios through comprehensive testing. The user also made adjustments to the CLI to accommodate new auction features.
Contributions:170 commits, 132 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
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