Yuri Tkachenko is a Head of DeFi Engineering based in Porto with 13 years of software experience and over a decade as a full‑stack developer, now leading Lido V3 development and DeFi engineering efforts. He combines deep e‑commerce and web architecture roots with recent protocol-level smart contract expertise, having improved CI/CD, testing suites (Hardhat, Foundry) and security tooling (Solhint, Slither) for production blockchain systems. Previously he modernized Songsterr’s platform—migrating legacy APIs, building microservices for audio rendering, and architecting anti‑fraud and subscription systems that materially boosted revenue and reduced fraud. An active open‑source contributor, he has refined PHP micro‑framework internals, tests and docs to improve developer experience. Yuri blends hands‑on development, team leadership and operational rigor to deliver reliable, auditable systems across web and blockchain domains.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Software Product Management, Information Technology Project Management, Software Product Management, Information Technology Project Management at Coursera
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Software Engineer, Computer Science, Engineer, Software Engineer, Computer Science, Engineer at South Russian State Technical University (Novocherkassk Polytechnic Institute)
Contributions:7 commits, 9 PRs, 23 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Yuri focused on improving the framework's internal structure and developer experience. Their contributions included correcting PHPDoc annotations for better IDE integration, adding and updating tests (specifically PHPUnit) to ensure code quality, and enhancing the documentation with relevant references and method organization. They also made minor refinements to the code, such as renaming and reordering sections for clarity.
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Yuri Tkachenko - Head Of DeFi Engineering at Lido Finance