Zachary Belford
Founder at Independent Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolZachary Belford is a founder and seasoned software engineer with 13 years building developer-facing products and infrastructure in the blockchain and web ecosystem from Vancouver. He founded OpenRPC to standardize JSON-RPC interfaces and has led engineering work at ConsenSys/MetaMask—shipping network architecture changes, public API processes, and interactive docs—while contributing test and UI improvements to the widely used MetaMask repos. As an independent consultant and technical lead he has guided startups, architected full-stack platforms, and implemented robust CI/CD and end-to-end testing suites. Known for a taste for elegant, simple solutions and relentless efficiency, he treats negative feedback as free education and thrives collaborating with passionate experts.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, BSc Computer Science at The University of Lethbridge
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
javascript10
testing10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
webextension10
react10
test-automation10
props9
prop9
typescripts8
typescript-types8
typescript8
chrome8
daap7
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
MetaMask/core
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
This monorepo is a collection of packages used across multiple MetaMask clients
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:225 reviews, 84 commits, 95 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Zachary focused on improving the test suite for the MetaMask core repository. Their commits involved fixing existing tests to ensure deterministic behavior, refactoring tests for improved maintainability, and updating tests for specific controllers, such as the PhishingController, TokenListController, and NftDetectionController. The changes primarily addressed test logic and configurations to enhance the reliability and stability of the test environment.
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MetaMask/metamask-extension
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
:globe_with_meridians: :electric_plug: The MetaMask browser extension enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:143 reviews, 39 commits, 38 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the MetaMask extension's user interface by modifying existing components and addressing prop type errors. They made changes to asset display options, the update nickname popover, and transaction decoding components. Furthermore, the user addressed issues in the first-time flow, settings, and home pages, and made linting fixes.
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