Nikone Bounyavong

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Dynamic Senior Backend Engineer with over 8 years of expertise in blockchain integrations and wallet infrastructure.

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Dynamic Senior Backend Engineer with over 8 years of expertise in blockchain integrations and wallet infrastructure. Proven track record in designing and deploying scalable backend solutions that support multi-chain ecosystems and high-performance applications. Notable achievements include enhancing campaign targeting accuracy by over 30% and successfully managing airdrop distributions to 50,000+ wallets. Committed to driving innovation and ensuring robust security in decentralized systems, poised to deliver exceptional value to any organization aiming to leverage blockchain technology.

  • 10 years' experience

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Gaming
  • Financial Services
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 7 roles

Senior Blockchain Backend Lead · Toptal, NYMay 2023 – Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Spearheaded backend protocol engineering for a Bitcoin-fork private network PoC, establishing validator infrastructure and RPC services for internal and partner testing; provided snapshot-based airdrop distribution logic for a USD Stable-asset program; led security reviews across product, DevOps, and external stakeholders, reducing release cycle rework by ~25% via threat modeling and checklists.

Senior Blockchain / Backend Engineer · Toptal, NYMar 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

Designed gas-efficient NFT auction contracts reducing transaction costs by 35-50% through storage/event optimization and call data minimization; standardized deployment runbooks and audit-ready documentation across client teams.

Senior Backend Engineer · IT 360Apr 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

Architected an Azure-hosted project management platform with EF Core APIs; delivered Django-based survey platforms supporting over 500,000 users; launched bulk email delivery capabilities with monitoring and bounce handling to improve campaign observability and reduce failure rates.

Senior Backend / Systems Engineer · RevBits, NYAug 2018 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos
Co-Founder & Chief Engineer · Pengolin Coin / PGOAug 2018 – May 2024 · 5 yrs 10 mos
CTO / Senior Backend Engineer · ORO MLMNVO (Crypto-Financial Products)Apr 2018 – May 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos
Independent Backend Engineer · Self-employedFeb 2015 – Jul 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Education

Bachelor's Degree · National University of Laos2010 – 2014

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