Working as a Hands-on CTO and Team Lead, for now, several years. Through Agile Scrum, I have managed teams of 9 to 20 engineers for projects in different areas. I have been involved in some Blockchain projects for the last 2 years, I am passionate about the technology and I am keen to understand how we can power more businesses by using Blockchain and Web3. The main stack I work with is Javascript (NodeJS, ReactJS, NextJS), AWS, and Solidity.

Julien Atanasyan

Working as a Hands-on CTO and Team Lead, for now, several years. Through Agile Scrum, I have managed teams of 9 to 20 engineers for projects in different areas. I have been involved in some Blockchain projects for the last 2 years, I am passionate about the technology and I am keen to understand how we can power more businesses by using Blockchain and Web3. The main stack I work with is Javascript (NodeJS, ReactJS, NextJS), AWS, and Solidity.

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Working as a Hands-on CTO and Team Lead, for now, several years.
Through Agile Scrum, I have managed teams of 9 to 20 engineers for projects in different areas.

I have been involved in some Blockchain projects for the last 2 years, I am passionate about the technology and I am keen to understand how we can power more businesses by using Blockchain and Web3.

The main stack I work with is Javascript (NodeJS, ReactJS, NextJS), AWS, and Solidity.

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Language

French
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Work Experience

Technical Lead - Web3, GameFi, DAO at Lizard Labs
June 1, 2023 - Present
Technical Lead overseeing a team of 7 across multiple Web3, GameFi and DAO projects. Implemented infra and DevOps on AWS, led sprint planning, code reviews and development. Drove the Battle in the Beyond MVP launch within 4 months. Led onboarding features (ImmutableX/Immutable Passport) and contributed to frontend (ReactJS/NextJS/ChakraUI) and backend (Node/NestJS, BullMQ, SQS). Established CI/CD via GitHub Actions and AWS infrastructure (DocumentDB, Redis, KMS, Cognito).
Lead Developer - Web3, DeFi, GameFi, DAO at Slingshot DAO
September 1, 2024 - October 6, 2025
Joined before launch to help complete development and deployment of remaining items, including smart contracts, frontend and backend. After launch, assisted in hiring and iterating platform features.
Founder / Developer at Dropnaut
December 1, 2022 - Present
Development of Dropnaut, a whitelabel NFT platform allowing artists to create drops. Frontend and backend built with TypeScript, NextJS, ReactJS, ethers.js and ExpressJS. Smart contracts on Ethereum and Polygon (ERC721, ERC721A, ERC1155) with authentication via ERC1271 and multi-face proxy via ERC2535. Integrated OpenZeppelin libraries and minted NFTs.
Head Of Engineering at VereNFT
December 1, 2022 - October 6, 2025
Led engineering for white-label NFT marketplaces, defining platform architecture and coordinating cross-functional teams. Managed deployment with Docker and Kubernetes on EKS, Terraform for infra, wallet integration with Metamask, and smart contracts. Tech stack included ReactJS/NodeJS/TypeScript with AWS services (EKS, RDS/Postgres, Redis) and MongoDB/DynamoDB; monitoring with Elasticsearch, Sentry, GA.
Hands-on CTO at Newcross Healthcare
September 1, 2021 - October 6, 2025
Hands-on CTO responsible for platform architecture and microservices on AWS. Built mobile app with React Native and libraries in Swift/Java; web app with ReactJS/Redux; backend in NodeJS/Fastify. Led technical requirements, architecture decisions, code reviews, and testing strategy (Unit, Integration, End-to-End).
Lead iOS and Apple TV Developer at Delta Tre Media
March 1, 2017 - October 6, 2025
Led iOS and Apple TV development for a TV app, handled architecture design and REST API integration, and contributed to core data and UI.
CTO and Co-founder at Asteria Cleaners
November 1, 2016 - October 6, 2025
Co-founded a cloud-based service for online dry cleaning. Tech lead for full-stack platform with REST backend, mobile and web frontend, hosted on AWS with EC2, JBO SS, and MongoDB. Frontend with AngularJS and Zend Framework 2; mobile apps with React-Native, Swift iOS, and Android; Google Maps SDKs and analytics.
Full-Stack Developer at Orange France
December 1, 2012 - October 6, 2025
Full-stack development focusing on web and mobile solutions; contributed to research and implementation of new web projects across web and mobile platforms.

Education

DUT Informatique at IUT Nice
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2009
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Computing at Napier University, Edinburgh
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2011

Qualifications

Squared Online Digital Marketing course
September 1, 2014 - October 6, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
September 1, 2015 - April 1, 2016
Agile Project Management Foundation & Practitioner Certification
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2011

Industry Experience

Gaming, Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services

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