Fernando Rodriguez Hervias
Available to hire
Software engineer with 9 years of software engineering experience and 5 years in blockchain, specializing in full-stack DeFi engineering. Builds end-to-end backends and custom indexers for high-throughput real-time on-chain data services using PostgreSQL with TypeScript or Rust, paired with Next.js/React frontends.
Works across both protocol and application layers, including high-performance MEV searcher systems, LST/vault integrations, and governance interfaces. Has shipped production systems for MEV searchers, indexers, on-chain execution components, governance platforms, and NFT marketplaces.
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Work Experience
MEV arbitrage bot developer
September 1, 2025 - May 1, 2026Built an atomic MEV arbitrage searcher on Base in Rust using off-chain cycle discovery (BFS). Detects profitable paths in under a millisecond by mirroring Uniswap math and tick-offs-chain; supports v2/v3/v4 and competitor venues. Uses Flashbots and deploys a Base Reth node on AWS to accelerate simulations.
Senior Software Engineer at Hydrogen Labs
May 1, 2024 - PresentLead developer on Monad-related LST and vault work (e.g., Magma and Rove r), designing and shipping an ERC-7540 asynchronous vault integrating Monad staking precompile and an LidoV3-style vault. Built MEV client design research, evaluated PB S-style approaches and JIT off-chain bundle auctions with revert protection. Implemented the Envio indexer and PostgreSQL/TypeScript backend to ingest 10M+ on-chain events and serve leaderboard/referral/partner integrations; shipped frontend in Next.js/React/Wagmi.
Senior Full Stack Engineer at Hydrogen Labs
May 1, 2024 - PresentLed development of Magma on Monad LST (staking precompile integration) and Rover; shipped v1/v2 contracts; designed MEV-focused client logic; enabled 10M+ on-chain events in near real-time using Envio, PostgreSQL, and TypeScript.
Senior Software Engineer at Agora
November 1, 2023 - April 30, 2024Built Optimism’s governance UI—the canonical voting interface for on-chain governance—using Next.js, React, and PostgreSQL.
Founder at Pra gmaLayer
August 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025Founded a Web3 studio across DeFi, NFTs, and developer tools. Notable engagements include fxhash (website + $FXH token and artworks on Hasura/PostgreSQL/Next.js/React), Coinbase (UX research for Coinbase Developer Platform), Delo re an Exchange (implemented APY indexing for competitor protocols), and ManapuaFace (shipped a 10,000 NFT collection with Merkle allowlist phased mint, per-wallet mint caps, and on-chain provenance hash).
Founder at PragmaLayer
August 1, 2023 - July 31, 2025Founded a Web3 studio working across DeFi, NFTs, and developer tools; shipped token deployments and tooling for the space; led design and product direction.
Hackathon participant at ETHGlobal Lisbon
May 1, 2023 - PresentBuilt a transparent public-good dApp integrating Worldcoin proof-of-personhood (Filecoin/FVM storage), The Graph indexing, and Polygon account abstraction.
Hackathon participant at ETHDenver
March 1, 2023 - PresentBuilt Royalty Loyalty, a proposed ERC-2981 extension defining standardized royalty payment events and an on-chain payment hook. Shipped a reference NFT marketplace deployed via CREATE3 across 6 EVM testnets, a subgraph for indexing royalty events, and a creator dashboard with Lens integration.
Founder at Open Beats
October 1, 2022 - July 1, 2023Built OpenBeats ERC-1155 smart contracts where every playlist is a tokenized asset, with 100% unit test coverage in Foundry. Shipped a Spotify-style media player across web (React/Next.js), desktop (Electron), and iOS/Android (Capacitor) with a backend integrating the YouTube API.
Founder at OpenBeats
October 1, 2022 - July 31, 2023Established an NFT/Music tech project; shipped an ERC-1155 smart-contract-based asset set; delivered a Spotify-like music player across web/desktop/mobile with backend integration.
Founder at RentalPlus
May 1, 2019 - May 31, 2022Bootstrapped a Spanish car rental business to €3M annual revenue; scaled to 2,000 customers across 75 offices with a 50-vehicle fleet; built end-to-end MERN stack with payments integration.
CTO at Ocasio n Plus
July 1, 2018 - May 1, 2022Migrated the legacy PHP website to a MongoDB/Express/React/Next.js/Node.js stack while serving ~2.5M visits/month eight years later. Scaled to ~€1B revenue and 1,700 employees. Led a 10-person technical team across frontend/backend/infrastructure; brought third-party services in-house on AWS (ECS/EC2/S3) reducing technical debt and improving backend media API response times to under 200ms.
CTO at Occasion Plus
July 1, 2018 - May 31, 2022Migrated legacy PHP site to MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js); scaled to millions of visits; built a MERN-based booking and pricing engine; led a 10-person team.
Education
Master of Laws at UNED
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019Web Development Master at Ironhack
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017Double Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Law at IADE
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2018Master of Laws (LL.M.) at UNED, Madrid, Spain
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019Web Development Master at Ironhack, Madrid, Spain
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017Double Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Law at ICAD E, Madrid, Spain
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2018Qualifications
Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other, Financial Services, Gaming
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