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Manan

Manan

Summary

DeFi-focused builder and creator who's built an IDO platform, staking dashboard, multi-chain yield aggregator, a cryptozombies-like coding school apart from the several mini-hacks. Also experienced in a product role to drive adoption for a developer-focused product. In my previous life, used to be a coding focused content creator with a community on Instagram and Youtube.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Lead

Stackr Labs
02.2024 - 04.2024
  • Discovered and prioritized use-cases for the Stackr SDK.
  • Wrote detailed articles about the possible use-cases of the Stackr SDK.
  • Worked with developers to help build them with the Stackr SDK.
  • Led the weekly worldview call where I got the rest of the team upto speed with the latest in the crypto ecosystem.

Co-Founder & CTO

YieldBay
11.2021 - 01.2024
  • Built Zapper-like product for the Polkadot Ecosystem, aggregating data over 300+ yield farms.
  • Acquired and delivered grants over $400k+ from the Polkadot Treasury.
  • Led the experiments division to build out side-quests like a cross-chain auto-compounder.

Smart Contracts Engineer

Instaraise
08.2021 - 10.2021

Wrote and managed SmartPy smart contracts for an IDO platform on Tezos.


Product Engineer

Buidl Labs
03.2021 - 09.2021

- Solo-engineer on the team to build out ChurroFi (now churrito.fi)

- Built and wrote all the services (APIs, chain indexer, etc) to run a one-stop staking solution for the Celo Ecosystem. Also wrote the frontend.

Narrative Design Technologist

Buidl Labs
08.2020 - 03.2021
  • Wrote a cryptozombie-esque course about how to build dApps on Tezos.
  • Developed backend services to track the users' progress across the course.
  • Built detailed Amplitude dashboards to track user behavior.
  • Wrote a singificant chunk of the frontend code editor for the course experience.

Tech Lead

CovidFYI
02.2020 - 05.2020

Initially built, and then managed 5+ developers working on a resource directory platform that was used as a coordination hub during the Covid crisis by 50k+ people at its peak.

Education

B.Tech. Comp Sci -

Bennett University
Greater Noida, India
05.2024

Skills

  • Product Research Ideation
  • Software development across the stack (Frontend Backend Smart Contracts)
  • Project Management
  • DeFi Know-How (Technical Ecosystem)
  • Creating solid content, both technical and ideological

Timeline

Product Lead

Stackr Labs
02.2024 - 04.2024

Co-Founder & CTO

YieldBay
11.2021 - 01.2024

Smart Contracts Engineer

Instaraise
08.2021 - 10.2021

Product Engineer

Buidl Labs
03.2021 - 09.2021

Narrative Design Technologist

Buidl Labs
08.2020 - 03.2021

Tech Lead

CovidFYI
02.2020 - 05.2020

B.Tech. Comp Sci -

Bennett University
Manan