Lukasz Czabocko

Supporting hiring during an organisational transition at the builder of zkSync (Ethereum L2) and Prividium. Introduced WHO structured interviewing methodology with scorecard-based interviews. Worked with Legal team on AI Notetaker compliance guide. Covered roles including Product Marketing Manager, Partner Engineer (Rust), Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer, Protocol Security Engineer, General Counsel, and DevOps Engineer.

Joined as Recruitment Advisor for DeFi cross-chain liquidity layer (Clovis) on Sei. Closed two founding engineering hires (ex-Aave Smart Contracts Engineer and former CTO of Venus Protocol). Moved into Talent & Ops Lead role; wrote company's first HR policy suite, built hiring workflows, wrote Onboarding Book, set up Ashby ATS from scratch, and handled a full entity change including employment agreements and NDAs.

First Talent hire at cross-chain money market built on Pyth and Wormhole ($6.5M raised). Built recruitment function from scratch. Saved $400,000 by replacing external agencies with in-house hiring. Scaled team from 5 to 25 in under 8 months across Backend (Rust/Node.js), Smart Contracts (Solidity, Rust/Anchor), Product, BD, Legal, Ops, and Growth. Hired talent from ConsenSys, Lido, Enjin, Venus Protocol, and Sei Labs.

Advised CEO, CTO, and CFO on hiring strategy and HR setup.

Senior and staff-level hiring for dYdX, Circle, Pump.fun, Rainbow Wallet, Eco, and other Web3 teams across USA, Canada, EMEA, and Asia. Worked with the Hirechain platform.

Crypto trading platform focused on ML and algorithmic execution. Moved company off agency recruiting to in-house model. Grew headcount from 20 to 60, supporting product delivery and Apple App Store launch. Implemented ATS workflows reducing time-to-fill by 50%. Hired across Backend, Frontend, ML, MLOps, DevOps, C++/QT, iOS, BD, Finance, and Operations.

End-to-end recruitment across USA, UK, and EMEA for Goldman Sachs, Citi, UBS, Samsung, RBS, and Huawei. Focused on senior tech and finance, compliance, and customer-facing hires in digital banking, trading platforms, and enterprise software. Mentored junior recruiters.