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David Canillas Racero

Senior Solidity Software Developer

MΓ‘laga, Spain

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Senior software developer with 10 years of experience building in startups, looking forward to lead, design and develop Web3 products and dev tooling. Deep expertise in Solidity, DeFi protocols, smart contract security, and full-stack development across EVM chains since 2018.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 250,000 – 300,000

Skills

Solidity10/10
DeFi Protocol Development10/10
Hardhat / Truffle10/10
JavaScript10/10
TypeScript10/10
Foundry (10/10)Docker (10/10)Node.js (10/10)Smart Contract Security (10/10)Ethereum (10/10)Bash Scripting (10/10)Ethers.js / viem (10/10)DeFi Protocols (9/10)Smart Contracts Security (9/10)Web3.js (8/10)AWS / Google Cloud Platform (8/10)CI/CD Pipelines (8/10)Ethers.js (8/10)EVM Chains (8/10)GraphQL / The Graph (8/10)Kubernetes (8/10)MongoDB (8/10)PostgreSQL / MySQL (8/10)React (8/10)Google Cloud Platform (7/10)PostgreSQL (7/10)GraphQL (7/10)AWS (7/10)Bash (7/10)Python (6/10)Terraform (6/10)

Work Experience

Senior Smart Contracts Developer

CLOVIS - YEI.FINANCE

Oct 2025 β€” Present

Design specs for onchain finance primitives (bridge, lending markets, rebalancing, staking, revenue sharing mechanisms) based in cross-chain hub and spoke architecture. AI driven development of smart contracts, backends and frontends using Claude Code agents, Foundry, Bun, Typescript, React, Vite, and Hono.

Senior Smart Contracts Developer

CLOVIS - YEI.FINANCE

Oct 2025 β€” Present

Design specs for onchain finance primitives (bridge, lending markets, rebalancing, staking, revenue sharing) based on cross-chain hub and spoke architecture. AI-driven development of smart contracts, backends and frontends using Claude Code agents, Foundry, Bun, Typescript, React, Vite, Hono.

Senior Smart Contracts Developer

CLOVIS - YEI.FINANCE

Oct 2025 β€” Present

Design specs for onchain finance primitives (bridge, lending markets, rebalancing, staking, revenue sharing mechanisms) based in cross-chain hub and spoke architecture. AI driven development of smart contracts, backends and frontends using Claude Code agents, Foundry, Bun, Typescript, React, Vite, Hono.

Senior Smart Contracts Developer

ALTO

Aug 2024 β€” Jul 2025

Perform codebase refactors, develop and test Solidity contracts using Foundry and Claude Code for DeFi lending protocol with token options and advanced locking mechanism. Create tests with full coverage following BTT testing technique and fuzzing. Develop deployment scripts and perform devnet releases using Foundry and Catapulta.

Senior Smart Contracts Developer

ALTO

Aug 2024 β€” Jul 2025

Codebase refactors, develop and test Solidity contracts using Foundry and Claude Code for a DeFi lending protocol with token options and advanced locking mechanism. Created tests with full coverage using BTT testing technique and fuzzing, reducing audit findings from highs/criticals to few lows. Developed deployment scripts and performed devnet releases using Foundry and Catapulta.

Senior Smart Contracts Developer

ALTO

Aug 2024 β€” Jul 2025

Performed codebase refactors, developed and tested Solidity contracts using Foundry and Claude Code for a DeFi lending protocol. Created tests with full coverage using BTT testing technique and fuzzing. Developed deployment scripts and performed devnet releases.

Founder

CATAPULTA

Nov 2023 β€” Jul 2025

Designed, developed, launched and maintained Catapulta.sh, a developer tool allowing deployment and tracking of smart contracts on +20 EVM chains without gas, cryptocurrencies or RPC configs. Hired, coordinated and led a team of developers and non-tech staff.

Founder

CATAPULTA

Nov 2023 β€” Jul 2025

Design, develop, launch and maintain Catapulta.sh, a developer tool allowing deployment and tracking of smart contracts on +20 EVM chains without gas, cryptocurrencies and RPC configs, compatible with Foundry and Hardhat. Hire, coordinate and lead team of developers and non-tech staff.

Founder

CATAPULTA

Nov 2023 β€” Jul 2025

Designed, developed, launched and maintained Catapulta.sh, a developer tool allowing devs to deploy and track smart contracts across 20+ EVM chains without gas, cryptocurrencies or RPC configs, compatible with Foundry and Hardhat. Hired, coordinated and led a team of devs and non-tech people.

Founder

WEB3 OPS

Jul 2022 β€” Aug 2024

Web3 consulting agency providing Web3 expertise and Solidity development to multiple startups including Ethena, Aave DAO service providers and Reental in multi-chain environments. Developed Solidity smart contracts, tests and deployment scripts with Foundry.

Founder

WEB3 OPS

Jul 2022 β€” Aug 2024

Web3 consulting agency providing Web3 expertise and Solidity development to multiple startups including Ethena, Aave DAO service providers and Reental in multi-chain environments. Developed Solidity smart contracts, tests and deployment scripts with Foundry.

Founder

WEB3 OPS

Jul 2022 β€” Aug 2024

Web3 consulting agency providing Web3 expertise and Solidity development to multiple startups like Ethena, Aave DAO service providers and Reental in multi-chain environments. Develop Solidity smart contracts, tests and deployment scripts with Foundry.

Blockchain Senior Engineer I

AAVE

Aug 2020 β€” Apr 2023

Developed and maintained top DeFi protocol with Solidity smart contracts managing up to 22 billions USD of TVL. Performed critical multi-chain on-chain operations and deployments for Aave V2 and V3. Integrated smart contracts with frontend using React, Typescript, Ethers.js. Participated as speaker in meetups and workshops.

Blockchain Senior Engineer I

AAVE

Aug 2020 β€” Apr 2023

Developed and maintained a top DeFi protocol with Solidity smart contracts with up to $22B TVL, following maximum security standards. Performed critical Web3 multi-chain on-chain operations and deployments to expand Aave V2 and V3 to multiple networks. Integrated smart contracts within the frontend using React, TypeScript, Ethers.js. Participated as speaker in meetups and workshops.

Blockchain Senior Engineer I

AAVE

Aug 2020 β€” Apr 2023

Develop and maintain top DeFi protocol with Solidity smart contracts managing up to 22 billions USD TVL following maximum security standards. Perform critical Web3 multi-chain on-chain operations and deployments to expand Aave V2 and Aave V3 to multiple networks. Integrate smart contracts within frontend using React, Typescript, Ethers.js. Speaker in meetups and workshops.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

RAISE

Jun 2019 β€” Jul 2020

Developed and launched an ERC20 loan marketplace on Ethereum Mainnet compliant with KYC regulations. Analyzed, tested and developed secure smart contracts with Solidity, Truffle and Buidler. Integrated smart contracts within the frontend using React, TypeScript, Web3.js and GraphQL via The Graph. Mentored the team on blockchain development.

Blockchain Full Stack developer

RAISE

Jun 2019 β€” Jul 2020

Developed and launched ERC20 loan marketplace on Ethereum Mainnet with KYC compliance. Analyzed, tested and developed secure smart contracts with Solidity, Truffle and Buidler. Integrated smart contracts with frontend using React, Typescript, Web3.js, and GraphQL via The Graph. Mentored team on blockchain development.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

RAISE

Jun 2019 β€” Jul 2020

Develop and launch ERC20 loan marketplace on Ethereum Mainnet complying with KYC regulations. Analyze, test and develop secure smart contracts with Solidity, Truffle and Buidler. Integrate smart contracts within frontend using React, Typescript, Web3.js and GraphQL via The Graph. Mentored team on Blockchain development.

Full Stack Developer

BIGPYX

Mar 2019 β€” May 2019

Designed and built scalable cloud architecture with Kubernetes. Designed and developed a financial platform for private investments using MongoDB, NodeJS and Vue.js.

Full Stack developer

BIGPYX

Mar 2019 β€” May 2019

Designed and built scalable cloud architecture solution with Kubernetes. Designed and developed financial platform for private investments using MongoDB, NodeJS, and Vue.js.

Full Stack Developer

BIGPYX

Mar 2019 β€” May 2019

Design and build scalable cloud architecture solution with Kubernetes. Design and develop financial platform for private investments using MongoDB, NodeJS and Vue.js.

Blockchain Full Stack developer

PUZZLEGOLD SL

Sept 2018 β€” Mar 2019

Designed and developed secure smart contracts. Integrated smart contracts into frontend with React, Web3.js and Drizzle.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

PUZZLEGOLD SL

Sept 2018 β€” Mar 2019

Designed and developed secure smart contracts. Integrated smart contracts into frontend with React, Web3.js and Drizzle.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

PUZZLEGOLD SL

Sept 2018 β€” Mar 2019

Design and develop secure smart contracts. Integrate smart contracts into frontend with React, Web3.js and Drizzle.

Full Stack Developer

PALM TREE STATISTICS

Sept 2016 β€” Aug 2018

Responsible of software architecture, server infrastructure, backend/frontend implementation and maintenance of analytics platform for law cases in Denmark. Backend REST API with Node.js, Express, Kubernetes, Docker and MongoDB.

Full Stack Developer

PALM TREE STATISTICS

Sept 2016 β€” Aug 2018

Responsible for software architecture, server infrastructure, backend/frontend implementation and maintenance of an analytics platform for law cases in Denmark. Built backend REST API with Node.js, Express, Kubernetes, Docker and MongoDB.

Full Stack Developer

PALM TREE STATISTICS

Sept 2016 β€” Aug 2018

Responsible for software architecture, server infrastructure, backend/frontend implementation and maintenance of analytics platform for law cases in Denmark. Built backend REST API with Node.js, Express, Kubernetes, Docker, and MongoDB.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

ILAB1

Aug 2016 β€” Sept 2016

Designed and developed Web3 app prototype with Meteor, NodeJS, MongoDB, Chainpoint standard protocol and Bootstrap. Designed server architecture in Google Cloud Platform using Nginx, Docker and Mup.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

ILAB1

Aug 2016 β€” Sept 2016

Designed and developed Web3 app prototype with Meteor, NodeJS, MongoDB, Chainpoint standard protocol and Bootstrap. Designed server architecture in Google Cloud Platform using Nginx, Docker, and Mup.

Blockchain Full Stack Developer

ILAB1

Aug 2016 β€” Sept 2016

Designed and developed a Web3 app prototype using Meteor, NodeJS, MongoDB, Chainpoint standard protocol and Bootstrap. Designed server architecture on Google Cloud Platform using Nginx, Docker and Mup.

Web Developer

Freelance

Mar 2015 β€” Jan 2016

Develop web templates and web projects for online shops. Remote troubleshooting, hardening of Linux web servers, anti-spam services and firewalls.

Web Developer

Freelance

Mar 2015 β€” Jan 2016

Developed web templates and projects for online shops. Performed remote troubleshooting, hardening of Linux web servers, anti-spam services and firewalls.

Web Developer

Freelance

Mar 2015 β€” Jan 2016

Developed web templates and web projects for online shops. Remote troubleshooting, hardening of Linux web servers, anti-spam services and firewalls.

Education

ConsenSys Academy

Ethereum and Solidity Developer Program

2018 – 2018

IES Miguel Romero Estero

CFGS ASIR Β· Higher Technician in Computer Network Systems Management

2013 – 2015

IES Mare Nostrum

CFGM EEC Β· Technician in Consumer Electronics Equipment

2011 – 2013