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Thorne Melcher

Senior Software Engineer / CTO

Atlanta, GA

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Talented technologist and polymath with fifteen years of professional experience in the software industry, focused on web & mobile apps with a special interest in decentralization and AI. Began coding at age eight, with nearly three decades of software engineering experience. Co-founded smol farm, a creative and tech studio, that worked with people like Iron Chef Cat Cora.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 180,000 โ€“ 250,000

Skills

HTML / CSS / Tailwind10/10
React / React Native10/10
Solidity / Smart Contracts9/10
TypeScript / JavaScript9/10
EVM / Blockchain / dApps9/10
Technical Leadership / Project Management (9/10)AT Protocol / Bluesky (8/10)Node.js (8/10)Solidity (8/10)AI / LLM APIs / Fine-tuning (7/10)AWS / GCP / Vercel / Cloud Infrastructure (7/10)C# / .NET (7/10)JavaScript (7/10)Microservice Architecture / Message Queues (7/10)Redux (7/10)SQL / MongoDB / Redis (7/10)Swift / iOS / macOS (7/10)TypeScript (7/10)Electron (6/10)Unity / Godot (6/10)

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Asphodel

Jan 2025 โ€” Present

Maintaining a sophisticated system of over 300 smart contracts for one of the most acclaimed games in crypto, and contributing to the rest of the stack. Utilized ECS architecture to ensure the game scales well and is maintainable.

CTO

Smol Farm

Jan 2022 โ€” Present

Co-founded this creative and tech studio that does contracts with third parties and releases its own projects. Hands-on development for 40+ projects, including work with Iron Chef Cat Cora.

Senior Protocol Engineer

Sona/Sonu

Jan 2022 โ€” Jan 2023

Wrote all Solidity smart contracts for an on-chain streaming protocol designed to bring transparency to music money distribution on-chain, and to sell collectible music NFTs. Company ran out of runway during the crypto crash.

Senior Software Engineer

Travelers

Jan 2020 โ€” Jan 2021

Rebuilt UI elements and payment systems for one of the world's largest insurance corporations. Brought systems up to new PCI compliance standards.

CTO

CrowdMed

Jan 2017 โ€” Jan 2020

Oversaw the tech and operations of this Y Combinator-backed healthcare startup. Partnered with Chasing the Cure, a major TV program hosted by Ann Curry, and assisted with the data side of the show.

CTO

Batteries.com

Jan 2016 โ€” Jan 2017

Joined as the company was losing business to Amazon. Developed a battery subscription box concept. Company eventually went bankrupt due to e-commerce challenges.