Owais Iqbal

Senior Software Engineer | Solana Blockchain & Product Delivery

📍 Karachi, Pakistan

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Solana Sandstorm Hackathon 2023 Winner & Renaissance Hackathon Winner (Games Track). Senior Software Engineer with 4 years specializing in Solana blockchain development, product delivery, and technical leadership. Core contributor to Honeycomb Protocol. Led delivery for clients backed by a16z, Polychain, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures — collectively raising $28M+. Currently building TU Protocol — on-chain trust infrastructure for Solana.

Work Preferences

Salary

USD 80,000 – 200,000

Skills

Solana10/10

Smart Contracts / On-chain Programs9/10

TypeScript9/10

Anchor Framework9/10

Rust9/10

Light Protocol / Compressed Accounts (8/10)Metaplex / Bubblegum / MPL Core (8/10)Blockchain Indexing / Yellowstone gRPC (8/10)Node.js (8/10)GraphQL (8/10)JavaScript (8/10)SPL Tokens / Token Extensions (8/10)Technical Program Management (8/10)SDK Development (8/10)Security Audit Coordination (8/10)Unity (C# / Solana Integration) (7/10)Docker / CI/CD / GitHub Actions (7/10)NestJS / Express (7/10)PostgreSQL (7/10)React / Next.js (7/10)

Work Experience

Co-Founder & Builder

TU Protocol

Jan 2026 — Present

On-chain trust and reputation protocol for Solana — wallet scoring, rug-pull detection, creator reputation, and holder distribution analysis. Co-ideated protocol and authored whitepaper; built Trust Explorer. Architected blockchain indexer processing 2+ months of historical pump.fun transactions via Solana gRPC. Competing in pump.fun BIP Hackathon (100+ teams, 12 selected for $250K funding each).

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Program Manager

Tumi Labs → Honeycomb Protocol (via Ashtar Global Solutions)

Mar 2022 — Dec 2025

Grew from Solana developer to technical leadership across protocol engineering, client delivery, and program management. Managed up to 3–4 client projects simultaneously with a team of up to 8 engineers. Led delivery for venture-backed clients in DeFi, RWA, AI, and gaming ($28M+ collectively raised). Built Honeycomb Protocol gaming infrastructure, 3 SDKs, GraphQL Edge Client, 5+ on-chain programs, and contributed to official Solana Unity SDK. Managed 15+ game studio integrations. Also led delivery of GameShift (acquired from Solana Labs) and multiple client projects including Holoworld AI, KEK, Oro Gold, ZAR, and others.

Full-Stack Developer

Sidat Technologies

Jan 2022 — Dec 2022

Delivered Zia Medical Center Lab Test Booking Platform (UAE): User App, Rider App, Admin Panel. Built Netflix-style content streaming platform.

Full-Stack Developer

Expertizo (OUTLIER)

Jan 2022 — Dec 2022

Redesigned frontend architecture for online education platform.

Education

Federal Urdu University, Karachi

BS · International Relations

2021 – 2024

Saylani Mass IT Training Program

Certificate · Web & App Development

2021 – 2021