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Ishaaq Ziyan

Developer Relations Engineer & Technical Marketer

๐Ÿ“ Remote (Sri Lanka)

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Web3 Developer Relations Engineer and Technical Marketer with experience at Reef Finance, DFINITY, and Binance. Specializes in developer experience, content marketing, and technical writing. Skilled in Rust, Solidity, and Motoko. Hackathon winner and DevRel Uni graduate with a background in blockchain ecosystems and growth marketing.

Skills

Developer Relations10/10
Content Marketing9/10
Technical Writing8/10
Rust8/10
Growth Marketing8/10
Web3/Blockchain (8/10)WebAssembly (Wasm) (6/10)Docker (6/10)Docusaurus (6/10)Google Analytics (6/10)Node Infrastructure (6/10)Smart Contracts (6/10)Solidity (6/10)Adobe Illustrator (6/10)JavaScript (6/10)Motoko (6/10)Golang (5/10)Firebase (5/10)CircleCI (5/10)AWS (5/10)

Work Experience

Fractional Developer Relations Engineer

Reef Finance

Jan 2026 โ€” Present

Established developer marketing initiatives, owning the entire developer experience lifecycle as part of the project's mainstream infrastructure upgrade, Deep Current. Co-contributor for developer documentation and technical blogs. Shipped 7x technical blogs and 2x technical video explainers as part of technical education initiatives.

Technical Marketer

DFINITY Stiftung

Jan 2024 โ€” Jul 2025

Led global expansion of ICP Pulse, a 5-day weekly newsletter for the Internet Computer, achieving 26% reader engagement growth, 12K+ users, 300% YoY organic growth, and 2M+ impressions. Designed infographics and videos using Canva, Adobe Illustrator, and DaVinci Resolve. Developed a prototype for grantee status checks and reviewed 5+ grants for the developer grants program.

Content Marketer

Binance

Feb 2023 โ€” Jan 2026

Founded ICP Pulse on Binance Square, reaching 16K+ exchange users daily with technical analysis and ecosystem updates. Delivered 4 newsletter seasons totaling 2M+ impressions YTD. Published sponsored content through Binance's CreatorPad program.

Researcher

Crypto.com

May 2022 โ€” Feb 2023

Conducted in-depth research on major crypto projects such as Algorand and Galxe, producing technical articles for a global audience of 80M users. Supported the exchange's Research Wizard Program by evaluating emerging protocols and market narratives.

Web3 Engineer & Advocate

Freelancer

Aug 2021 โ€” Present

Built content marketing funnels for WorkInCrypto, educating 3K+ LinkedIn subscribers on on-chain trends, VC activity, and web3 recruitment. Developed the Great Crypto VC Job Board aggregating 30+ Crypto VC job portals. Managed node infrastructure for blockchain testnets for Aptos, Sui, Aleo, and Ironfish Network. Won 3x Gitcoin hackathons and 2 curated web3 bounties.

Education

London Metropolitan University

BEng (Hons) ยท Computer Networking and Cloud Security

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

BSc (Hons) ยท Information Technology

DevRel Uni

Developer Relations