Matteo Midena
Fullstack Engineer
📍 Italy
Fast, product-oriented developer with strong problem-solving skills and a proven ability to design and ship production-ready solutions quickly. Experienced in leveraging AI to scale output and make effective technical decisions, with 10+ hackathons shaping an autonomous, curious, and execution-driven approach.
Work Preferences
Salary
EUR 40,000
Skills
Work Experience
Co-Founder and Fullstack Engineer
Builders Garden
May 2024 — Present
Product studio focused on crafting consumer applications across crypto and emerging technologies. Built and shipped 20+ consumer mini apps across ecosystems like Farcaster, Base, and World. Took end-to-end ownership of 4 products, delivering scalable, production-ready applications from ideation to launch. Led development of Farville (Rise of Farms), a fully onchain game with ERC-1155 NFTs reaching 800+ daily active users and 2,800+ profiles created.
Self-Sovereign Specialist
Monokee
Nov 2022 — May 2024
Designed and integrated decentralized identity solutions into IAM products. Integrated systems with Cheqd, Polygon ID, and Microsoft Entra. Contributed to open-source identity standards (ToIP, Hyperledger). Implemented OpenID Connect flows for SPID/CIE.
Blockchain & Web3 Developer
Monokee
Jul 2022 — Aug 2022
Design and development of a smart contract suite for issuing, verifying and revoking Verifiable Credentials and NFTs. Developed a proof-of-concept integrating contracts with an internal walt.id SDK.
Laravel and PHP Backend Developer
Area32 srl
Jul 2021 — Aug 2021
Developed frontend and backend modules for a management system using Laravel, PHP, and SQL Server.
Web Developer
Area32 srl
Jul 2020 — Aug 2020
Developed frontend and backend modules for a management system using PHP and SQL Server.
Education
Padua University
BSc · Computer Science
2019 – 2022
ITTS Vito Volterra
Diploma · Informatica
2014 – 2019