William John Ridge
Senior Solidity Engineer
UK
GM! I'm a highly motivated solidity developer with more than four years of industry experience. I've lead and contributed to teams that have tackled some of the hardest problems in Crypto. Oh, and I also hold a PhD in monetary theory, which, who knows, might prove useful one day ;)
Work Preferences
Salary
USD 120,000
Skills
Work Experience
Onchain Team Lead
Wonderland
Mar 2025 — Present
As an onchain team lead at Wonderland, I am responsible for managing a high-performing team of solidity developers to produce robust and secure smart contracts for our clients. In particular, I have worked with several internal and external teams to architect, build, and deploy smart contracts that solve novel and interesting problems. My focus as a team lead is to balance technical iteration, which increasingly involves leveraging LLMs, with developer mentorship to ensure that everyone is aligned to excel at the core strategic mission.
Backend Rollup Engineer
Clearpool Finance
Apr 2024 — Feb 2025
In my first role after completing my PhD, I worked as a solidity and back-end engineer at Clearpool Finance on their then forthcoming Ethereum L2. In this role I lead the team that developed and tested core onchain products, including a set of liquidity generation event (LGE) contracts, and a yield-bearing stablecoin. I also collaborated closely with third-party teams such as Layer Zero, Aerodrome, and Lido to help realise Clearpool's vision, and to align technical solutions with strategic goals.
Education
Melbourne University
Doctor of Philosophy · Philosophy
2021 – 2024
Monash University
Master of Arts · Philosophy
2018 – 2020
Monash University
Bachelor of Science · Statistics
2014 – 2018