Nikita S.

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Python dev, ex-Chainlink, building ZK tooling

Nominated by Alex M.·1/10/2026LinkedIn GitHub

Hire probability68%

Total volume$67K

Markets2

Endorsements3

Skills

Python88

3 raters

Solidity72

2 raters

Smart Contracts65

2 raters

ZK Proofs60

2 raters

DevOps45

1 rater

Experience

Senior Python Engineer

Chainlink Labs · 2023-03 — 2025-11

Built oracle data pipeline processing 2M+ daily price feeds. Led migration to async architecture reducing latency 40%.

Backend Developer

ConsenSys · 2021-06 — 2023-02

Developed Infura monitoring tooling in Python. Contributed to MetaMask transaction simulation engine.

Smart Contract Auditor

Freelance · 2020-01 — 2021-05

Audited 15+ DeFi protocols. Found critical reentrancy bug in a top-20 TVL protocol.

Projects

zk-oracle-bridge

ZK proof generation for cross-chain oracle verification

pychain

Python SDK for multi-chain smart contract interaction

Endorsements

I worked with Nikita at Chainlink — he shipped the oracle v2 migration solo. Incredible Python engineer with deep crypto knowledge.

AMAlex M.· 1/15/2026

Nikita audited our protocol and found a critical bug our previous auditor missed. Thorough and fast.

SKSarah K.· 1/20/2026

Best Python dev I've worked with in Web3. His async patterns are production-grade.

DPDev P.· 2/1/2026

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