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Luiz Fernando

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Wallets, on-ramps, DEXs, and protocol-adjacent product work across Stellar, NEAR, Fuel, and EOS

Brazil, Remote

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Professional Summary

I am a senior full-stack engineer with more than 12 years shipping production software, including wallets, remittance rails, decentralized exchanges, and encrypted messaging. I work close to the product surface and the chain: TypeScript clients, Node and Go services, and Rust smart contracts when the job needs them.

Recently I have shipped Coinbase onboarding, MoneyGram USDC ramps on Stellar, the Fuel wallet and TypeScript SDK, and Jump Finance on NEAR. I am looking for crypto and web3 teams that need someone who can own a flow from wallet connect to a confirmed transaction.

Most recent role: Senior Software Engineer at Coinbase. I am targeting crypto, wallet, and protocol product teams.

Core Skills

Wallets and product surfaces

React, React Native, TypeScript, GraphQL, Storybook, wallet connection, swaps, onboarding, and compliance-aware user states

Protocols and contracts

Rust, Soroban, Stellar, NEAR, Fuel, Solidity, EOS JS, smart contracts, and TypeScript SDKs for node interaction

Money movement

USDC on-ramp and off-ramp, remittance flows, DEX trading UX, transactional edge cases, and integration across services

Delivery

Claude, Cursor, and Codex from spec to production. Playwright, Jest, pair programming, and clear ownership in distributed teams

Selected systems

Professional Experience

Senior Software EngineerCoinbase

Jul 2025 to Jul 2026

Remote

  • Used a full AI workflow with Claude, Cursor, and Codex from discovery to production, including requirement shaping, spec drafting, implementation, review, and release readiness.
  • Made targeted backend adjustments with an AI assistant to help the team diagnose issues faster and unblock delivery.
  • Improved onboarding conversion by designing and shipping new pages and UX upgrades in onboarding flows that had been largely untouched for more than five years.
  • Owned and maintained critical onboarding journeys from sign-in through post sign-in, including identity, compliance, and policy-driven user states.
  • Built and scaled Storybook-based Unified Onboarding documentation and scenario coverage, with reusable stories for success, error, regional, and compliance variants to reduce regressions and speed delivery.

Senior Software EngineerCheesecake Labs

Jul 2024 to Jul 2025

Remote

  • Built full-stack fintech and blockchain features for the MoneyGram non-custodial wallet ecosystem serving remittance and digital asset use cases.
  • Delivered USDC on-ramp and off-ramp experiences on Stellar, covering transactional flows, edge cases, and integration touchpoints across services.
  • Researched onboarding and account workflows using Rust and Soroban to evaluate secure and scalable alternatives for future platform capabilities.
  • Coached engineers through pair and mob programming sessions and collaborated with senior stakeholders on roadmap priorities and implementation sequencing.

Senior Software EngineerFuel Labs

Sep 2022 to Dec 2022

Remote

  • Contributed to the Fuel open-source wallet using React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Playwright, and Jest in a fast-moving developer tooling environment.
  • Enhanced Fuel UI design system components and improved consistency across wallet flows and shared interaction patterns.
  • Improved the Fuel TypeScript SDK usability for blockchain node interactions, making integration paths clearer for external developers.
  • Strengthened test reliability and code quality through better automated coverage and maintainable architecture decisions.

Staff Software EngineerHack-a-Chain

Apr 2022 to Sep 2022

Remote

  • Spearheaded development of Jump Finance, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on the NEAR blockchain.
  • Built React-based trading interfaces with clear UX for wallet connection, swaps, and transaction feedback.
  • Implemented Node.js backend services and Rust smart contracts to support secure and efficient transaction processing.
  • Led estimation, prioritization, and cross-team communication between product managers and engineers to keep delivery on track.

Senior Software EngineerPopstand

Sep 2018 to Jan 2020

Remote

  • Built Sense Chat, a blockchain-based messaging app with React Native, WebRTC, EOS JS, and TypeScript.
  • Implemented secure messaging with elliptic-curve encryption to protect privacy and user communications.
  • Designed and shipped communication features for a decentralized context with strong reliability requirements.
  • Balanced product speed and security concerns while iterating on user-facing chat experiences.

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science

UNIBTA, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2016 to 2020

Resume updated September 2026

Luiz FernandoSenior Full-Stack Software EngineerUpdated September 2026

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Projects

Open-source work on Stellar and Solana.