Aku Alatao
Blockchain/Software Engineer--
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SUMMARY
Aku is a highly-skilled, self-motivated and task-driven professional with 10 years of
experiences in DBMS, Desktop software and Back-End/Front-End development, and 4 years of
experiences in blockchain development in the sphere of EVM, Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, Aptos
and Sui blockchains.
He maintains good relationships with team members and leads the team atmosphere in a global
team of diverse cultures. (be flexible with work time zone) He is always sensitive to new
technologies and is not afraid to learn new technology, ignoring all experiences for better
solutions.
EDUCATION
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
Hong Kong | April 2009 - March 2013
Faculty of Engineering
WORK HISTORY
Upwork, PPH | Freelancing Software Engineer
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Meeiro Finance | Rust/Move Engineer
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Remote, Canada | Dec 2023 - Jun 2024
Developed the dashboard application with functionalities including analysis gRPC
streaming data on Solana transactions and store them into ClickHouse. (Kevin Taylor
working at Peiko, -)
Developed the Solana meme coin sniper bots for the clients.
Developed the desktop financial application in Qt using PostgreSQL and the Weekly
Trading Analysis application on Hotel management for the client in UK.
Forked the pump.fun platform with developing smart contracts and front-end for the
client in Canada.
Developed the meme coin launchpad on EVM and Solana with bundling transactions to
avoid sniper bots, and managed the service for the clients met on Upwork.
Remote, Lisbon, PT | May 2020 - April 2023
Participated in developing shear blockchain - a parathread in polkadot ecosystem
Developed NFT pallets and custom token pallets using substrate frame.
Wrote swap and staking smart contract using ink! wasm smart contract system.
Migrated crypto yield-farming contract written with pure Rust into using Solana
Anchor framework and extended to dual-yield and triple-yield farming strategy.
Developed move smart contracts of IDO launchpad and coin staking and built a meeapt
swap by using hippo aggregator swap in aptos ecosystem.
Co-worked with frontend/backend engineers in the agile environment.
Raised $400,000 in first IDO, ensuring high security and excellent quality of the
MVP.
Took part in Sui Move Challenges which was held during Sui Event in Vietnam.
Raised $200,000 in first IDO and $100,000 in NFT sale after developing solana rust
program for IDO launchpad and NFT staking platform.
Accelerated the development schedule in order to fulfill the promised timeline for
an IDO launchpad that was delayed by a previous developer who has fired after this
work.
Developed smart contracts in RUST, implemented web3 for ecommerce and betting game
systems.
Automated Systems Ltd | Software Engineer
Hong Kong | May 2014 - Feb 2020
20+ long term projects using Java, C++, MFC, .Net / Forte 9, 10, 11, ScanScore, FortePlayer
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Built 30+ .Net Services and developed Winforms admin pages to manage 7M Amazon
Products automatically for purchasing and sales and resulted in over $155k in annual
savings.
Performed talented database administration for MySQL and PostgreSQL in Linux for 6
years, saved over $100k of fee from AWS and ECS database hosting server with db
optimization.
Designed and developed the Chinese TianShen notation feature in Spring framework and
grew revenue by 200% in first 11 months (representing 40% of company revenue).
Improved efficiency on 5+ Forte sub projects speeding up project completion by 20%.
Increased client satisfaction from 84% to 97% in 2016 and awarded employee of the
Month twice for performing great work.
Troubleshot and fixed any threads and bugs, communicated with clients to provide
knowledge, expertise, and support, ensuring that their requirements were fully met.
Completed analysis, design and testing phases of software development life cycle.
Researched and integrated design strategies, product specifications, development
schedules and user expectations into product capabilities.
FunctionEight | Passionate C++/MFC Intern, Junior developer
5+ long term projects / Mail Magic Professional, Ez-Architect
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Hong Kong | Feb 2013 - Apr 2014
Built 5 customer-facing small windows applications which increased sales by 55%.
Redesigned and developed Mail delivery and 2d-architecture design project and added
new features to meet customer’s needs.
Troubleshot and resolved performance issues for mysql and sql server databases and
software.
Built 5 AJAX based ecommerce and financial web platform.
Analysed, evaluated and developed new web and database applications.
SKILLS
Programming Languages:
C, C++, Modern C++ (11+), Java, C#, SQL, Javascript, Python, Go,
Solidity, RUST, Move
Blockchains:
Libraries/Frameworks:
Ethereum, BSC, Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, Aptos, Sui
Spring, Hibernate, JSF, GWT, .Net Framework, .Net Core, ASP.NET,
ASP.NET Core, MVC API, Winforms, MFC, Entity Framework, Linq,
Unit Testing Framework, T-SQL, Telerik, DevExpress, Qt,
React.js, Tailwind CSS,Gin, ActixWeb, Axum, Tokio, Rocket, Yew
SSIS, SSRS, IIS, CI/CD, Azure/Cloud, Scrum/Agile methodologies,
Power BI, WebAPI
MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Neo4J, Redis,
ClickHouse
Linux/Unix, Socket Programming, Backend Programming, Github,
Docker, Jira, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS
Tools / Platforms:
Databases:
Other:
CERTIFICATIONS
• Back-end Development Professional Certification| IBM
https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/professional-cert/6WW0170K8LER
• Data Science | IBM
https://www.credly.com/badges/70146fc5-8e3e-f1ddb8f5f56/public_url
• SQL (Advanced) Certificate | HackerRank
https://www.hackerrank.com/certificates/6901fbe57eb2
• Python Certificate | HackerRank
https://www.hackerrank.com/certificates/adacb80a7ea6
• RUST Certification | CodinGame
https://www.codingame.com/certification/MUhwKxx_M9KVL3FPvjE8DA
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Database and SQL for Data Science | IBM
https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/EMKNGVMXUBTS
CONTACT ME
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Twitter:
https://t.me/ABCD-
https://wa.me/-
https://github.com/alleycat1
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aku-alatao-/
https://twitter.com/AkuAlatao891113