Publication
The Ultimate ENS and ĐApp Tutorial
https://www.toptal.com/developers/dapp/ethereum-name-service-dapp-tutorial
Radek is available for hire
Hire RadekRadek Ostrowski
Verified Expert in Engineering
Ethereum Developer
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Toptal member since September 24, 2014
Bio
Radek is a certified Toptal blockchain engineer, particularly interested in Ethereum and smart contracts. In the fiat world, he is experienced in big data and machine learning projects. He is a triple winner in two different international IBM Apache Spark competitions, co-creator of PlayStation 4's back end, successful hackathon competitor, and speaker at conferences in Australia, Poland, and Serbia.
Portfolio
StartOnChain
Smart Contracts, Ethereum, Blockchain, Web3
British Asset – Kauri Crypto (via Toptal)
JavaScript, GRAPH, Truffle, Solidity, Ethereum
Zipmex Exchange (via Toptal)
Truffle, Solidity, Ethereum
Experience
- Java - 11 years
- Ethereum - 4 years
- Blockchain - 4 years
- Web3.js - 4 years
- Scala - 4 years
- Apache Spark - 3 years
- Solidity - 3 years
- Ethereum Smart Contracts - 3 years
Preferred Environment
GitHub, MacOS, Unix
The most amazing...
...achievement I've had is winning two international Apache Spark competitions run by IBM.
Work Experience
Blockchain Consultant
2018 - PRESENT
StartOnChain
- Engaged with clients wanting to enter the blockchain space, especially in the Ethereum ecosystem.
- Won a prize for my "Time Locked Wallet" demo project in ConsenSys, a uPort Blockchain and Identity hackathon.
- Designed and deployed smart contracts for tokens and ICOs including token vesting, refund vaults, and multi-signature wallets.
- Performed smart contract security audits both automated and manual.
Technologies: Smart Contracts, Ethereum, Blockchain, Web3
Ethereum Engineer
2020 - 2020
British Asset – Kauri Crypto (via Toptal)
- Created and deployed a staking contract for the platform token.
- Created a demo DApp for the staking contract.
- Implemented and deployed the graph for the staking contract tracking all events and allowing more advanced queries.
Technologies: JavaScript, GRAPH, Truffle, Solidity, Ethereum
Ethereum Engineer
2019 - 2020
Zipmex Exchange (via Toptal)
- Created an upgradable erc20 token contract using a call delegate proxy.
- Deployed the project to mainnet, verified on Etherscan, and provided instructions to the team on how to use it.
Technologies: Truffle, Solidity, Ethereum
Blockchain Engineer
2019 - 2019
LLPS, LLC (via Toptal)
- Built a prototype of a real estate-backed loans platform.
- Designed and built the Ethereum smart contracts forming the back end of the platform.
- Created a user interface to the blockchain back end using React and Drizzle.
Technologies: Drizzle, React, DApps, Web 3.0, Solidity, Ethereum
Blockchain Engineer
2018 - 2018
Grayblock (via Toptal)
- Helped to design and build a POC platform leveraging blockchain to improve electricity generation finance.
Technologies: DApps, Web 3.0, Solidity, Ethereum
Blockchain Engineer
2018 - 2018
IDEX – Aurora Labs S. A. (via Toptal)
- Investigated various optimizations to Ethereum transaction throughput and gas cost for IDEX, currently the biggest on-chain exchange.
- Prototyped several optimizations including scheduling and specialized smart contracts.
Technologies: Node.js, Solidity, Ethereum
Solidity Expert
2018 - 2018
Coinuma SL (via Toptal)
- Helped to integrate Ethereum into the cryptocurrency exchange being built.
- Demonstrated wallet generation, ether and token transfers, balance checks, and listening for events.
- Advised on best security practices.
Technologies: Python, Web 3.0, Solidity, Ethereum
Blockchain Engineer
2018 - 2018
Fan Hero (via Toptal)
- Provided consultancy on Ethereum.
- Researched the use of permissioned blocks and IPFS.
- Investigated transferring tokens without ether.
- Prototyped a token contract.
Technologies: IPFS, Solidity, Ethereum
Ethereum/Solidity Developer
2018 - 2018
Kryptonex LLC (via Toptal)
- Helped to integrate Ethereum and ER20 tokens into an exchange that is currently being built. It included address generation, token listing, and basic wallet operation related to ether and tokens using Web3.js.
Technologies: Web3.js, Ethereum, Solidity
Big Data Engineer
2017 - 2018
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Provided consultancy on big data technologies and data science.
- Architected and designed scalable solutions.
- Developed solutions mainly with Apache Spark and Scala.
- Employed machine learning techniques to maximize profit.
- Led a team to victory in an internal hackathon—developed a Slack bot for knowledge discovery, deployed on AWS.
Technologies: Machine Learning, Scala, Apache Spark
Big Data Engineer
2016 - 2016
Taulia, Inc. (via Toptal)
- Designed and built a new generation of Taulia’s data analytics platform.
- Effectively processed financial data and extracted useful information both in batch and real time.
- Built the platform in Scala, Spark Streaming and SQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Docker, and Redshift, running on Kubernetes on AWS.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redshift, Kubernetes, Docker, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Scala, Spark
Big Data Engineer
2015 - 2016
Method Mill
- Helped integrate various data sources on a large scale.
- Built a pipeline from MySQL to Amazon Redshift.
- Created a syncing tool for Amazon S3.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), MySQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Redis, Redshift, Docker, Akka, Scala, Spark
Big Data Engineer
2015 - 2015
Max2, Inc. (via Toptal)
- Helped design and build a community-powered venue discovery platform offering personalized recommendations, planning with friends, and curated and real-time information.
- Used SparkSQL with DataFrames for data ingestion and Spark Streaming and MLlib for analytics.
- Coded in Scala with Akka and Kafka and run on Mesos.
Technologies: Mesos, Akka, Apache Kafka, Scala, Spark
Senior Developer/Docker Evangelist
2015 - 2015
Tesco Bank
- Introduced Docker to the development environment.
- Helped improve the CI pipeline.
- Extended the credit card portal.
- Improved the user journey experience for a loan portal.
Technologies: Docker, Git, Cucumber, Spring, Java
Big Data Engineer
2015 - 2015
Expedia, Inc.
- Helped to automate the build and run process.
- Prototyped with Apache Spark.
- Updated existing Hive and MapReduce workflows.
Technologies: Jenkins, Azkaban, Chef, Git, Apache Spark, Hadoop
Senior Software Developer/Team Leader
2013 - 2015
Sony
- Built a production RESTful Java web service for Sony devices and platforms mainly for Sony PS4 and 4K-TV handling hundreds of thousands of transactions.
- Developed on top of Spring Framework and Cassandra.
- Offered authentication and authorization capabilities based on OAuth2.
- Focused on quality of the code by employing unit testing with 100% code coverage, BDD with Cucumber, code reviews with GitHub pull requests, and Jenkins.
- Produced a project collecting, analyzing, and visualizing statistics from Sony devices. The data is stored in Amazon S3 and processed using Hadoop (MapReduce and Hive). The data collection server and the BI portals are Java based (Spring MVC and REST). I secured the access to the web services (by extending Spring Security) and the relational databases. Other technologies used include Apache Karaf (OSGi) and Maven.
- Worked on the “One Account – All Sony” global unified accounts integration project for Playstation and other devices.
- Led a team of three in Brussels and collaborated closely with the rest of the team in San Diego.
Technologies: Splunk, GitHub, Jenkins, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon EC2, Apache Hive, Hadoop, OAuth 2, Cucumber, REST, Spring, Scala, Java
Senior Developer
2012 - 2012
DeltaDNA (GamesAnalytics)
- Tackled the challenges of real-time data collection, predictive analytics, data measurement, and user engagement for the millions of online and mobile computer game sessions, personalizing the user’s gaming experience and increasing retention and revenue as a result through optimized game design and individually targeted in-game messaging.
- Designed, developed, and provided continuous updates and enhancements of new features as part of an Agile in-house development team for the platforms and mobile SDKs.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), iOS, Android, Apache Hive, Hadoop, VoltDB, REST, Spring, Java
Applications Consultant
2006 - 2012
EPCC (University of Edinburgh)
- Led “Work Package 3: Test, Delivery, and Support” from start to finish in an Excellent-rated, data-intensive research project for the EU.
- Designed and implemented the test platform, new software components based on Java, REST, Spring, Hibernate, and HDFS and extended existing software components such as OGSA-DAI during the lifespan of the project.
- Worked on a master of science in high-performance computing, “test infecting” the students by lecturing and leading tutorials on unit testing and extreme programming and Agile methods; also created and gave a lecture on cloud use cases.
- Developed a RESTful presentation layer based on Jersey for the software program OGSA-DAI.
- Designed and developed an iPhone application for the UK National Supercomputing Service.
- Fixed performance problems involving CUDA, C, JNI, and Java code and improved its graphical user interface via a spinout company.
- Contributed to the project investigating the usage of Hadoop/MapReduce and clouds (Amazon EC2/Eucalyptus) for the analysis of post-genomic data.
- Enabled the integration of the UKQCD community with the International Lattice Data Grid by implementing a web service layer in Java.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hadoop, Spring, REST, Java
Experience
Topcoder/ConsenSys - uPort Blockchain and Identity Hackathon
https://github.com/radek1st/uport-time-locked-walletsDesigned and implemented Ethereum dApp, which won a prize in the hackathon. It consists of smart contracts and a web front-end, and can be used for time locking Ethereum and ERC20 tokens. The dApp could be used for crypto gifts and vesting.
My Perfect Weather - IBM Spark Competition
I designed and built the web service that became a winner of the Grand Prize and the Fan Favourite award in the IBM Sparkathon.
Dipping into the Big Data River: Stream Analytics at Scale
https://github.com/radek1st/BigDataRiverI presented my project at the biggest data conference in Australia. Recorded talk is available here:
http://data.yowconference.com.au/profile/?id=radek-ostrowski
http://data.yowconference.com.au/profile/?id=radek-ostrowski
Kaggle - Data Science Competitions
https://www.kaggle.com/radek1stMy rankings demonstrate my ability to compete with the world's best data scientists:
* Top 6% (100/1984) in Expedia Hotel Recommendation
* Top 9% (84/979) in Outbrain Click Prediction
* Top 6% (100/1984) in Expedia Hotel Recommendation
* Top 9% (84/979) in Outbrain Click Prediction
iWisps - IBM Spark Competition
A fast, scalable, and portable local business recommender microservice powered by Apache Spark. I designed and built the project that became a winner in the IBM Spark competition and received a 'big check' at the IBM event in NYC.
Scala for Data Science
I was a technical reviewer for the book.
Contributions to Spark Notebook
https://github.com/andypetrella/spark-notebook/pull/191Created a demonstration of anomaly detection in Spark using Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, and MLlib.
Contributions to Stubby4j
https://github.com/azagniotov/stubby4j/pull/50Added functionality to serve files from the filesystem path based on the RegEx expression specified in the request.
Contributions to the Spring Security OAuth
Extended the expression methods to allow testing for existing scope by specifying a RegEx expression.
Publication
Time-locked Wallets: An Introduction to Ethereum Smart Contracts
https://www.toptal.com/developers/ethereum/time-locked-wallet-truffle-tutorial
Publication
How I Used Apache Spark and Docker in a Hackathon to Build a Weather App
https://www.toptal.com/developers/spark/apache-spark-docker-hackathon-weather-app
Publication
Getting Started With Docker: Simplifying DevOps
https://www.toptal.com/developers/devops/getting-started-with-docker-simplifying-devops
Publication
Introduction to Apache Spark With Examples and Use Cases
https://www.toptal.com/developers/spark/introduction-to-apache-spark
Education
2005 - 2006
Master of Science (with Distinction) Degree in High Performance Computing
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, UK
2004 - 2005
Bachelor of Science (with Honors) Degree in Computing
Edinburgh Napier University - Edinburgh, UK
2001 - 2004
Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics with IT
Nicolas Copernicus University - Torun, Poland
Certifications
JUNE 2017 - PRESENT
Architect Certification for Apache Cassandra
DataStax
MAY 2015 - PRESENT
Developer Certification for Apache Spark
Databricks
JANUARY 2014 - PRESENT
Java Web Services Certified Expert
Oracle
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Web3.js, Spark Streaming, Node.js, React, Drizzle
Tools
Git, Spark SQL, Cucumber, Jenkins, GitHub, Splunk, Chef, Mesos
Languages
Solidity, Scala, Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, Fortran, C
Frameworks
Truffle, Apache Spark, Play Framework, Spring, Hadoop, OAuth 2, Spark, Akka
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Functional Programming, Scrum, Kanban, REST, Distributed Computing
Platforms
Android, Drupal, Blockchain, Ethereum, Docker, Linux, MacOS, Kubernetes, Hyperledger, R3 Corda, Apache Kafka, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, iOS, Unix, Web
Storage
NoSQL, Cassandra, Redshift, Apache Hive, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), VoltDB, Azkaban, Redis, MySQL
Other
Ethereum Smart Contracts, Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Freelancing, Altcoin, Smart Contracts, Non-fungible Tokens (NFT), IPFS, Web 3.0, DApps, GRAPH, Compilers, Data Structures, Web3
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