Benjamin Azoulay
Senior Web3 engineer with 6+ years of full-stack experience and 4+ years building production DeFi and on-chain applications. Shipped and maintained user-facing systems securing $100M+ in combined TVL and market cap, including VeChain Stargate and Flashstake. Specialized in Web3 frontend architecture tightly coupled with Solidity smart contracts, delivering staking, governance, and core on-chain mechanisms used by thousands of users, with end-to-end ownership across protocol design, contract integration, and production UX focused on reliability and scale. EU citizen operating fully remote with strong cross-timezone collaboration, available for global contract engagements via a US-based LLC.
Experience
Full-Stack Engineer
VeChain
- Built and maintained Stargate, a production-critical staking platform supporting VeChain’s transition from PoA to DPoS
- Designed and implemented NFT-based staking and validator tooling supporting 6,000+ NFT holders and $81M+ TVL
- Built Restify, a mobile Web3 application on VeBetterDAO using React Native and NestJS, enabling users to earn rewards for verified off-screen activity
- Scaled Restify to 16K+ unique wallets, 500K+ sustainable on-chain transactions, and 140M seconds of verified sessions within 8 months
Lead Web3 Engineer
Blockzero Labs
- Led development of production Web3 applications, including Flashstake and Epoch Island
- Built and shipped Flashstake, a fixed-yield DeFi staking application enabling upfront rewards for time-locked liquidity
- Implemented and maintained smart contract interactions for staking and yield distribution, securing $20M+ in TVL
- Developed user-facing systems integrated with on-chain state, supporting high-value transactions
- Flashstake reached $40M+ token market cap at peak usage
- Owned architecture decisions and production delivery across multiple launches
Project Lead
Walletvote
- Co-founded and led development of a decentralized social network enabling censorship-resistant product information sharing
- Led a team of 7, owning Solidity smart contracts and frontend architecture
Full-Stack Engineer
Artur.ai
- Developed and improved a centralized wealth management platform aggregating fiat, crypto, art, and real estate assets
- Built an asset aggregation dashboard enabling users to track diversified portfolios across multiple asset classes
- Designed and implemented an advanced KYC and onboarding system, balancing regulatory compliance, UX constraints, and security requirements
- Delivered production-ready features in a regulated environment, collaborating closely with product and compliance stakeholders
- Supported early-stage platform scaling and user onboarding during initial growth phase
Project Manager
French Ministry of Defense
Led the update and full-stack development of a technical documentation portal for the French Navy, ensuring a modernized and efficient solution to support their operational needs
Full-Stack Intern
Healint Pte. Ltd.
Built and shipped production Vue.js modules for B2B healthcare platforms, including patient–doctor interaction and treatment support tools
Project Lead
MedecinAI
Led a team of 8 to build an AI-powered medical imaging platform for brain tumor detection. Won the Grand Prize at Efrei Paris Innovation Day for technical excellence and real-world impact
Frontend Intern
SAP
Designed and built a medical risk assessment web application using the MERN stack, focusing on scalability and usability
Education
Efrei Paris
Master’s degree
Innovation Day Grand Prize for MedecinAI (AI-powered brain tumor detection platform)
Manipal Institute of Technology
Exchange
Skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Smart Contracts Development
Solidity, Hardhat, Ethers.js, Viem
Blockchain & Indexing
Ethereum, The Graph
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Python
Frontend
React, Next.js, Vite, Vue, TailwindCSS
Backend & APIs
Node.js, Express.js, GraphQL, Django
Infrastructure
AWS, Docker, MongoDB, Vercel, Git