Victor Chukwuemeka
Blockchain engineer specialising in Rust, Solana, and zero-knowledge systems. Merged contributor to core Solana ecosystem projects — SPL Token-2022, Pinocchio, and the Agave validator client. Built production cross-chain bridge infrastructure handling SOL-to-EVM transfers across Ethereum, Base, and Polygon. Founder of Laraub, a Laravel package platform with 3k+ monthly views. Strong background in systems-level Rust, decentralised protocol design, and developer tooling.
Experience
Blockchain Engineer
Odinala
Stack: Rust (Anchor), Solidity (Foundry), TypeScript, gRPC, Bash, PHP, Python CrossBridge — SOL-to-EVM Cross-Chain Bridge ▪Built a cross-chain bridge protocol enabling SOL transfers to Ethereum, Base, and Polygon ▪Designed and deployed the relayer infrastructure across multiple VMs for high availability and fault tolerance ▪Implemented cron-based health monitoring with automatic recovery for offline relayers ▪Audited EVM smart contracts for signature separation and bridge security — ensured bridge signatures were isolated from owner/admin keys AquaPush — Developer Deployment Tool ▪Built an internal tool enabling one-click Laravel/PHP project deployment to DigitalOcean droplets ▪Implemented GitHub OAuth login and API-based droplet provisioning ▪Designed user onboarding flow with automated environment setup
Founder & Developer
Laraub
Stack: Laravel, PHP, MySQL ▪Built a Laravel package directory platform serving 3k+ monthly active views ▪Designed sponsorship and advertising features for cloud hosting and developer tools ▪Added Articles feature to teach developers effective package usage
Backend Instructor
Small Ville
▪Teaching backend development from fundamentals to junior-ready level ▪Students ship working projects independently by end of the programme
Web Development Instructor
Friendly Tech
▪Taught web development to IT students: version control, PHP backend, HTML/CSS, React frontend ▪Brought students from zero to entry-level ready
Backend Developer (Contract)
ZAP Courier Startup
Stack: PHP, Cron Jobs, Queue Systems ▪Built a cron job monitoring system that detects VM downtime and triggers automatic alerts ▪Implemented a queue system to handle high-throughput delivery requests at scale
Education
FUNAI — Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State
B.Sc.
Transitioned into software engineering post-graduation, specialising in Rust and blockchain systems through self-directed study, OSS contributions, and the Solana Turbine 3 programme.
Skills
OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS
Solana SPL Token-2022
solana-program/token-2022
▪Contributed instruction-level improvements to the Token-2022 program — merged PR https://github.com/solana-program/token-2022/pull/1117 ▪Improve the token burn process by creating the check for Confidential mint on protocol layer
Solana SPL Token
solana-program/token
▪Contributed to the core SPL Token program — merged PR → https://github.com/solana-program/token/pull/118 ▪Worked on token instruction handling where a variant was missing but I added a thus affecting the padding of the discriminator.
Pinocchio
Solana program framework
▪Contributed to the Pinocchio Solana framework, improving program ergonomics and developer tooling
Agave (Solana Validator Client)
▪Contributed to core protocol-level components in the Agave validator codebase ▪Worked on validator-level data ingestion and network-level interactions
Synode — Solana Turbine 3 Cohort
2024
▪Built a validator-check node using the gossip protocol within a Solana Turbine 3 cohort team ▪Worked on validator-level data ingestion and network-level interactions in the Solana ecosystem
PROGRAMMES & COHORTS
Solana Turbine 3 — Advanced SVM
2024
▪Completed the Turbine 3 advanced cohort focused on the Solana Virtual Machine and validator internals