Janko Krstic, Developer in Belgrade, Serbia

Janko Krstic

Smart Contracts Developer

Location
Belgrade, Serbia
Toptal Member Since
July 27, 2018

Janko is a software engineer and architect specializing in blockchain and focusing on decentralized finance and self-sovereign identity (SSI). He has years of experience with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Quorum, Fabric, Tendermint, Cosmos blockchains, and Hyperledger Indy and Aries SSI solutions. Janko has recently applied modern distributed systems, cryptography, and blockchain theory to solving SSI-related problems.

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Portfolio

Pocket
Hyperledger, Hyperledger Indy, Blockchain
404 Publishing
JavaScript, Node.js, Directed Acrylic Graphs (DAG), Smart Contracts...
Forward Edge
Tendermint, Go, Smart Contracts, Ethereum Smart Contracts

Experience

Python - 8 yearsBlockchain - 5 yearsSmart Contracts - 4 yearsHyperledger - 3 yearsGo - 3 yearsSolidity - 3 yearsIPFS - 1 yearRust - 1 year

Location

Belgrade, Serbia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Erlang, Rust, Go, Python, Linux, Blockchain

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on was a secure, enterprise-level crypto wallet with tagging features for searching and filtering encrypted records.

Work Experience

2020 - PRESENT

Blockchain and SSI Engineer

Pocket
  • Created self-sovereign identity (SSI) wallet that stores students' verifiable credentials.
  • Wrote back-end system for issuing verifiable credentials to institution's users.
  • Designed and researched self-sovereign identity libraries to use.
Technologies: Hyperledger, Hyperledger Indy, Blockchain
2020 - 2020

Blockchain Engineer

404 Publishing
  • Worked on developing features for the new DAG platform.
  • Improved the wallet capabilities of the DAG platform.
  • Created the trigger mechanism to allow smarter DAG nodes.
Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, Directed Acrylic Graphs (DAG), Smart Contracts, Ethereum Smart Contracts
2020 - 2020

Blockchain Engineer

Forward Edge
  • Worked on picking the correct blockchain technology for the client's needs.
  • Implemented a prototype on the Tendermint blockchain platform.
  • Wrote integration services in Golang, which serve as a blockchain's outer layer.
Technologies: Tendermint, Go, Smart Contracts, Ethereum Smart Contracts
2019 - 2020

Blockchain Engineer

Pharmwerks
  • Worked on designing the prototype for a platform on top of blockchain in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Developed prototype smart contracts on Ethereum, using Solidity.
  • Wrote an engine in Python which integrated with Ethereum.
Technologies: Quorum, Ethereum, Python, Smart Contracts, Ethereum Smart Contracts
2018 - 2019

Blockchain Architect

Tykn tech
  • Architectured the platform.
  • Implemented the solution using Hyperledger and Python.
  • Coordinated with end-user application team.
Technologies: Hyperledger, Python
2018 - 2019

Senior Blockchain Developer

6fusion (via Toptal)
  • Wrote software in Go which interacts with a blockchain platform.
  • Worked with the Quorum platform.
  • Used Docker and kubernetes for deployment.
Technologies: Solidity, Quorum, Ethereum, Go, Smart Contracts, Ethereum Smart Contracts
2018 - 2019

Solidity/Blockchain Expert with Go Experience

Fractal Blockchain (via Toptal)
  • Contributed to software written in Go which interacts with Ethereum nodes (with geth nodes specifically).
  • Reviewed and improved smart contracts written in Solidity.
  • Reviewed and improved software interacting with the Bitcoin network.
Technologies: Go, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solidity, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Ethereum Smart Contracts
2018 - 2019

Software Engineer

Evernym
  • Developed a secure crypto-wallet intended to be used for Hyperledger Indy.
  • Supported the Indy-SDK project.
  • Created proprietary software solving SSI-related problems on top of Hyperledger Indy.
  • Bulit a system of pluggable crypto-wallet storage back-ends which allows for enterprise-scale wallets.
Technologies: Hyperledger, Rust, Python
2016 - 2018

Software Engineer

TeleSign
  • Developed the Number Discovery Platform using Python and Gevent.
  • Extended the PhoneID product written in Python and Bottle.
  • Created a URL-shortening service using Python and Flask.
  • Built a Number Deactivation product using Python.
Technologies: Flask, Bottle.py, Gevent, Python
2015 - 2016

Web Developer

BEST
  • Wrote an internal HR application using JSP.
  • Refactored an internal voting system written in a custom in-house framework.
  • Supported and extended an internal forum written in JSP.
Technologies: Java, Python
2012 - 2016

Web Developer

Self-employed
  • Wrote a web crawler and scraper using Python and Beautiful Soup.
  • Developed a custom content manager application back-end using Django.
  • Created web microservices using Python.
Technologies: Beautiful Soup, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Java, Pyramid, Django, Flask, Python

Experience

Hyperledger Indy Crypto Wallet

https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk
Designed and developed a crypto wallet used in Hyperledger Indy.

Some of the features that distinguish this wallet:
1. mechanism for searching through encrypted entities using tags
2. multiple encryption keys using Elliptic Curve Cryptography
3. pluggable storage system supporting enterprise-scale crypto wallets

Identity Solution for Red Cross Refugees on Top of Hyperledger Indy

Part of the team that designed and developed a solution for solving identity problems for the refugees in Red Cross centers. This was a part of Blockchaingers 2018 Hackathon, which was held in Groningen, Netherlands

Multichain Tracker (Blockchain Data Tracker and Aggregator)

This project allowed the user to track through a dashboard different blockchains (and possibly even private sidechains if they exposed correct APIs), and be able to both look at the current data, as well as track data (hashes) across several blockchains.

It integrated with most common blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.) through their APIs, and fed data through web sockets to a front-end dashboard.

Reward System on Top of Ethereum Blockchain

Developed a part of a platform intended for rewarding loyal users of the platform and provide gamification, using Ethereum.

Pharmachain (Provenance and Supply Chain Blockchain)

Blockchain for tracking provenance and ownership transfers of pharmaceutical supplies. It was intended to function on an international level and enable easier tracking of transfers across international borders, to prevent scam, and track defects and inappropriate batches.

Website and Web App Used in BEST

Redesigned an old website into a current, modern version.

Refactored and extended the internal application.

Number Discovery Platform

https://www.telesign.com/products/sms-api/
One of the key components of the SMS platform used to discover the best routes and providers for delivering an SMS.

Phone ID Service

https://www.telesign.com/products/phone-id/
Developed and extended existing features for a Phone ID service. It is a service intended to provide sophisticated information for phone numbers.

Skills

Languages

Go, Python, Solidity, Rust, Erlang, JavaScript, Java

Platforms

Blockchain Platforms, Ethereum, Blockchain, Hyperledger, Kubernetes, Docker, Hyperledger Fabric, Linux, Hedera Hashgraph

Other

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Distributed Ledgers, Decentralized Applications, Distributed Systems, Self-sovereign Identity (SSI), Directed Acrylic Graphs (DAG), Applied Cryptography, Ethereum Smart Contracts, Smart Contracts, Quorum, IPFS, Bitcoin, Peer-to-peer Networking, Hyperledger Aries, Cryptocurrency, Non-fungible Tokens (NFT), Hashgraph Technology, EOSIO, EOS, Cryptography

Frameworks

Tendermint, Pyramid, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Flask, Django

Tools

Hyperledger Indy, Git, Stellar SDK

Paradigms

Concurrent Programming, Agile, Functional Programming

Storage

Relational Databases, Cassandra, BigchainDB

Libraries/APIs

Beautiful Soup, Gevent, Bottle.py, Node.js

Education

2012 - 2016

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

University in Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia