About Adam Boudjemaa

SELECTIVE BY DESIGN

Where I lend my time

I mentor Web3 and B2B founders at Outlier Ventures, Startup Wise Guys and Startupbootcamp, on architecture, security, tokenomics and getting to market.

I take a small number of engagements at a time, so each one gets a CTO's full attention. If I'm already full, I'll say so.

SKILLS

What I bring to the table

EVERYTHING ABOUT ME

The full story, role by role

Everything I've shipped, in order. Open any role for the full detail: the projects, the stack and the outcomes, with the uncertain parts labelled. The Journey is the shorter, location-based version.

1. Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

   Ilayer

   Mar 2026 - Jul 2026
   Houston, USA (remote)

   ▸Delivered an 11-agent GenAI platform in production for a confidential US real-estate private-equity fund with approximately $3B AUM.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Delivered an 11-agent GenAI platform in production for a confidential US real-estate private-equity fund with approximately $3B AUM.
   • ▸Built FastAPI + Postgres/pgvector RAG, verified citations, NLI and numeric checks, evidence-based abstention, evals, red-teaming, model routing and cost caps.
   • ▸Unified approximately 2 TB and 1.4M files across 13 years and 13 sources; reduced bank reconciliation from 8 hours to 23 minutes.

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   • +Scheduled proactive agents handle daily bank reconciliation, weekly financial reporting and lease alerts, and monthly close runs.
   • +Ingested Microsoft 365 with 1.1M+ objects and a property-management system via a custom-built SOAP client.
   • +Automatic model routing by task complexity plus daily and monthly cost caps keep inference spend predictable.
   • +Leases, occupancy data, compliance records and investor reports are all queryable in natural language.
   • +Delivered the full platform solo, in parallel with the Integra hand-over.

   STACK

   • FastAPI
   • Postgres/pgvector
   • Amazon Textract
   • Microsoft 365
   • SOAP client
   • LLM-vision OCR
   • Python
   • model routing

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2. Chief Technology Officer

   Integra

   Mar 2025 - Jun 2026
   Dubai, UAE

   ▸Built the engineering organization from scratch and led delivery of an EVM RWA Layer-1 from protocol design through validator operations.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Built the engineering organization from scratch and led delivery of an EVM RWA Layer-1 from protocol design through validator operations.
   • ▸Shipped a four-validator testnet across four clouds; the public testnet closed at 600K users and the mainnet was launch-ready.
   • ▸Cut AWS spend 60%, recovered an approximately 80-minute chain halt and deployed approximately 46 AI agents for internal operations.

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   • +Built the engineering team from scratch: 5 full-stack developers and 1 UI/UX designer.
   • +Designed core protocol primitives: Asset Passport on-chain identity, compliance modules, escrow and milestone execution, fiat proof-of-payment, native commission enforcement, and a global deal-flow orderbook.
   • +Defeated a 340-IP faucet-farming botnet using a 4-tier mitigation (xcaddy rate-limiting, CrowdSec, auto-blocker, firewall) without restarting the chain.
   • +Resolved RDS at 100% CPU: transaction-start errors fell 85% and p99 dropped 77% at zero cost; fixed an explorer seq-scan on a 9.5M-row table, cutting explorer load from 48 to approximately 2.
   • +Delegated 50M tokens to rebalance the 4-validator BFT set; ran a 25-fix RPC security audit ahead of mainnet; the consortium served a $12B+ AUM customer base.

   STACK

   • Cosmos EVM
   • Postgres/pgbouncer
   • CrowdSec
   • xcaddy
   • Go
   • AWS
   • BFT validators
   • Solidity
   • 4-cloud infra

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3. Co-Founder & CTO / Lead Developer (part-time)

   Solichain

   Jan 2024 - Jan 2026
   Remote / Dubai

   ▸Made AI central to delivery: designed agent architectures for trading, portfolio management and compliance, and prototyped multi-agent coordination patterns.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Made AI central to delivery: designed agent architectures for trading, portfolio management and compliance, and prototyped multi-agent coordination patterns.
   • ▸Led multi-chain RWA and compliance work, including AI-agent architectures for trading, portfolio management and compliance automation.
   • ▸Built ERC-6960 tokenization products, a trade-finance marketplace, a Cairo prototype of ERC-3643 and repeatable AI-assisted delivery systems.

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   • +Built the Voy-Finance ERC-6960 trade-finance marketplace as a named client engagement.
   • +Tokenized carbon credits and renewable-energy assets using ERC-6960 and IPFS.
   • +Prototyped a port of ERC-3643 to Starknet, implementing compliant-token logic in Cairo.
   • +Worked directly with government entities and regulatory sandboxes; delivered workshops and panels to founders, developers, and regulators.
   • +Led a team of approximately 3 developers on multi-chain RWA and compliance delivery; conducted third-party smart-contract audits.

   STACK

   • ERC-6960
   • ERC-3643
   • Cairo (Starknet)
   • IPFS
   • Solidity
   • TypeScript
   • Hardhat

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4. Blockchain Technical Lead

   Biconomy

   Aug 2023 - Oct 2024
   Dubai, UAE

   ▸Applied AI-assisted code review and vulnerability detection in CI/CD, and designed smart-account infrastructure through which agents can execute authorized gasless transactions.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Applied AI-assisted code review and vulnerability detection in CI/CD, and designed smart-account infrastructure through which agents can execute authorized gasless transactions.
   • ▸Led a team of six on ERC-4337 / ERC-7579 modular smart accounts and became the number-one contributor to Nexus.
   • ▸Infrastructure processed 38M+ transactions and $441M in transfers while saving users $5.6M in fees; piloted five security audits plus a gas audit.

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   • +Achieved a DefiSafety 92% security score across the Nexus smart-account codebase.
   • +Ran five named security audits: Cyfrin/CodeHawks, Spearbit/Cantina (with an ERC-7739 addon), Zenith, Pashov, and a Gaslite gas audit.
   • +Used ERC-7201 namespaced storage to prevent slot-collision issues across upgradeable proxy contracts.
   • +Built a MetaMask Snap keyring template with session keys for gasless smart-account flows.
   • +Drove a cross-company ERC-7579 collaboration with Rhinestone, ZeroDev, and OKX; launched an ImmuneFi bug-bounty program.

   STACK

   • ERC-4337
   • ERC-7579
   • ERC-7201
   • ERC-7739
   • MetaMask Snap
   • Cyfrin/CodeHawks
   • Spearbit/Cantina
   • Foundry
   • ImmuneFi

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5. Senior Blockchain Engineer, then Lead Blockchain Engineer

   Polytrade

   Sep 2021 - Sep 2023
   Dubai, UAE

   ▸Built AI-powered contract-analysis tooling for security scanning and gas optimization, and trained the team on LLM-based development and testing workflows.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Built AI-powered contract-analysis tooling for security scanning and gas optimization, and trained the team on LLM-based development and testing workflows.
   • ▸First author of ERC-6960; architected and shipped an RWA marketplace and CeDeFi systems with $12M+ TVL.
   • ▸Led 10+ engineers, ran 15+ training sessions and recorded zero major vulnerabilities across 100+ reviews.

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   • +External audits by Hacken, CertiK, and ImmuneBytes returned zero major vulnerabilities.
   • +Integrated Chainlink price feeds and VRF for oracle-driven pricing and verifiable randomness.
   • +Built bonding-curve lending pools and liquid-staking modules; bridged assets cross-chain with Anyswap/Multichain on Polygon mainnet.
   • +Backend APIs built in Node.js/Fastify/Express, deployed on AWS EC2 and Lambda with Secrets Manager for credential management.
   • +Produced 20+ technical documentation pieces; promoted from Senior to Lead Blockchain Engineer in September 2022.

   STACK

   • Chainlink (price feeds + VRF)
   • Anyswap/Multichain
   • Polygon
   • Node.js/Fastify
   • AWS EC2/Lambda
   • AWS Secrets Manager
   • Hacken
   • CertiK
   • ImmuneBytes

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6. Blockchain Engineer

   Securrency (acquired by DTCC, 2023; now DTCC Digital Assets)

   Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
   Abu Dhabi, UAE

   ▸Modernized CAT-20 / CAT-721 regulated-asset protocols and improved DApp performance by approximately 70%.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Modernized CAT-20 / CAT-721 regulated-asset protocols and improved DApp performance by approximately 70%.

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   • +Issued regulated financial assets and tokenized cash flows using ERC-20 and ERC-721 alongside Securrency's proprietary CAT-20 and CAT-721 standards.
   • +Researched L2 scaling solutions including Optimism and Arbitrum to improve protocol throughput.

   STACK

   • ERC-20
   • ERC-721
   • CAT-20
   • CAT-721
   • Optimism
   • Arbitrum
   • Solidity
   • Web3.js

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7. Blockchain Developer

   Fantom Foundation (now Sonic / Sonic Labs)

   Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
   Remote

   ▸Hardened the open-source Special Fee Contract, added 150+ tests and cut gas on major contracts by approximately 40%.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Hardened the open-source Special Fee Contract, added 150+ tests and cut gas on major contracts by approximately 40%.

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   • +Deployed StakingPlatform across Fantom, Polygon, and BNB Chain in 15 production deployments.
   • +Built an NFT game proof of concept using ERC-721, plus a Nifty-fork variant.
   • +Deployed a Gnosis-fork multisig for treasury management.
   • +Built a Chainlink-VRF Bitcoin-bet contract with Band Protocol oracles as a secondary randomness source.
   • +Contributed 4 verified commits to the open-source opera-sfc repository.

   STACK

   • Fantom
   • Polygon
   • BNB Chain
   • ERC-721
   • Chainlink VRF
   • Band Protocol
   • Gnosis Safe (fork)
   • opera-sfc
   • Solidity

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8. Blockchain Developer

   Tokeny Solutions (an Apex Group company)

   Oct 2019 - Feb 2021
   Luxembourg

   ▸Named author of ERC-3643 (T-REX, Final); built its compliant token suite and OnchainID identity infrastructure.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Named author of ERC-3643 (T-REX, Final); built its compliant token suite and OnchainID identity infrastructure.

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   • +Built the full compliant token suite: T-REX, ERC-20, ERC-734/735 identity standards, and ERC-1400 variants.
   • +Built OnchainID identity infrastructure as an ERC-725 Alliance member.
   • +Implemented upgradeable proxy patterns: EIP-1167 (minimal proxy), EIP-1822 (UUPS), and EIP-1967 (transparent).
   • +Built a TypeScript integration SDK and a DEX proof of concept on 0x/HydroDex.
   • +Named 1 of 5 ERC-3643 authors (Lebrun, Malghem, Thizy, Falempin, Boudjemaa); 200+ contracts deployed.

   STACK

   • ERC-3643 (T-REX)
   • ERC-734/735
   • ERC-1400
   • OnchainID
   • ERC-725
   • EIP-1167/1822/1967
   • 0x Protocol
   • HydroDex
   • TypeScript SDK

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9. Blockchain Developer

   Flexper

   Apr 2019 - Sep 2019
   Sophia Antipolis, France

   ▸Built the Ledgity security-token exchange and Artys music-IP waterfall; led a small blockchain development team.

   ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

   • ▸Built the Ledgity security-token exchange and Artys music-IP waterfall; led a small blockchain development team.

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   • +Built the Ledgity ERC-1400-style security-token exchange with test tokens covering ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-223, ERC-1155, and ERC-1400.
   • +Built Artys, a music intellectual-property royalty waterfall smart contract.
   • +Stack spanned Hyperledger Fabric/Composer, Truffle, 0x, Web3.js, Docker, Angular/TypeScript, and EOS.

   STACK

   • Hyperledger Fabric/Composer
   • Solidity
   • Truffle
   • 0x Protocol
   • Web3.js
   • Docker
   • Angular
   • TypeScript
   • EOS

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10. Blockchain Smart Contract Developer

    Equisafe

    May 2018 - Feb 2019
    Paris, France

    ▸Built the platform's first Solidity security-token contracts and Web3 application components.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Built the platform's first Solidity security-token contracts and Web3 application components.

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    • +Built the platform's ERC-20-based security-token proof of concept using Solidity, with a Web3/React/JS dApp front end.
    • +The platform later hosted Europe's first on-chain real-estate sale (AnnA, EUR 6.5M, Boulogne-Billancourt, June 2019), after Adam had left.

    STACK

    • Solidity
    • ERC-20
    • Web3.js
    • React
    • JavaScript

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11. Blockchain Smart Contract Developer (concurrent)

    BTU Protocol

    Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
    Paris area, France

    ▸Built smart-contract and dApp components for a peer-to-peer booking-token proof of concept, concurrently with Equisafe.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Built smart-contract and dApp components for a peer-to-peer booking-token proof of concept, concurrently with Equisafe.

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    • +Built a P2P booking-token (Booking-Token-Unit) dApp proof of concept using Solidity and Web3/React.
    • +Built reusable front-end components for the dApp interface.
    • +Concurrent engagement alongside Equisafe, demonstrating parallel delivery capacity.

    STACK

    • Solidity
    • Web3.js
    • React
    • JavaScript
    • ERC-20

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12. IT Security Engineer

    ArcelorMittal

    Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
    Luxembourg

    ▸Ran enterprise security controls and Tenable scanning, and built McAfee ePO reporting and Python, Java and C security tooling.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Ran enterprise security controls and Tenable scanning, and built McAfee ePO reporting and Python, Java and C security tooling.

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    • +Secured sensitive and VIP users across enterprise Linux network infrastructure.
    • +Ran Tenable Nessus and Security Center scans; built McAfee ePO ETL pipelines in PowerShell.
    • +Developed Python automation scripts, Java tooling, and C monitoring scripts for security operations.
    • +Reviewed C/C++ code for vulnerabilities against OWASP Top-10 criteria.

    STACK

    • Tenable Nessus / Security Center
    • McAfee ePO
    • PowerShell
    • Python
    • Java
    • C/C++
    • Linux
    • OWASP Top-10

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13. Head of Blockchain

    Retreeb

    Mar 2020 - Aug 2023
    Switzerland / concurrent remote context

    ▸Concurrent role; the source record does not resolve whether it was advisory or full-time.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Concurrent role; the source record does not resolve whether it was advisory or full-time.
    • ▸Worked on Core CELL architecture and StakingPlatform deployments across Fantom, Polygon and BNB Chain.

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    • +Concurrent or advisory role; the source record does not resolve full-time vs. advisory status.
    • +Contributed to Core CELL architecture and StakingPlatform deployments across Fantom, Polygon, and BNB Chain.

    STACK

    • Fantom
    • Polygon
    • BNB Chain
    • Solidity
    • Core CELL

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14. Consultant & Co-Founder

    Digital Blockchain Technology

    Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
    Paris, France

    ▸Delivered blockchain consulting, training and payment tooling; raised more than EUR 150K and appeared on TV5MONDE.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Delivered blockchain consulting, training and payment tooling; raised more than EUR 150K and appeared on TV5MONDE.

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    • +Raised more than EUR 150K in angel funding to build blockchain consulting, training, and payment tooling.
    • +Appeared on TV5MONDE and presented at conference talks as an early blockchain expert.
    • +Established a Monero (XMR) partnership and integrated Monero into the product offering.
    • +Built an MVC application on top of Kraken and Blockchain.com public APIs.
    • +Ran a crypto-mining pool and advised investors entering the crypto market.

    STACK

    • Kraken API
    • Blockchain.com API
    • Monero (XMR)
    • Bitcoin
    • MVC
    • Node.js

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15. Web Developer

    Well'comm

    Sep 2012 - Dec 2013
    Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

    ▸Built and maintained CMS websites, MySQL databases, technical SEO and early cryptocurrency integrations.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Built and maintained CMS websites, MySQL databases, technical SEO and early cryptocurrency integrations.

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    • +Designed and optimized MySQL databases for CMS-driven client sites.
    • +Implemented early cryptocurrency features including Bitcoin exchange-rate widgets and donation buttons.
    • +Ran keyword research and backlink strategy using Google Analytics and Google Search Console.

    STACK

    • MySQL
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • PHP
    • CMS
    • JavaScript
    • Bitcoin

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16. Technical Support

    Fnac

    Jun 2011 - Jan 2012
    Paris, France

    ▸Handled software installation, hardware repair, remote support and root-cause analysis.

    ▶FULL ROLE DETAILS

    • ▸Handled software installation, hardware repair, remote support and root-cause analysis.

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    • +Handled software installation, hardware repair, remote support, and root-cause analysis for customer issues.

    STACK

    • Windows
    • hardware diagnostics
    • remote support tools
    • ticketing systems
    • device repair

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STANDARDS

Ethereum standards

SELECTED WORK

A few things I shipped

EDUCATION

Where I learned to build