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  • Design, build, and operate backend services for Aave App across onboarding, funding, savings, withdrawals, portfolio data, and customer communications.
  • Build transaction-orchestration and indexing services that safely prepare, submit, monitor, and reconcile onchain activity across its full lifecycle.
  • Lead technical reviews for high-value systems and improve testing, observability, alerting, incident response, and deployment practices.

Rust Go C++ Java GraphQL

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