# Rodrigo Manuel Navarro Lajous > Product Engineer building developer platforms, SDKs, and multi-chain infrastructure. I work across Engineering, Product, and Customers — from roadmap and RFCs to delivery, partner programs, docs, and DevRel. ## About - [Home](https://navarrolajous.com/): Personal portfolio and introduction - [Resume](https://navarrolajous.com/resume.pdf): Downloadable CV - [Contact](https://navarrolajous.com/contact): Get in touch ## Experience ### Product Engineer at Webacy - **Period**: April 2025 — Present - **Location**: Remote - **Company**: [Webacy](https://webacy.com) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/webacy](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/webacy) **Responsibilities:** - Architected the 9-chain risk-scoring expansion (ETH, SOL, ARB, POL, OPT, BASE, BSC, TON, SUI), unlocking enterprise integrations with 1inch, WalletConnect, Mercado Libre, SUI, Cetus, and Metamask. - Led the labeling-system redesign via an org-wide RFC (76 cross-team comments) and shipped the type-safe label taxonomy — the platform's highest-volume ticket by commits and the foundation for how Webacy explains and ships risk data. - Shipped @webacy-xyz/sdk (TypeScript monorepo: core / threat / trading) and migrated documentation to Mintlify with OpenAPI 3.0, cutting partner integration time from days to hours. - Spoke at DuneCon and the DSS Security Summit, converting external visibility into 12 qualified business leads; closed the Agio enterprise deal end-to-end and retained Velvet Capital with an emergency IndexedDB migration during a production outage. - Designed the event-driven workers architecture (AWS ECS Fargate + SQS/SNS) and the 'Eye of Sauron' Datadog APM stack, resolving 21 P1/P2 production incidents including Redis pool exhaustion and Solana sniper-detection false positives. - Operated across four functions (Engineering, Product, Sales Engineering, and DevRel) — 23+ self-initiated initiatives over 12 months on a high-impact distributed team. **Technologies:** TypeScript, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS ECS Fargate, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Datadog, Mintlify, OpenAPI 3.0, Turborepo, Multi-chain, Web3 ### Senior Software Engineer at POAP - **Period**: May 2021 — April 2025 - **Location**: Remote - **Company**: [POAP](https://poap.xyz) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/poap](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/poap) **Responsibilities:** - Led a new product line end-to-end, from roadmap and stakeholder alignment to delivery, improving onboarding efficiency by 40%. - Shipped POAP.js, the public SDK that cut partner integration time by 50%. - Drove the Freeze Token smart-contract upgrade, improving token-migration security by 30%. **Technologies:** Solidity, Node.js, AWS, Next.js, TypeScript, NPM, Cloudflare, Docker, AWS CDK, CI/CD, HardHat, Jest, Blockchain, Web3 ### Full Stack Developer at Quipu Market - **Period**: April 2020 — May 2021 - **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Company**: [Quipu Market](https://quipu.com.co/) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/quipu-market](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/quipu-market) **Responsibilities:** - Built the front-end design system, shared component library, and CI/CD pipeline, accelerating dev velocity 30% and cutting deployment errors 40%. **Technologies:** Angular, NPM, Firebase, CSS, JavaScript, CI/CD, Library Development, Front-end Design Systems ### Full Stack Developer at Turismocity - **Period**: October 2019 — April 2020 - **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Company**: [Turismocity](https://www.turismocity.com.ar/) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/turismocity](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/turismocity) **Responsibilities:** - Integrated five external APIs, improving system response speed 20% and data consistency 25%. **Technologies:** APIs, JavaScript, Vue.js, Stakeholder Management, Front-end Design, System Integration ### Frontend Developer at WOLOX - **Period**: June 2018 — October 2019 - **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Company**: [WOLOX](https://github.com/wolox) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/wolox](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/wolox) **Responsibilities:** - Expanded my skill set by constantly changing technology in Front-end tools such as Angular, React, and Vue.js, which has given me great adaptability. **Technologies:** Angular, React, Vue.js, Bash, AWS ### Startups #### Founding Member at Dome - **Period**: April 2022 — December 2022 - **Location**: Remote - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/dome](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/dome) **Responsibilities:** - Created the whole application from scratch, including CI/CD pipelines for both front-end and back-end applications. **Technologies:** Next.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, Management, AWS, Vercel, Leadership, Blockchain #### Founding Member at PLOTI - **Period**: July 2018 — March 2019 - **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/ploti](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/ploti) **Responsibilities:** - Managed front-end and back-end development. - Worked to solve complex problems using the latest Cloud, Mobile, and Web Technologies. **Technologies:** AWS, React.js, Express.js, Management, Cloud Services, Leadership, GPS Technologies ### Freelance #### Lukto Landing Page at Gamkat - **Period**: 2021 - **Location**: Remote - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/lukto-landing](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/lukto-landing) **Responsibilities:** - Designed and shipped an animated landing page for Gamkat's Lukto game, end-to-end. - Set up AWS hosting (S3 + CloudFront + Route 53) and a CI/CD pipeline via GitHub Actions for one-click deploys. **Technologies:** Vue.js, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, SCSS, GitHub Actions #### Bepanthene Landing Page at Bepanthene - **Period**: 2020 - **Location**: Remote - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/bepanthene-landing](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/bepanthene-landing) **Responsibilities:** - Added the /desafio page to the existing Bepanthene marketing site, including a full standardization pass and responsive layout. - Brought a previously source-less page under version control and shipped it through a reproducible AWS deploy. **Technologies:** Vue.js, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, SCSS, GitHub Actions #### Seeds Landing Page at Seeds - **Period**: 2020 - **Location**: Remote - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/experience/seeds-landing](https://navarrolajous.com/experience/seeds-landing) **Responsibilities:** - Built the Seeds marketing landing page from scratch and wired up a contact form delivering submissions via SMTP. - Provisioned AWS hosting (S3 + CloudFront + Route 53) and a CircleCI deploy pipeline. **Technologies:** Nuxt, Vue.js, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, SCSS, CircleCI ## Education ### Master of Science in Engineering (MSc) at Fachhochschule Technikum Wien - **Period**: February 2022 — July 2023 - **Location**: Vienna, Austria - **Institution**: [Fachhochschule Technikum Wien](https://www.technikum-wien.at) - **Specialization**: Software Engineering - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/education/msc-technikum-wien](https://navarrolajous.com/education/msc-technikum-wien) **Thesis:** Zero-Knowledge Proof of owning a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) on the blockchain Research and implementation of zero-knowledge proofs to verify NFT ownership without revealing sensitive information on the blockchain. Developed a proof-of-concept system demonstrating privacy-preserving NFT verification. **Technologies:** Software Engineering, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain, NFTs, Cryptography ### Software Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) - **Period**: July 2015 — July 2023 - **Location**: Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Institution**: [Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA)](https://www.itba.edu.ar) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/education/software-engineering-itba](https://navarrolajous.com/education/software-engineering-itba) **Technologies:** Software Engineering, Computer Science, Algorithms, Data Structures ## Talks ### Behavior-Based Security for the Next Billion On-Chain Users - **Event**: ETHDenver - **Date**: February 20, 2026 - **Location**: Denver, Colorado, United States - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/talks/ethdenver-2026](https://navarrolajous.com/talks/ethdenver-2026) - **Slides**: [Download](https://navarrolajous.com/assets/talks/ethdenver-behavior-based-security.pdf) - **Video**: [Watch](https://youtu.be/GENujsJ3szI) This talk presents a practical framework for detecting malicious token launches by analyzing on-chain behavioral patterns. Instead of waiting for user reports or post-exploit analysis, Rodrigo demonstrates how to identify threats within seconds of deployment using six core behavioral signals—sniper coordination, deployer history, fund flow tracing, timing patterns, retention analysis, and confidence scoring—giving wallets, DEXes, and researchers actionable tools to protect the next billion on-chain users. **Topics:** Blockchain Security, Behavioral Analysis, Threat Detection, Smart Contract Security, Web3 Security, On-Chain Analytics, Rug Pull Prevention ### Patterns in Chaos: Cross-Chain Forensics at Scale - **Event**: DuneCon 25 - **Date**: November 19, 2025 - **Location**: Devconnect Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/talks/dunecon-2025](https://navarrolajous.com/talks/dunecon-2025) - **Slides**: [Download](https://navarrolajous.com/assets/talks/dunecon-cross-chain-forensics.pdf) - **Video**: [Watch](https://youtu.be/2t7ICJPKWnE) Attackers behave consistently across every chain, even when the ecosystems look chaotic. In this talk, Rodrigo breaks down the five behavioral patterns that reveal scams and exploits long before they happen—sniper bot dynamics, cross-chain identity leaks, dangerous function signature pairings, large-scale behavioral spam attacks, and bonding curve concentration risks. Using real multi-chain data, he shows how these patterns let Webacy detect threats at deploy-time instead of after the damage, giving users and protocols an early-warning system for on-chain risk. **Topics:** Blockchain Forensics, Cross-Chain Security, Threat Detection, Behavioral Analysis, Smart Contract Security, Web3 Security, Data Analytics ### AI and the Future of On-Chain Trust and Safety - **Event**: DeFi Security Summit - **Date**: November 21, 2025 - **Location**: Devconnect Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/talks/defi-security-summit-2025](https://navarrolajous.com/talks/defi-security-summit-2025) - **Slides**: [Download](https://navarrolajous.com/assets/talks/dss-ai-onchain-trust-safety.pdf) - **Video**: [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wq2BhjKAFI) DeFi security has traditionally focused on post-incident forensics and code-level audits. This talk introduces a new attacker-behavior threat model designed for EVM ecosystems, built on repeatable patterns that appear before an exploit executes. Rodrigo walks through pre-deployment signals, attacker clustering, transaction-intent mismatches, and cross-actor correlations that reveal malicious intent early. The session equips protocols, wallets, and infra teams with practical methods to anticipate and block attacks at the moment of deployment, enabling a more proactive security posture across Ethereum and L2s. **Topics:** AI, Machine Learning, Web3 Security, Blockchain, Threat Detection, Smart Contract Auditing, On-Chain Analytics, Rug Pull Prevention ## Projects ### Hobby #### Personal Website — V1 - **Period**: 2021 - **Website**: [https://v1.navarrolajous.com](https://v1.navarrolajous.com) - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/portfolio](https://github.com/rlajous/portfolio) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/portfolio-v1](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/portfolio-v1) The first iteration of my personal website. **Technologies:** Nuxt, Vue.js, S3, Cloudfront, Route 53, SCSS, CircleCI, SMTP #### Funnis — University Project - **Period**: 2021 - **Website**: [https://funnis.navarrolajous.com](https://funnis.navarrolajous.com) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/funnis-game](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/funnis-game) A game made in Unity for a university project about soccer tennis. **Technologies:** Unity, S3, Cloudfront, Route 53 #### Windows 98 - Web 3 Edition — Personal Project - **Period**: 2024 - **Website**: [https://windows98.navarrolajous.com](https://windows98.navarrolajous.com) - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/windows-98-web3](https://github.com/rlajous/windows-98-web3) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/windows-98-web3](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/windows-98-web3) A web version of Windows 98 with a Web 3 twist. **Technologies:** Next.js, React, Wagmi, Vercel #### LaTeX CV Template — Personal Project - **Period**: 2024 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/cv](https://github.com/rlajous/cv) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/cv](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/cv) My personal CV written in LaTeX. Published as a reusable template for others to fork. **Technologies:** LaTeX #### Potrero — Personal Project - **Period**: 2026 - **Website**: [https://playpotrero.com](https://playpotrero.com) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/potrero](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/potrero) 1v1 arcade soccer-tennis you play in the browser. Move, jump and kick the ball over the net on a neighborhood 'potrero' court — the modern, 3D reimagining of Funnis, now with online multiplayer. Potrero is a browser-based 3D soccer-tennis game set in a barrio 'potrero' court. Rendered in real time with Three.js and React Three Fiber, it runs entirely in the browser with no install — playable on desktop with keyboard controls and on mobile with on-screen touch controls. Online 1v1 multiplayer is powered by Supabase. It's the spiritual successor to Funnis, an earlier Unity take on soccer-tennis. **Features:** - Real-time 3D court rendered in the browser with Three.js and React Three Fiber. - 1v1 arcade soccer-tennis: move, jump and volley the ball over the net. - Online multiplayer backed by Supabase. - Cross-device play — keyboard on desktop, touch controls on mobile. - Zero install: runs directly at playpotrero.com. **Technologies:** React, TypeScript, Three.js, React Three Fiber, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Supabase ### Open Source #### @webacy-xyz/sdk — Webacy - **Period**: 2025-2026 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/Webacy-Prod/sdk](https://github.com/Webacy-Prod/sdk) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/webacy-sdk](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/webacy-sdk) TypeScript SDK monorepo for the Webacy Risk Score API. Split into sdk-core, sdk-threat (address risk, sanctions, contracts, URL safety), and sdk-trading (holder analysis, sniper detection, bundler detection) for granular bundle size and clean per-domain APIs. **Technologies:** TypeScript, pnpm, Turborepo, Vitest, NPM, OpenAPI 3.0 #### @poap-xyz/poap-sdk — POAP - **Period**: 2023-2024 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/poap-xyz/poap.js](https://github.com/poap-xyz/poap.js) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/poap-js](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/poap-js) Public TypeScript SDK monorepo for the POAP ecosystem. Wraps POAP smart contracts, the GraphQL API, and drop / claim / mint flows behind a unified set of classes — cutting partner integration time by 50% and serving as the canonical entry point for third-party POAP developers. **Technologies:** TypeScript, Rollup, Yarn, Jest, GitHub Actions, NPM, GraphQL #### claude-code-commands — Open Source - **Period**: 2026 - **Website**: [https://agents.navarrolajous.com](https://agents.navarrolajous.com) - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/claude-code-commands](https://github.com/rlajous/claude-code-commands) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/claude-code-commands](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/claude-code-commands) Git Workflow — a host-neutral framework of slash commands, subagents, and hooks that lets AI agents ship software through a structured, inspectable delivery loop while keeping decisions human. Zero-config and framework-agnostic. Git Workflow (v2.7.0) is a host-neutral framework for shipping software with AI agents while keeping decisions human — "Ship software with agents. Keep decisions human." It gives agents one operating model that turns an issue into a release through a five-step delivery loop: start (issue → branch), commit (a verifiable history of diffs), finish (branch → pull request with context and validation), review (evidence weighed into an actionable decision), and release (validate, document what shipped, and sync branches). Every step leaves inspectable proof instead of hiding work inside an agent session, and review surfaces decision briefs — business rules, diagrams, and evidence a human can act on — rather than ceremony. The same 21 shared skills run across Claude Code and Codex, distributed via plugin marketplaces. **Features:** - Five-step delivery loop — start → commit → finish → review → release — that turns issues into releases. - Visible delivery loop: every step leaves inspectable proof (branches, commits, PRs, review decisions, releases) instead of hidden agent sessions. - Evidence, not ceremony: decision briefs with business rules, diagrams, and proof, plus local notifications a human can act on. - 21 shared skills across four categories — shape the change, prove the change, deliver the change, and stay in the loop. - Host-neutral: one operating model spanning Claude Code (terminal) and Codex, distributed via plugin marketplaces. - Zero-config, framework-agnostic, and MIT licensed. **Technologies:** Claude Code, Codex, Shell, Markdown, Git, GitHub Actions ### Early Work #### YMCA Compiler — ITBA - **Period**: 2018 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/YMCA](https://github.com/rlajous/YMCA) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/ymca-compiler](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/ymca-compiler) Yet Another Matrix Compiler — a domain-specific language compiler for matrix operations built with Lex and Yacc. A domain-specific language and compiler for matrix mathematics, built for ITBA's compiler-design course. Lexical analysis with Lex/Flex and grammar parsing with Yacc/Bison feed an abstract syntax tree that is translated into compilable C, letting users express matrix operations in a concise high-level syntax instead of hand-writing the equivalent C. **Features:** - A custom grammar for declaring matrices and expressing matrix arithmetic (addition, multiplication, transposition, and scalar operations). - A lexer built with Lex/Flex and a parser built with Yacc/Bison that produce an abstract syntax tree. - A code-generation stage that emits compilable C from the source language. - Compile-time semantic checks for matrix dimension compatibility. **Technologies:** C, Lex, Yacc #### Complex-OS — ITBA - **Period**: 2019 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/Complex-OS](https://github.com/rlajous/Complex-OS) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/complex-os](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/complex-os) University Operating Systems coursework: a small OS written in C and Assembly with custom kernel and bootloader. An x86 operating system written from scratch in C and Assembly for ITBA's Operating Systems course. It covers the full path from power-on to a running kernel: a custom bootloader hands control to a kernel that sets up the low-level plumbing the rest of the system depends on. **Features:** - A custom bootloader that prepares the CPU and loads the kernel into memory. - A kernel entry point bridging the Assembly boot stage and the C runtime. - Low-level interrupt and device handling to reach an interactive state. - A Makefile-driven build that produces a bootable disk image. **Technologies:** C, Assembly, Makefile #### Simple-SO — ITBA - **Period**: 2019 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/Simple-SO](https://github.com/rlajous/Simple-SO) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/simple-so](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/simple-so) Companion Operating Systems coursework project — a simpler kernel exploration written in C and Assembly. BSD-3 licensed. A companion project to Complex-OS for ITBA's Operating Systems track. It pares an operating system down to its essential boot-to-kernel path in C and Assembly, kept deliberately small and readable as a learning reference. Released openly under the BSD-3-Clause license. **Features:** - A minimal bootloader and kernel entry point written in Assembly and C. - A focused, readable codebase intended as a reference for OS fundamentals. - A Makefile build that produces a bootable image. **Technologies:** C, Assembly #### POP-3 Server — ITBA - **Period**: 2019 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/POP-3](https://github.com/rlajous/POP-3) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/pop3-server](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/pop3-server) A POP3 mail server implementation written in C for a university networking course. A POP3 mail-retrieval server implemented in C for ITBA's networking course. It follows the POP3 protocol's command/response state machine over TCP sockets, serving mail clients exactly as the specification prescribes. **Features:** - Implements core POP3 commands (USER, PASS, STAT, LIST, RETR, DELE, QUIT) across the AUTHORIZATION, TRANSACTION, and UPDATE states. - Handles multiple simultaneous client connections over TCP sockets. - Follows the POP3 RFC so standard mail clients can connect unmodified. **Technologies:** C, Makefile #### Quipu — Token Market — Interview Project - **Period**: 2019-2020 - **Website**: [https://quipu.navarrolajous.com](https://quipu.navarrolajous.com) - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/QuipuFront](https://github.com/rlajous/QuipuFront) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/quipu-token-market](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/quipu-token-market) Token market built end-to-end as a take-home interview project — a Vue/JS frontend, a Node backend, and an Angular spike rebuilding the UI to evaluate the framework. Built end-to-end for a job interview. Three repos make up the project: the frontend at https://github.com/rlajous/QuipuFront (deployed at quipu.navarrolajous.com), the Node backend at https://github.com/rlajous/Quipu-back, and an Angular rewrite spike at https://github.com/rlajous/Quipu-Angular-Rapid-Test (deployed at quipu-test.navarrolajous.com) used to compare frameworks. **Technologies:** JavaScript, Vue, Node.js, Angular, TypeScript #### Kubernetes Lab — ITBA - **Period**: 2021 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/kubernetes](https://github.com/rlajous/kubernetes) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/kubernetes](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/kubernetes) University project exploring container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker. A hands-on lab exploring container orchestration: containerizing a small application with Docker and deploying it to a Kubernetes cluster to study how scheduling, scaling, and service networking work in practice. **Features:** - Dockerized application images paired with Kubernetes manifests (deployments and services). - Experiments with horizontal scaling and replica/self-healing behavior. - Service discovery and networking between pods inside the cluster. **Technologies:** Kubernetes, Docker, JavaScript #### Master's Thesis — ITBA × Technikum Wien - **Period**: 2023 - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/rlajous/MasterThesis](https://github.com/rlajous/MasterThesis) - **Detail page**: [https://navarrolajous.com/projects/master-thesis](https://navarrolajous.com/projects/master-thesis) Joint master's thesis between ITBA (Buenos Aires) and Fachhochschule Technikum Wien (Vienna), written in LaTeX. A joint master's thesis completed across two institutions — Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires and Fachhochschule Technikum Wien — as part of a dual-degree program spanning Argentina and Austria. Written and typeset entirely in LaTeX and version-controlled on GitHub. **Features:** - Dual-institution master's research bridging programs in Buenos Aires and Vienna. - Fully typeset in LaTeX with a reproducible document build. - Version-controlled on GitHub for a transparent revision history. **Technologies:** LaTeX ## Skills - **Product & Program**: Roadmapping, RFCs, OKRs, Stakeholder Management, Partner Programs, Linear, Notion, Figma - **Engineering**: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Next.js, React, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis - **Platform & DevEx**: SDK & API Design, OpenAPI 3.0, Mintlify, Technical Docs, DevRel, Datadog - **Cloud**: AWS ECS, SQS, SNS, Lambda, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD