Open to remote Senior Go / Backend roles · São Paulo · UTC−3

Danilo Pantani

Senior Go / Backend Engineer

Distributed Systems & Platform Engineering

São Paulo, Brazil · Brazilian & Italian citizen · UTC−3 · Remote

danpantani@gmail.com · github.com/Pantani · linkedin.com/in/dpantani · pantani.github.io · t.me/dpantani

Professional Summary

Senior Go backend engineer with 10+ years in software engineering across distributed systems, developer tooling and financial infrastructure.

Experience includes leading backend work on Trust Wallet's blockatlas, building protobuf and AST-based tooling at Ignite, and implementing AtomOne distribution-module changes. Combines hands-on Go development with deployment, observability and technical collaboration across international teams.

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Contact

Location São Paulo, Brazil
Citizenship Brazilian & Italian citizen
Remote UTC−3 · Remote
Email danpantani@gmail.com
GitHub github.com/Pantani
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/dpantani
Telegram t.me/dpantani
Portfolio pantani.github.io
10+ years in software engineering across backend, financial, platform & blockchain systems
300+ public merged PRs in Ignite CLI
200+ public merged PRs in Trust Wallet blockatlas
AST AST-based code generation and source transformations
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Selected Engineering Contributions

Evidence-backed examples of Go backend, distributed systems, platform, and protocol engineering.

Trust Wallet blockatlas

200+ PRs

ContributionLed Go backend work for multi-chain indexing, API integrations, market-data routes, and full-node tooling.

ScopeMore than 200 public merged PRs; contributed to the Node.js-to-Go migration using worker pools, fan-out processing, batching, and context cancellation.

EvidenceMerged PRsblockatlas

AtomOne

Protocol + implementation

ContributionImplemented distribution-module changes for ADR-004 Nakamoto Bonus.

ScopeLater work covered governance migrations and validator-commission updates in the AtomOne SDK fork.

Evidenceatomoneatomone-sdk

Ignite CLI

300+ PRs

ContributionBuilt Go developer tooling for protobuf analysis, AST-based code generation, scaffolding, and CLI workflows.

ScopeMore than 300 public merged PRs across my two engagements with the project; the total is not exclusive to the latest role.

EvidenceMerged PRsignite/cli

Cosmos SDK · IBC-Go

Upstream

ContributionFixed protobuf file resolution in Cosmos SDK AutoCLI and added HasModule to inspect capability scopes in IBC-Go.

ScopeTwo focused upstream contributions, with public implementation and tests.

EvidenceAutoCLI PRHasModule PR
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Technical Skills & Core Expertise

Backend engineering is the primary focus, supported by distributed systems, platform engineering, technical leadership, and blockchain infrastructure.

Go Backend & Distributed Systems

Go (Golang), gRPC, REST APIs, distributed systems, concurrency, PostgreSQL.

Platform Engineering, Cloud & DevOps

Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Terraform, AWS, GCP, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana.

Developer Tooling

Protocol Buffers, AST transformations, code generation, scaffolding, CLI and SDK tooling.

Blockchain & Protocol Engineering

Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, Tendermint, IBC, validator infrastructure, AtomOne, Gno, Ethereum, EVM, Bitcoin / UTXO, zk-SNARKs, Layer 2, rollup infrastructure.

Technical Leadership & Engineering Workflow

Hands-on team leadership, system design, technical decisions, code review, and cross-functional delivery across backend, mobile, and product engineering; repository-context, refactoring, and MCP tooling with tdmcp.

Full-Stack, Mobile & IoT

JavaScript, TypeScript, React; native iOS and Android with Objective-C, Swift, Java, and Kotlin; OpenCV/C++, beacons, Wi-Fi, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi.

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Professional Experience

Danilo Pantani

Independent Software Engineer

Apr 2026 — Present
Self-employed · Remote
  • Take on occasional backend and Go assignments for external clients, alongside personal and open-source projects.
  • Build tdmcp for TouchDesigner and Ableton Mind for Ableton Live: developer integrations using TypeScript servers and Python bridges.

Ignite

Blockchain Engineer, Go — Developer Platform & Distributed Systems

Dec 2022 — Mar 2026
Remote
  • Replaced import and keeper-initialization placeholders with AST-based transformations in Ignite CLI; worked on protobuf analysis, generated code and comment handling.
  • Implemented AtomOne distribution-module changes for ADR-004 Nakamoto Bonus and contributed epoch-timing, governance-migration and validator-commission changes.
  • Worked on validator infrastructure and consumer-chain lifecycle tooling, alongside code review and CI maintenance.
  • Contributed upstream fixes for Cosmos SDK AutoCLI protobuf resolution and an IBC-Go helper for checking existing capability scopes.

Interchain Foundation

Blockchain Engineer, Go — Cosmos Hub & Interoperability

Jun 2022 — Dec 2022
Remote
  • Contributed to Gaia, the Cosmos Hub application, with the Interchain Foundation core team. Added end-to-end tests for vesting accounts, delegation and transfers.
  • Added protocol-module test coverage and contributed fixes to application configuration, genesis export and CI.

Ignite

Senior Blockchain Engineer, Go

Jun 2021 — Jun 2022
Remote
  • I joined Ignite CLI as a core engineer in 2021, working on scaffolding, protobuf analysis, generated code, and the CLI flows used to build and maintain Cosmos SDK chains.

Hermez Network

Blockchain / Layer-2 Engineer, Go

Feb 2021 — Jun 2021
Remote
  • At Hermez, I wrote Go services for the backend and protocol-facing parts of its Ethereum Layer-2 operator stack.
  • Those services connected Ethereum tooling with the zk-SNARK prover and coordinator pipeline.

Energi

Backend Engineer / Architecture

Apr 2020 — Feb 2021
Remote
  • At Energi, I built Go services for the DeFi stack and custodial-wallet flows, including systems that handled private-key custody.
  • I also designed the Kubernetes and Helm deployment setup and its GitHub Actions delivery pipeline.
  • Prometheus and Grafana covered monitoring for services and blockchain nodes in production.

Trust Wallet / Binance

Backend Lead, Go

Aug 2019 — Apr 2020
Remote
  • Led backend work on blockatlas, Trust Wallet's multi-chain backend, including chain integrations, transaction parsing and indexing workflows.
  • Contributed to the Node.js-to-Go migration and standardized worker pools, fan-out processing, batching and context cancellation.
  • Added HTTP metrics and a Prometheus metrics endpoint; operated and monitored full nodes supporting the multi-chain backend.

Mercado Bitcoin

Tech Lead — Backend & Mobile

Mar 2018 — Aug 2019
São Paulo
  • At Mercado Bitcoin, I built Go and Python services for multi-chain transaction tracking and payload signing.
  • The role also included hot, warm, and cold wallet scripts tied to the exchange ledger and matching systems.
  • Led a seven-person mobile team and coordinated delivery across backend, iOS, Android and web engineering.

Earlier Roles

Staff Engineer / Founder / Full-Stack & Mobile Engineer

2011 — 2018
São Paulo
  • XP Inc. (XDEX) - Staff Engineer · Dec 2017 - Mar 2018: led the development team, technical decisions, and .NET exchange services.
  • Finchain / FlowBTC - Full-Stack Developer · Sep - Nov 2017: native mobile apps, ERC-20 wallets, DApp and ICO smart contracts, and exchange reconciliation.
  • Neon Bank - Mobile Developer · Jan - Nov 2017: native iOS and Android work plus OpenCV/C++ document capture.
  • Miya - Co-Founder / CTO · Jan 2016 - Jan 2017: real-time people-management platform using Wi-Fi signals.
  • Pixon - Co-Founder / CTO · Jan 2014 - Jan 2017: led native mobile, automation, beacon, and Wi-Fi micro-location products.
  • Ice Juice Lemon - Mobile Developer / Team Lead · Jun 2013 - Jan 2014: led the mobile team and built native iOS and Android apps.
  • IAI - Mobile Developer / Instructor · Jul 2012 - Jun 2013: built native iOS and Android apps and delivered mobile-development training.
  • Brandish Ad - iOS Developer · Nov 2011 - Jul 2012: built native iOS applications.
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Selected Repositories / Evidence

Public repositories that support the protocol, backend, interoperability, and developer-tooling work above.

ignite/cli ignite/network tendermint/spn atomone-hub/atomone atomone-hub/atomone-sdk cosmos/cosmos-sdk cosmos/ibc-go cosmos/gaia allinbits/vaas hermeznetwork/hermez-node trustwallet/blockatlas
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Teaching & Talks

FIAP · 2021–2022

MBA instructor in decentralized application development and Ethereum smart contracts.

Go Blockchain · 2018–2019

Instructor in Ethereum blockchain development and smart contracts for mobile.

Selected talks

Web3Family 2023, Barcelona — building Cosmos SDK chains and tooling with Ignite.
AwesomWasm 2023, Berlin — Ignite stack workshop.
ETH São Paulo 2021 — zk-SNARKs and Ethereum Layer 2.

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Education & Certifications

Education

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Computer Science: six semesters completed. Electrical Engineering: eight semesters completed. Neither degree completed. São Paulo, Brazil.

Certifications

Data Science (2021) - Let's Code Academy · 48h
Programming Blockchain (2018) - Jimmy Song · 16h
Ethereum Blockchain Developer (2017) - Go Blockchain · 16h
Smart Contracts in Ethereum Blockchain (2017) - FIAP · 8h
Blockchain Development (2017) - Finchain / Blockchain Brazil · 16h

Available for senior Go engineering roles

Hiring for Go/backend or platform engineering?

Send me the role and technical scope. Based in Brazil · UTC−3 · Brazilian and Italian citizen.

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