Available for Senior Go, Backend & Distributed Systems roles · Remote · UTC−3 · EU work-eligible

Danilo Pantani

Senior Go Engineer

Backend · Distributed Systems · Platform Engineering · Blockchain Infrastructure

I began my software engineering career in São Paulo in 2011.

Since then, my work has moved through financial platforms, Go backends, and blockchain infrastructure. At Ignite, I focused on the CLI, Cosmos SDK, IBC, AtomOne, and validator tooling.

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Contact

Location São Paulo, Brazil
Citizenship Brazilian & Italian citizen
Remote UTC−3 · Worldwide
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
1,100+ public merged PRs across open source (Cosmos, Ethereum & wallet backends)
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Selected Protocol Impact

A few examples of protocol and backend work, with links to the public repositories.

AtomOne

Protocol + implementation

ContributionImplemented ADR-004 Nakamoto Bonus distribution-module behavior.

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

Evidenceatomoneatomone-sdk

Ignite CLI

300+ PRs

ContributionWorked on protobuf analysis, AST-based generation, and scaffold migrations.

ScopeMore than 300 merged PRs across the CLI and its developer workflows.

EvidenceMerged PRsignite/cli

Cosmos SDK · IBC-Go

Upstream

ContributionAdded interface-registry and gogoproto handling plus a capability-keeper helper.

ScopeSmall upstream changes used by downstream Cosmos SDK modules.

Evidencecosmos-sdkibc-go

Trust Wallet blockatlas

200+ PRs

ContributionLed backend work for multi-chain indexing, integrations, and full-node tooling.

ScopeMore than 200 merged PRs, including work on the Node.js-to-Go migration.

EvidenceMerged PRsblockatlas
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Core Expertise

Most of my work is in backend and protocol engineering. I also handle deployment, observability, and frontend work when a project needs it.

Blockchain & Protocol Engineering

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

Go Backend & Distributed Systems

Go, gRPC, REST APIs, backend architecture, concurrency, goroutines, worker pools, context cancellation, distributed systems, Validator-as-a-Service workflows, consumer-chain lifecycle, misbehaviour validation, and validator-commission updates.

Developer Tooling

Cobra, Viper, protobuf analysis, AST-based code generation, scaffolding, migrations, CLI design, and release tooling.

Infrastructure & DevOps

Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Helm Charts, AWS, GCP, cloud deployments, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, multi-chain Cosmos full-node operations, observability, and production operations.

Full-Stack Delivery

JavaScript, TypeScript, React, responsive UI, component architecture, and full-stack delivery from API to interface.

Engineering Workflow

Repository context, code review, refactoring, and MCP tooling for TouchDesigner through tdmcp.

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Professional Experience

All in Bits (Ignite)

Blockchain Engineer, Go · Cosmos SDK · IBC

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Remote
  • On Ignite CLI, I worked on protobuf analysis, AST-based code generation, scaffold migrations, and CLI behavior. More than 300 of my public pull requests were merged.
  • The same role also covered IBC, validator infrastructure, consumer-chain lifecycle work, misbehaviour validation, parameter cleanup, and Validator-as-a-Service.
  • I contributed smaller upstream fixes to Cosmos SDK and IBC-Go, including gogoproto registry resolution and a capability-keeper helper.

Interchain Foundation

Blockchain Engineer, Go

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Remote
  • During a six-month engagement with the Interchain Foundation core team, I contributed to Gaia and nearby Cosmos SDK modules for the Cosmos Hub.
  • The work included module composition, IBC functionality for downstream chains, and a capability-keeper improvement in IBC-Go.

All in Bits (Ignite)

Senior Blockchain Engineer, Go

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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

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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

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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

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Remote
  • At Trust Wallet, I led backend work on blockatlas. More than 200 of my public pull requests were merged across chain integrations, indexers, market-data routes, and full-node tooling.
  • As services moved from Node.js to Go, I standardized worker pools, fan-out processing, batching, and context cancellation.
  • I also operated and monitored full nodes for the wallet's multi-chain backend.

Mercado Bitcoin

Tech Lead — Backend & Mobile

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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.
  • I led backend and mobile delivery across iOS, Android, and web.

Earlier Roles

Tech Lead / Founder / Mobile Engineer

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São Paulo

XDEX: .NET exchange services. Finchain / FlowBTC: ERC-20 wallets, smart-contract integrations, and compliance systems. Neon Bank: iOS / Android applications and document-recognition flows.

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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

MBA instructor in decentralized application development and Ethereum smart contracts.

Go Blockchain · 2018

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

Coursework toward Computer Science (6 semesters) and Electrical Engineering (8 semesters). São Paulo, Brazil.

Certifications

Programming Blockchain (2018) — Jimmy Song · 16h
Data Science (2021) — Let's Code Academy · 48h

Available for senior Go engineering roles

Building reliable backend and distributed systems.

Remote · UTC−3 · Brazilian and Italian citizen · EU work-eligible

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