Isaac Adewumi

Lagos, Nigeria|hi@enio.la|github.com/prettyirrelevant|in/isaac-adewumi

Backend engineer in crypto, fintech, and open source since 2020. Most of that time at Rotki, on accounting, chain support, and DeFi decoding. I cofounded an Algorand payments product and ship side projects in Python, Rust, Go, and TypeScript.

Experience

Python Backend Engineer at Rotki Solutions GmbH

Oct 2024 - Mar 2026

Remote, Berlin

  • Shipped Solana support end to end: transaction decoding, spam token filtering, and chain-specific asset handling.
  • Delivered historical balance tracking from scratch: transaction replay for fine-grained balances, archive node queries for native and ERC20 balances, with snapshotting and cache invalidation underneath.
  • Migrated 10+ API endpoints off hardcoded USD valuation to a user-selected display currency.
  • Integrated Balancer v1/v2, Aura Finance, Beefy, Yearn, and StakeDAO, plus Coinbase ED25519 API keys and Binance Convert trades.

Software Engineer at Unyte

Jul 2024 - Oct 2024

Nigeria

  • Delivered policy management and provider onboarding for an API-first insurance platform.
  • Built the distribution workflows partners used to embed insurance products across African markets.

Technical Cofounder & Lead Engineer at FlashPay

May 2022 - 2024

Part-time, Remote

  • Cofounded an early Algorand payment-link platform on an Algorand Foundation grant.
  • Designed and shipped the Django backend: payment links, merchant APIs, API keys, wallet setup, transaction verification, webhooks, and revenue reporting.
  • Ran the payment lifecycle on-chain: creation, tracking, verification, and reconciliation.
  • Published the merchant JavaScript SDK, its API surface, and the integration docs.

Python Backend Engineer at Rotki Solutions GmbH

Apr 2022 - Apr 2023

Remote, Berlin

  • Removed the Uniswap V3 subgraph dependency by moving retrieval fully on-chain.
  • Cut Electron memory usage by about 30% by revamping asset management endpoints.
  • Added Average Cost Basis and HIFO accounting, Taproot BTC addresses, and spam NFT filtering.
  • Decoded transactions for Uniswap V2/V3, Sushiswap, Curve, and MakerDAO.

Full Stack Engineer at DeCHO

Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

Remote, Lagos

  • Built a Swift native module for the Algorand SDK in React Native, Django REST Framework endpoints, and web wallet integrations.

Earlier

Software Engineer at Saber Creative Agency

Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

Django backend endpoints and UI for a hospitality management app. Set up CI and widened test coverage.

Django Developer Intern at Mul-T-Lock Nigeria

Jan 2021 - Mar 2021

Product landing page and an IoT device authentication system built with Django Channels.

Freelance Software Developer

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Django e-commerce sites, client web apps, and a real-time end-to-end encrypted CLI chat app.

Hackathon Wins

Projects

  • Kizami : Rust service for block-by-timestamp lookups across 30+ EVM chains
  • Decodify : Chrome extension for human-readable Etherscan transaction decoding
  • Wakaru : Client-side bank statement analyzer with natural language queries
  • Guessx : Real-time multiplayer guessing game for 2-20 players
  • Neuron : BLE-based attendance system using ESP32 (final year project)

Skills

PythonRustTypeScriptGoDjangoFlaskNext.jsReactReact NativeSQLDockerGitSolidityVyperPyTeal

Education

B.Sc. Electrical & Electronics Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University

2018 - 2024