Pavel Espitia

Senior Smart Contract Engineer · Security · AI
pavel@noctis.biz
pavelespitia.github.io
github.com/pavelEspitia · linkedin.com/in/pavelespitia
Medellín, Colombia · GMT-5 · Remote

Senior engineer shipping production software since 2009, the last 8 years building and hardening Web3 protocols. Contract systems I architected were taken through independent audits by STATEMIND (the firm that audits Lido, Curve and Yearn), QuillAudits and storming0x. I also build AI systems: agents, MCP servers, and LLM-powered security products, live today on the Chrome Web Store and the web.

Audited work

2024-01-17
DEGA ETH ISPO, the first Ethereum ISPO run through Lido: stETH staking, reward accrual, withdraw anytime. Audited by STATEMIND.
github.com/statemindio/public-audits · Dega/2024-01-17_Dega_ISPO.pdf
deployed: etherscan.io · 0x01ed03186D77698271AA316b0B29B99B1099465b
2024
$DEGA token (ERC-20) with TypeScript deploy pipeline. Audited independently by QuillAudits and storming0x.
github.com/DEGAorg/ERC20 · /audit
deployed: etherscan.io · 0x97aeE01ed2aabAd9F54692f94461AE761D225f17
2024-07-20
DEGA TGE claim, multi-chain claims via EIP-712 typed signatures with cross-chain replay protection. OpenZeppelin v5, Hardhat + Foundry. Audited by storming0x.
github.com/DEGAorg/TGE-claim-contract · /audit
deployed: etherscan.io · 0x4800f8662600c7126c44298d72d3681671212aeb

Experience

Senior Software Engineer, Independent · Self-employed, remote Jun 2023 · present

Independent contract engineering for US clients. Web3 security and architecture: the DEGA audited contracts above, game worlds operated by autonomous AI agents, a medical claim system on the Midnight blockchain (Compact, pre-mainnet through mainnet), RWA tokenization with Firepan, and MCP agent tooling that lets AI agents hold wallets and transact.

Senior Software Engineer, Contract · MILL5 Nov 2023 · present

Quality-focused engineering for a US-based regulated medical-device product: requirement and test-case reviews, defect triage, requirements traceability, release readiness in a distributed team.

Blockchain Developer · FIWORK, full-time remote Jun 2021 · Jun 2023

Solidity contract architecture, cryptographic primitive design, dApp integration (viem/ethers), audit preparation, and testing infrastructure for Web3 products.

Senior Software Developer · MILL5, full-time Feb 2020 · Jun 2021

Full-stack TypeScript, Node.js, .NET and distributed systems for US enterprise clients.

Senior Frontend Developer · PSL Corp, now Perficient Feb 2019 · Feb 2020

React and TypeScript architecture for financial services, healthcare and SaaS clients, including Xtiva and SEON (Safe Fleet).

Frontend & Blockchain Developer · Blocksize Sep 2018 · Feb 2019

eFIN DEX for TokenPay: non-custodial exchange with atomic swaps (BTC/LTC/ETH) routed over Tor. Wallet UX, smart-contract integration, cryptographic primitives. First Web3 role.

Earlier roles · Globant (×2), Intertec, PraTech, Intergrupo, FoundationLab, PSL, Ecoinfo 2009 · 2018

Full-stack, .NET and SharePoint engineering for Wells Fargo, Electronic Arts, the Inter-American Development Bank, Deloitte, Bancolombia, Suramericana, Avianca, Ecopetrol, and Nomis Solutions.

Security & AI products (Noctis)

Argus, AI transaction firewall for crypto wallets. Chrome Web Store
Argus Lens, static supply-chain malware scanner. lens.noctis.biz
spectr-ai, AI smart contract auditor (Solidity + Vyper). github.com/pavelEspitia/spectr-ai
Scry, chat with any EVM contract across six chains. scry.noctis.biz

Honors

Finalist, Smackathon (Blockchain Music Challenge)
Top 10 finalists · Jul 2019 · smackathon.co

Certifications

MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft · 2012
MCTS: SharePoint 2010, Application Development
Microsoft · 2012 · exam 70-573

Education

Técnico en Análisis y Desarrollo de Software
Centro de Estudios Especializados CESDE · 2006 · 2008

Stack

Solidity · TypeScript · Foundry (fuzz + invariant testing) · Hardhat · OpenZeppelin · EIP-712 · viem · The Graph · Node.js · Next.js · .NET · Midnight / Compact · LLM apps (Claude) · MCP servers · AI agents

Networks

Ethereum · BNB Chain · Optimism · Base · Arbitrum · Polygon · Midnight

Languages

Spanish, native · English, full professional proficiency
Pavel Espitia · pavel@noctis.biz Updated July 2026 · verifiable links throughout