Curriculum Vitae · 2026

T. Byiringiro

CTO, Kokomo Games

Seasoned engineer with 10+ years at the intersection of blockchain and AI/ML. Currently CTO at Kokomo Games. Open to senior crypto / AI engineering roles.

Dubai, United Arab Emiratesb.thierry1337@gmail.combyiringiro.xyz
Summary

Seasoned engineer with 10+ years at the intersection of blockchain and AI/ML, coding primarily in Solidity, Rust, Go, and TypeScript — architecting everything from custom EVM opcode patches to Substrate FRAME pallets and Solana BPF programs.Expert in cryptography — recursive ZK cycles (Plonky2, Plookup, KZG), BLS12-381 FFTs, FROST threshold ECDSA, SPDZ triples, and GPU-accelerated TFHE bootstrapping.On Layer-2 and cross-chain systems, builds ZK rollups, IBC token channels, XCMP routers, and Gossipsub relayers, integrating formal verification (KEVM, Coq, Z3).In AI/ML, runs distributed training (DeepSpeed ZeRO-Offload, NCCL/NVLink, Megatron-LM), writes fused Triton kernels, optimizes XLA HLO, and compresses models via GPTQ + LoRA.Also leads high-performance game development — implementing GGPO rollback lockstep, LZ4 delta compression, Unity DOTS/Burst SIMD, and GPU-driven Boids.Infra & DevOps stack: containerd, gVisor, Cilium eBPF, Bazel, Argo, Prometheus, Grafana Tempo, Nix flakes, Foundry, Hardhat.

Experience
Jan 2024Present
Chief Technology Officer·Kokomo Games· Dubai · UAE
  • Develop hyper-casual games with innovative core loops, unconventional mechanics, tight controls, and scalable backends.
  • Author production-grade encryption (@tigthor/kokocrypt — hybrid Kyber + Dilithium + AES-256-GCM) used across the company's auth + Kafka layers.
  • Architect AI-agent products in regulated verticals (immigration paralegal, dental ops, construction permits, B2B sales).
TypeScriptSolidityRustUnity DOTS / BurstNestJSKafka
Apr 2023Feb 2024
Blockchain Architect·Velera — First Decentralized Internet· USA
  • Built Ouranos, a dual-DAG ledger solving decentralization, security, and scalability simultaneously.
  • Introduced Proof of Compartments and Layers (PoCL) — novel consensus mechanism designed for high-throughput sub-second finality.
  • Designed quantum-resistant cryptographic systems anchored to the protocol's identity + settlement layers.
RustSubstrateZKFROSTPlonky2
Jan 2020Mar 2023
Engineering Lead·Ignite Tournaments· Remote
  • Built the MVP that raised $3M seed for the company.
  • Led play-to-earn esports platform reaching 150M+ transactions, 99.99% uptime, and 35% faster transaction throughput vs. baseline.
  • Owned platform engineering across matchmaking, tournament-bracket engine, mobile + web clients.
TypeScriptGoPostgresRedisGraphQL
Sep 2019Apr 2022
Solana Protocol Engineer·InnoApps Technologies· Remote
  • Developed NFT marketplace smart contracts and full backend integrations on Solana.
  • Authored Solana BPF programs with deterministic execution paths + zero-allocation hot loops.
RustSolana BPFTypeScriptAnchor
Feb 2017Jun 2020
Blockchain Architect·DVSTLLC (with Aleph0)· Boston, MA
  • Delivered DeFi, DEX, and DApp infrastructures with 20% efficiency gains and 30% speed improvements over prior baselines.
  • Oversaw production systems processing 160M+ transactions at 99.98% uptime.
SolidityTypeScriptEVMHalo2 / PLONK
Jan 2016Oct 2016
Software Engineer·Google· Cambridge, MA
  • Developed decentralized systems for privacy, autonomy, and data security in Google Experimental Projects.
GoJavaProtocol Buffers
Jan 2015Nov 2015
Software Engineer Intern·Google· Cambridge, MA
  • Contributed to system performance, stability, and feature enhancements across flagship Google products.
Mar 2013Jan 2015
Junior Project Engineer·Basis Technologies· Boston, MA
  • Managed automation projects end-to-end, increasing client satisfaction by 25%.
Selected projects
ORACLE Protocolopen

Institutional-grade prediction markets on Hyperliquid HIP-4 · sub-100ms execution · native CLOB · perp composability.

HyperliquidNestJSSolidityGraphQL
VisaPilotopen

AI immigration paralegal · O-1 petitions in 14 days · partner-attorney on every filing.

Next.js 15Claude Sonnet 4.6Drizzle
Ouranos (Velera)

Dual-DAG ledger with Proof of Compartments and Layers consensus — designed for decentralization + sub-second finality + quantum resistance.

RustSubstrateZK
Solana HFT Engine

Sub-millisecond memecoin sniping on Pump.fun + LetsBonk + Moonshot · 1,000+ wallet orchestration · Rust core + Jito bundles.

RustSolanaJitogRPC
DentalVoice · PermitPal · Chordopen

Three AI-agent products shipped end-to-end in 2 weeks · voice agents for dental, permit-pulling for GCs, multiplayer AI for sales teams.

Next.js 15ClaudeTwilio
Published packages
p2p-net-oura @0.39.3
Production peer-to-peer networking stack — gossipsub-style mesh, NAT traversal, custom transport adapters.
crates.io3,796link
libp2p-mdns-ouro @0.31.1
Patched libp2p mDNS discovery — custom service-name namespacing, opt-in IPv6, faster cooldown semantics.
crates.io1,939link
@tigthor/kokocrypt @1.0.1
Quantum-resistant encryption for Node.js, NestJS, Kafka, and browsers. Hybrid Kyber + Dilithium + AES-256-GCM.
npmlink
@tigthor/encyption-utils @1.0.0
Lightweight encryption utility for TypeScript · zero dependencies · Web Crypto + node:crypto.
npmlink
thirdweb-browser @0.1.0
Browser-only ESM build of thirdweb · script-tag installable · 64% smaller than canonical bundle.
npmlink
Selected research
Education
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Science
Boston University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Boston University
Skills
Languages
SolidityRustGoTypeScriptRubyPythonC++
Blockchain
EVM (custom opcode patches)Substrate FRAME palletsSolana BPFHyperliquid HIP-4ZK rollupsIBCXCMPGossipsubBridges
Cryptography
Plonky2PlookupKZGBLS12-381 FFTsFROST threshold ECDSASPDZ triplesGPU-accelerated TFHEHalo2 / PLONK / Groth16KEVM / Coq / Z3 formal verification
AI / ML
DeepSpeed ZeRO-OffloadNCCL / NVLinkMegatron-LMTriton kernelsXLA HLOGPTQ + LoRAAnthropic Claude SDKTool-use agentsRAGMech-interp
Game systems
GGPO rollback lockstepLZ4 delta compressionUnity DOTS / Burst SIMDGPU-driven BoidsPhoton Quantum
Frontend
Next.js 15React 19Tailwind v4Three.js / R3FMotion / GSAP
Infra / DevOps
containerdgVisorCilium eBPFBazelArgoPrometheusGrafana TempoNix flakesFoundryHardhatPostgresRedisKafkaDockerAWS / Vercel
Languages
Swahili Native / BilingualEnglish Native / BilingualFrench Professional WorkingTurkish Professional Working