jobyssey/documents/cv/PradNukala_StaffSoftwareEngineer_Circle.tex

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  {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt]
  {\large Staff Software Engineer --- Blockchain \& Payments Infrastructure}
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{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt]
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\href{mailto:prad@nuka.la}{prad@nuka.la}\\[2pt]
+ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt]
\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt]
\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt]
\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt]
\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter}

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{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt]
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\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt]
Go (Golang), Java, TypeScript, SQL, Solidity, Protobufs\\[5pt]
\textbf{Blockchain \& Payments}\\[1pt]
Cosmos SDK, IBC, EVM, CosmWasm, API Design (REST/gRPC), WebAuthn, DIDs\\[5pt]
\textbf{Infrastructure}\\[1pt]
Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices, AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, CI/CD\\[5pt]
\textbf{Leadership \& Communication}\\[1pt]
Technical Presentations, Cross-functional Communication, Developer Relations, Fundraising\\[5pt]
\textbf{AI \& Automation}\\[1pt]
ChatGPT, AI-assisted Development Workflows\\[4pt]

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{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt]
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\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt]
MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt]

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{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt]
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\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt]
Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt]
\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt]
Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt]

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{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt]
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\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\
\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA}
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  \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain in Go on the Cosmos SDK --- modular state machine with Protobuf/gRPC services and REST gateways --- and secured \$4.7M to build the platform.}
  \item \small{Directed technical strategy for a cross-functional engineering team across protocol, cryptography, and client SDKs; onboarded 120+ first-time blockchain developers to public APIs during DevNet.}
  \item \small{Built production infrastructure on Kubernetes and Google Cloud with Terraform --- multi-node testnets and GoReleaser multi-architecture CI/CD --- with test coverage gating continuous delivery.}
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\textbf{Mobile App Developer} \hfill \textit{Aug 2020 -- May 2021}\\
\textit{Leidos --- Herndon, VA}
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  \item \small{Shipped features for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mobile Passport app used by millions of travelers, meeting strict federal security, privacy, and accessibility standards.}
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\textbf{Founder \& iOS Developer} \hfill \textit{Jul 2016 -- May 2019}\\
\textit{Britetwist --- Ashburn, VA}
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  \item \small{Founded an independent app studio and shipped three consumer apps to 1M+ total downloads, owning product end-to-end from design through full-stack development.}
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{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt]
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\textbf{Cross-Chain Value Transfer \& Tokenization} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present}
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  \item \small{Implemented full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm smart contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain value transfer over IBC.}
  \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers validating WebAuthn passkeys at the mempool level --- an API surface hiding seed phrases and fees behind familiar Web2 flows.}
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\textbf{Token Economics \& Payment Design} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023}
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  \item \small{Architected the network token model with 6 PhD economists (Prysm Group) --- allocation, supply schedules, velocity, and staking emissions --- benchmarked against Uniswap, Compound, and Algorand.}
  \item \small{Structured the token as the means of payment across protocol modules and designed DPoS validator incentives aligning network security with cross-chain payments over IBC.}
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\textbf{Core Cryptography \& Key Management} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present}
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  \item \small{Implemented MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST) in Go, removing single points of failure from transaction-signing infrastructure.}
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{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt]
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\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\
\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University}
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