# Role config for tools/generate_cv.py.
# Derived from documents/cv/PradNukala_StaffSoftwareEngineer_Circle.tex,
# with company-specific naming removed. Titles, companies, dates, locations,
# education, honors, and organizations come from documents/sources/; literal
# bullets below are condensed rewrites of the matching source descriptions.
description: Staff Software Engineer example CV (blockchain & payments infrastructure)
headline: Staff Software Engineer — Blockchain & Payments Infrastructure
education-title: B.S. in Applied Math

# Labels the source YAML does not spell out verbatim but the archived
# example CV (Circle) intentionally used; grounded in source descriptions
# (EVM/IBC bullets in projects/appchain.yml) or profile-vouched (Solidity).
extra-skills:
  - Solidity
  - IBC
  - EVM
  - Microservices
  - Technical Presentations
  - AI-assisted Development Workflows

skills:
  - group: Languages
    items: [Go (Golang), Java, TypeScript, SQL, Solidity, Protobufs]
  - group: Blockchain & Payments
    items: [Cosmos SDK, IBC, EVM, CosmWasm, API Design (REST/gRPC), WebAuthn, DIDs]
  - group: Infrastructure
    items: [Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices, AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, CI/CD]
  - group: Leadership & Communication
    items: [Technical Presentations, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Developer Relations, Startup Fundraising]
  - group: AI & Automation
    items: [ChatGPT, Claude, AI-assisted Development Workflows]

experience:
  - source: sonr
    bullets:
      - "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."
      - "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."
      - "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."
  - source: leidos
    bullets:
      - "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."
  - source: britetwist
    title: Founder & iOS Developer
    bullets:
      - "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."

projects:
  - source: appchain
    title: Cross-Chain Value Transfer & Tokenization
    bullets:
      - "Implemented full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm smart contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain value transfer over IBC."
      - "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."
  - source: token-economics
    title: Token Economics & Payment Design
    dates: 2022 - 2023
    bullets:
      - "Architected the network token model with 6 PhD economists (Prysm Group) — allocation, supply schedules, velocity, and staking emissions — benchmarked against Uniswap, Compound, and Algorand."
      - "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."
  - source: cryptography-library
    title: Core Cryptography & Key Management
    bullets:
      - "Implemented MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST) in Go, removing single points of failure from transaction-signing infrastructure."