Misty Waters

Smart Contract Engineer | DeFi Mechanism Designer | On-Chain Infrastructure

Professional Summary

Smart Contract Engineer contributing production-grade code across the Soroban/Stellar, Ethereum, and Celo ecosystems. Core expertise in contract state verification, audit functions, gas optimization, governance timelocks, and deterministic execution patterns.

Backend development experience includes exception handling and API creation with NestJS, alongside frontend improvements in SEO strategies and Metadata API implementation. Contributor to technical documentation, analytics documentation, and style guides across multiple open source repositories.

Active in community education through GitHub tutorials, workshop preparation, and CreateHER Fest contributions. Participant in the WIEP (Women in Ethereum Protocol) Cohort 4 -- contributing to progress tracking and study group sessions. Active across OnlyDust, Drips Wave (Jan/Feb 2025), Stellar, and Celo ecosystems.

Contribution Metrics

23

Total PRs

11

Merged PRs

9

Issues Created

2

Open PRs

950+

Ecosystem Points

Uniswap v4

Hook Incubator

Community Ecosystems

WIEP (Women in Ethereum Protocol)OnlyDustDrips WaveStellar / SorobanCeloCreateHER Fest

Technical Focus Areas

Smart Contract Development

SolidityRust (Soroban)Uniswap v4 HooksFoundryTimelocksGas OptimizationInvariant Design

Backend Development

NestJSAPI DevelopmentException HandlingTypeScriptNode.js

Frontend Development

Next.jsReactSEO OptimizationMetadata APITailwind CSS

Documentation

Technical DocumentationAnalytics DocumentationStyle GuidesAPI References

Community Education

GitHub TutorialsWorkshop MaterialsCreateHER FestWIEP Mentorship