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WILL LAWTON / SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Trading &
settlement systems.

I build trading and settlement systems end to end: matching engines, sequencers, smart contracts, backend services and the infrastructure they run on.

Punta del Este, Uruguay

US citizen · open to contract & full-time · US hours

01 / WORK

Experience.

001

Syntergy

Aug 2023 – Present

Software Engineer

Build and maintain enterprise information systems in C++ and TypeScript, and customize and deploy the company’s software for enterprise client environments.

C++TypeScriptclient deployments
002

Master Layer

Feb 2024 – Sep 2026

Sole Engineer

Designed and built a distributed execution and settlement platform.

  • Batch sequencer and in-memory matching engine in Go, with price-time priority and sub-millisecond matching.
  • Off-chain signing and sequencing for instant finality.
  • Recursive account abstraction with delegated permissions and multisig.
  • Margin/borrow primitives and cross-chain stablecoin netting and lending.
  • Critical execution paths hand-optimized in Solidity inline assembly.
GoSoliditydistributed systemslow latency
003

Yottex

Sep 2022 – Sep 2026

Founder & Engineer

Launched and operated a production order-book exchange on Base mainnet with 1,000+ live markets. Built the full stack — backend services, matching engine, batch sequencer, smart contracts, frontend and deployments — through four full production rebuilds. Built wallet-free onboarding via invite links.

GoTypeScriptKubernetesBase
004

Tucanize

Jan 2026 – Aug 2026

Engineer, Technical Implementation

Worked directly with a Brazilian investment fund on a platform tokenizing private assets. Designed technical implementation and launch requirements, and built issuance, trading and settlement workflows integrated with Master Layer.

RWA tokenizationsettlementclient work

02 / SKILLS

Technical focus.

Languages
Go, C++, TypeScript, Python, Solidity, JavaScript, C
Systems
Distributed systems, low-latency systems, sequencing, transaction signing, access control
Infrastructure & data
Kubernetes, Helm, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, SQL, Linux/Unix
Blockchain
EVM, Base, smart contracts, account abstraction

03 / ESSAYS

Essays.

Coming soon.