Max Jackson

Founder & Lead Developer

• Built full-stack NFT marketplace on Ethereum and Base — Solidity contracts, real-time on-chain indexer, marketplace surfaces, and REST API
• Designed custom ERC-721 factory contracts with extension registration, royalty enforcement, and on-chain metadata using Foundry
• Built event-driven indexer tracking transfers, mints, and sales across Ethereum and Base — turns raw chain events into queryable, UI-ready state in real time
• Architected real-time state layer (GenServer + PubSub) for live auction bidding and floor-price tracking
• Manage distributed team of contract developers; lead code review, release management, and architecture decisions

Lead Developer & Project Manager

• Led team of 3–5 developers building DeFi infrastructure on Ethereum — ERC-721 vault contracts that wrap and hold ERC-20/721 assets
• Architected event-driven microservice infrastructure around on-chain vault contracts — chain state processed through reliable off-chain services into consumer-facing experiences
• Established engineering standards, code review processes, deployment workflows, and team hiring
• Led weekly agile sprints; interfaced with designers, product managers, and CEO on product requirements

Founder & Council Lead

• Founded and managed digital art organization with funded on-chain treasury and governance processes
• Led council through proposal, review, and voting cycles; managed treasury allocations and funding

Infrastructure Engineer

• Design, deploy, and maintain self-hosted production infrastructure including streaming, web, and operations dashboards
• Built programmable tool system with MCP server integration and multi-platform gateway — tools consumed through standardized interfaces

Web Developer

• Built and maintained boston.com and bostonglobe.com within an agile engineering team
• Supporting engineer for CMS platform migration

Full-stack NFT marketplace and collection deployment platform on Base and Ethereum mainnet. Foundry smart contracts, PostgreSQL backend, React frontend, and server-side transaction receipt watcher. Custom ERC-721 factory with extension registration and royalty enforcement.

Real-time event processing pipeline tracking transfers, mints, and marketplace sales across Ethereum and Base. Turns raw chain events into queryable, UI-ready state. Powers live marketplace surfaces including auction bidding and floor-price tracking.

Bachelor of Science — Web Design & Development

Concentration in Interactive Media Design & Game Development