Michael Shlayen

Connecting Web3, Crypto, Blockchain, AI Ecosystems - Recruitment | Executive Search | Talent & Jobs | VC | Funding | Marketing | Advisory | Real Estate | Bitcoin | Ethereum | DeFi

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🚀 About Me

With over two decades in recruitment, executive search, marketing, and consulting, I help founders, funds, and teams scale globally.

In 2016, I discovered Bitcoin and blockchain and immediately recognized their potential to reshape finance, ownership, and work itself. Since then, I’ve been deeply involved in building the crypto talent ecosystem - connecting innovators with builders, investors, and visionaries shaping the future of money, infrastructure, and decentralized technology.

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🔹 Blockchain Headhunter — blockchainheadhunter.com

Founded in 2017 as one of the first specialized crypto & Web3 recruitment agencies, we’ve completed 340+ placements across DeFi, Infra, Layer-1s, Layer-2s, Gaming, AI, and Stablecoin projects, from startups to unicorns.
Our 300,000+ community of crypto professionals gives us unmatched reach into developers, founders, investors, and executives across the ecosystem.

Roles we place:
🧠 Engineering (Solidity, Rust, Cosmos, zk, smart contracts, protocol, infra)
📈 Marketing, Growth, Community, Tokenomics, Product
⚖️ Legal, Finance, Operations
🎯 Executive & C-suite (CEO, COO, CTO, CMO, CFO, Head of Engineering, Head of Product)

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🔹 Crypto Funding — cryptofunding.vc

We connect Web3 startups, investors, and venture funds, helping early-stage teams raise capital and expand through our global founder and VC network.
We’ve facilitated multi-million-dollar rounds and bring insider visibility into funding trends, token launches, and strategic partnerships.

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🔹 Crypto Real Estate — cryptorealestate.cc

The largest platform for buying and selling real estate with crypto, featuring 1,500+ listings globally. Explore opportunities, list your property, or diversify your portfolio using digital assets.

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🔹 CryptoCareer.cc — cryptocareer.cc

Helping professionals transition, grow, and advance their careers in Web3 through expert coaching & insights

Founder & CEO

🔹 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 - https://blockchainheadhunter.com/

I founded one of the first recruitment agencies in the space at that time in 2017, which remains among the leading talent providers in crypto & web3 ever since.

During these years we have completed hundreds of recruitment assignments for some of the top companies and startups in the industry. We have also built the largest online talent community in crypto with 150k followers across various social platforms. which provides us with a unique insight and access to top professionals, companies and stakeholders in web3, allowing us to make meaningful connections.

If you are exploring jobs or hiring in crypto, web3, blockchain, defi, nft you are welcome to connect here or via Telegram @blockchainheadhunter. 

You can also explore, apply for all open positions as well as join our communities across the web here - https://bit.ly/3JNu65s.

Positions we are placing - Software engineers, developers, architects, devops (ethereum, solidity, smart contracts substrate, rust, polkadot, cosmos etc); Marketing, community, copywriting, social media, content managers; Tokenomics; Product; Legal; Finance; Operations; C-suite, CEO, COO, CMO, CTO etc

1inch Labs

Senior Node.js/Web3 Engineer

Creatix Technologies

Blockchain Lead Engineer

Footium

Senior Web3/Backend Developer

DataArt

- Design and integration of new third party services in microservice approach; 
- Enhancement and maintenance of database through automated cleanup jobs;
- Stabilization and enhancement of system API performance through AWS services;
- Code coverage improvement through unit tests;
- Maintenance, bug fixes and support of the production environment.

Senior Software Engineer

Cloudsidetech

- Design, implementation of multiplayer game engines (JS, C++)
- Design, implementation of account multi-wallet, finantial transaction system (JS)
- Development of finantial reporting system  (JS, Java)
- Design, implementation of database schemas for accounting system and game engines (MongoDB)
- Development of Ethereum Blockchain Dapps (JS, Solidity)
- Agile software development

Methodologies/Technologies/Tools: NodeJS, MongoDB, RESTful APIs, Microservices, Parallel Programming, Express, RMQ, WebSockets, Git, Agile

Energize Global Services

- Development of system software for payment (POS) terminals (C/C++, Linux)
- Development, maintenance of security, telecommunication service 
- Implementation of functional, regression testing framework (Python)
- Agile software development, daily communication with customers

Methodologies/Technologies/Tools: Networking, IPC, Parallel Programming, SSL, Wireshark/Tcpdump, Shell Scripting, Git, Agile

VMware

Distributed Application Development.
- Participated in developed of VCOPS(VMware vCenter Operations Manager) distributed application, which asynchronously monitors the specific resources, analyses collected metrics and represents the resource states to the user.
- New feature implementation, bug fixing.

R&D Software Engineer

Synopsys

Development and maintenance of Chip design tool (Custom Designer).
- Development of functionality to store chip design specific objects and represented them graphically.	
- Performance enhancement, bug fixing and stabilization.

R&D Engineer

Instigate CJSC

Network Programming.
- Development of Network Library which allows user to create network connection based on low-level (raw) sockets.

Intern (Technical Prof)

InnoRise

IOS development.
- Participated in IOS application development.

● 12+ years of professional expertise in the Information Technology industry;
● Proficient knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, Solidity and related libraries, frameworks;
● Solid experience with server-side JavaScript/TypeScript (Express.js, Nest.js);
● Solid experience in Solidity and Web3 development, specializing in designing and implementing smart contracts for EVM-compatible blockchains;
● Solid background in OOP, Design Patterns, Microservice Architecture;
● Wide experience in AWS stack (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, ECS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS);
● Extensive experience in database design (MongoDB, PostgreSQL);
● Experienced in automated development processes;
● Strong communication skills.

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