Joe Zakielarz: Software engineer, future founder, and music producer.

I'm Joe, and I'm a software engineer in my junior year at Duke University. I love building B2C products and am currently looking to make an impact in a fast-paced environment during the Summer of 2023.

Technical Projects

BlockStreet: Multichain NFT Marketplace

Solo built an NFT Marketplace on Ethereum and Polygon with social functionality; zero-code, full collection minting with metadata pinned on IPFS; wallet aggregation and user account creation; and auctions, listings, transfers, burns, and more.

University Shipping & Storage: $100k ARR Business

Co-Founder of Duke's only student-owned, student-run storage business that services students all along the East Coast north of Durham by offering the transportation of belongings to and from Duke, along with storage services over the summer and fall semesters for students.

XLR8: A Blockchain-Powered Car Racing Game

NFT racing game where users "fuse" component NFTs to create their own unique cars. Wrote the smart contracts and deployed custom Chainlink node on AWS EC2 with Docker and used AWS Lambda for secure data link to MongoDB.

Beta test my newest product!

I'm hacking away at a new product called KovoAI. It's a personal fitness trainer powered by AI that lives right in your text messages. I'd love to get your feedback on it!

Work Experience

  1. Company
    Ozura
    Role
    Software / Blockchain Engineer
    Date
  2. Company
    RSPCT Basketball
    Role
    Data Science Engineer
    Date
  3. Company
    Right-Hear
    Role
    Strategy Consultant
    Date