Matthias Li

An Experienced Full Stack
& Solana Developer

# About Me

A Blockchain Developer with 4 years of experience in scaling with Solana program development and web3 integration. Contributed to the building of Solana Social Explorer in Tapestry. A good team player, enjoying collaboration and co-working with teammates.

Currently involved in forking and customizing the pumpfun smart contract and building prediction market, spl-token staking, nft mint and staking, and token launchpad. Proficient in web3 integration like Helius, Birdeye, DAS, JUP, ME Api integration, and pump swap, raydium, meteora, drift sdk integration

Quick Facts

  • ▹4 years of professional development experience on Solana
  • ▹Contributed to 15+ production blockchain projects
  • ▹Developed DEX protocols with $10M+ TVL
  • ▹Open source contributor to Solana Social Explorer
  • ▹Proficient in Rust Backend System(Actix & Rocket)

# Technical Expertise

Languages

Rust

TypeScript

Python

Frontend

React Vite

Next.js

TailwindCSS

Backend

Actix

Rocket

Node.js

Express.js

Django

Web3

Anchor

Solana CLI

DeFi Protocols

NFT Standards

DevOps & Tools

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

Git

Testing

# Featured Projects

SSE

SSE

You can create a profile, follow other users, and track their swaps, token holdings, and other on-chain social profiles.

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Solana Starter Kit

Solana Starter Kit

Solana Starter Kit helps you quickly start building blockchain applications on Solana by providing a comprehensive template.

SolanaNext.jsWeb3
Takes.fun

Takes.fun

Share your Takes and Take Profits. Become the next Take creator and earn 0.2% of the trading fees generated by your Takes.

SolanaAnchorPrediction MarketBackend
Stakit

Stakit

The first Ordinals Staking Platform, available for everyone. Stakit is a rewards and loyalty platform dedicated to providing a good user experience.

SolanaAnchorNFTActix
FackCheck.Fun

FackCheck.Fun

Our goal is price the truth. Bad information costs society trillions. By letting anyone trade on factual claims, we surface collective intelligence and put money behind real evidence.

SolanaAnchorPrediction Market
StacheNode

StacheNode

Solana Validator Staking run by two stached-up mf's who are deeply engrained in the Solana ecosystem.

SolanaNext.jsValidator
Soulbound NFT Mint

Soulbound NFT Mint

Soulbound NFT Mint By Metaplex Core Program. Metaplex Core NFT Extension for freeze the NFT

SolanaNFTMetaplex
Dune DashBoard

Dune DashBoard

Vrbs is a global, community-run organization that uses money raised by the community to fund open-source technology, art and public-works projects

Dune Query
FosterMarketPlace

FosterMarketPlace

Home to creators, collectors, and curators around the world. Pushing the boundaries of digital art on Solana.

RustRocketDiesel
Dune DashBoard

Dune DashBoard

DAO Governance NFT Marketplace and web3 streaming protocol for art and music

SolanaAnchorNext.js

# Work Experience

Solana Web3 Developer

Tapestry

02/2025 - Present

  • ▹Developed and deployed SSE token staking smart contracts, driving staking volume growth to $100M within 2 days of launch.
  • ▹Integrated Drift SDK into the SSE Explorer to launch a perpetual trading feature, resulting in a 230% increase in user trading activity within one week.
  • ▹Collaborated with the Drift and Tapestry teams to deliver an updated version of the Solana Social Explorer, enhancing platform functionality and user experience.
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Smart Contract Developer and Rust engineer

Stakit

2024 - 2025

  • ▹Developed and deployed smart contracts on Solana for managing NFT collections and staking mechanisms, enabling dynamic reward distribution through SPL tokens.
  • ▹Led the design and implementation of a staking system that allows users to stake eligible NFTs, receive real-time rewards in SPL tokens, and interact with smart contracts through a seamless frontend integration.
  • ▹Implemented robust staking and unstaking functionality, including transaction fee handling, ownership verification, and the locking/unlocking of NFTs within the smart contract.
  • ▹Collaborated with backend teams to validate NFT eligibility, staking requests, and reward calculations, ensuring smooth user experience across platforms.
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Solana Web3 Developer

Validators

2023 - 2024

  • ▹Designed and implemented advanced sniping features to automatically detect and execute early trades on newly listed tokens.
  • ▹Built multi-DEX trading support, enabling seamless token transactions across multiple Solana-based decentralized exchanges for optimized liquidity
  • ▹Developed limit order functionality, allowing users to automate trades based on custom price thresholds.
  • ▹Integrated a referral system to drive user acquisition and increase platform engagement.
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# Get In Touch

Whether you have a question, a project idea, or just want to connect, feel free to reach out!