Ezra Tramble

UC Berkeley EECS student building production systems at the intersection of blockchain and AI.

PythonJavaC++TypeScriptSolidityNext.jsReactPostgreSQLSwift
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Ezra Tramble

Experience

Jun–Aug 2025 & Jun–Aug 2026

BlackRock - Digital Assets Lab

Digital Assets Software Engineer Intern

Developed internal tooling to support Ethereum ETF (ETHA) and staking infrastructure workflows for traders.

Built backend APIs and reconciliation systems to track Coinbase custodial balances against internal fund balances, improving visibility and accuracy.

Optimized internal analytics pipelines by 100x, accelerating on-chain Ethereum data flows and enabling more efficient fund reporting and operations.

May 2026

Whop - Payments/Wallet

Full-Stack Software Engineer Contractor

Delivered full-stack features on Whop's production site, translating Figma workflows into responsive TypeScript and Next.js implementations across web and iOS.

Developed rollback backend infrastructure for 2FA user security, interfacing directly with the core production database to update account flows.

Implemented UI enhancements for the crypto payments onboarding flow and extended the changes to iOS.

Sep 2023 — Present

Blockchain @ Berkeley

President

Lead a 40+ member organization, securing six-figure client contracts and setting technical direction across engineering, research, design, and consulting teams.

Building full-stack web3 software with TypeScript, Solidity, and Next.js.

Jun 2024 — Jan 2025

Shoal Research

Internal Automation Research Intern

Researched scalability and transaction speed of Solana DeFi protocols, developing solutions for large transaction volumes.

Investigated the impact of short-term tokens in the DeFi space, analyzing the role of social capital in their market.

Aug 2023 — Present

Black Engineering & Science Student Association

Member

Lead planning for BESSA and local NSBE chapter collaborations.

Contributed to bridging the university-community gap with programs to connect the Bay Area community.

Jun 2021 — Jun 2023

The Hidden Genius Project

App Development Educator

Instructed 30 high-school students in iOS and Android app development (Flutter Framework) for 5 hours daily.

Taught UX design principles and database management with Firebase backend.

Projects

Prometheus

Moltverse Hackathon winner. Autonomous AI venture capitalist on Monad that scans nad.fun for new token launches every 30 seconds, evaluates them across 5 weighted on-chain factors, and executes buy/sell decisions in a self-sustaining trade cycle. Full-stack dashboard with real-time SSE streaming, sentiment gauge, and portfolio P&L tracking.

MonadNext.jsAI AgentsPrisma

MojoMan

Exercise-to-Earn platform on Monad integrating TensorFlow.js AI pose detection with WebRTC live streaming for real-time workout verification and on-chain token rewards. Features prediction market betting on live workouts and PvP fighter matchmaking. Built at ETHDenver 2026.

MonadSolidityTensorFlow.jsWebRTC

Clam

Web3 platform for Optimized Liquidity Provision and Aggregation on Solana. Built secure, modular smart contracts and real-time trading flows with a focus on user experience and community engagement for liquidity providers.

RustTypeScriptSolanaSmart Contracts

EigenDEX

A private, verifiable perpetual DEX running inside attested secure enclaves on EigenCloud. 1st Place Overall — EigenLayer Verifiable Agents Prize at SF Tech Week x Berkeley 10² Hackathon.

TEEsEigenLayerCryptography

PocketLP

Visa-to-DeFi round-up bridge — dual AI agent system that converts Visa card round-up payments into optimized Solana DeFi liquidity pool deposits. Ed25519 cryptographic signing with RFC 9421 HTTP Message Signatures and Redis pub/sub inter-agent communication.

SolanaAI AgentsCryptographyRedis

ShoalFeed

Intelligent social media automation platform for Shoal Research — scans, filters, and posts curated crypto research to Twitter via OAuth 1.0a and Twitter API v2. Dual storage system with Redis/KV fallback, content hashing, and multi-tier rate limit management.

TypeScriptNext.jsRedisTwitter API

Vara Token Launchpad

Production-ready token launchpad smart contract in Rust on Vara Network (Gear Protocol) with automatic VFT deployment, whitelist access control, linear token vesting with configurable cliff periods, and soft/hard fundraising caps across ~1,200 lines of Rust with 17 integration tests.

RustGear ProtocolSmart ContractsVara

Sentinel-Casper

Claude-powered AI agent framework for the Casper blockchain enabling natural language interaction with DeFi operations including wallet management, DEX trading, staking, and CSPR transfers. Agent factory pattern with 6 configurable tool preset categories.

CasperAI AgentsVercel AI SDKTypeScript

BitRouter

Bittensor Unified AI Subnet Router — designed top-down backend architecture for routing natural language prompts to 9+ Bittensor AI subnets with AI detection, multimodal chat, and semantic search. Led task scoping, sprint planning, and backend/frontend collaboration across a five-person team.

BittensorTypeScriptAPI Design

Achievements

Hackathon Wins

Moltverse Hackathon 2026
1st Place — EigenLayer Verifiable Agents Prize (SF Tech Week)
Flare Hackathon 2025
ETHOxford Hackathon 2024
Consensus 2024 Hackathon
EthDenver Buildathon 2025

Awards & Scholarships

UC Berkeley Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar— Top 1% of undergraduates, $2,500
African American Initiative Scholarship
UC Berkeley SEED Honors Scholarship— STEM Excellence through Equity and Diversity

Organizations

Accel Scholars ProgramHaas Undergraduate Black Business AssociationNational Society of Black EngineersSEED Scholars Honors ProgramCanton Ambassador

Get in Touch

Always open to interesting conversations and opportunities.

eztramble@berkeley.edu