Connor Mcewen
CTO at Fun.xyz
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolConnor Mcewen is a seasoned engineering leader and current CTO with 12 years of experience building and shipping mobile and web products across crypto and consumer sectors. He led the launch of the Uniswap Wallet and scaled engineering teams at Uniswap Labs after pioneering the mobile wallet codebase at cLabs (which spun out into Valora), blending hands-on mobile development with multi-team management. A pragmatic full-stack hands-on leader, he has contributed to high-profile open-source projects like React Native (Android permissions, lifecycle fixes) and Uniswap’s front-end and widget repos, showing attention to both platform stability and UX polish. He’s comfortable operating at early-stage scrappy environments and larger orgs alike—able to write native Android code, automate builds, and hire and mentor engineering managers. Based in New York, he pairs product-driven engineering judgment with a history of shipping critical, cross-platform crypto infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Boston University
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Github Skills (35)
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
mobile-development10
permission10
typescript10
ui-design10
apple-push-notifications10
android-development10
push-notifications10
uid10
go10
front-end-development10
android10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
celo-org/celo-blockchain
Jul 2018 - Nov 2020
Previous official repository for the golang Celo Blockchain, for current see op-geth
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer
Mobile DeveloperContributions:57 commits, 9 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily focused on modifications and builds related to the mobile (Android) version of the Celo blockchain. Their contributions included exposing the mobile HTTP server, re-exposing IPC functionality, and enabling future blocks for the Istanbul consensus engine. They also added the NDK to gomobile init and addressed an arm64 crash issue. Furthermore, the user automated the Android build process.
blockchaingethgolangweb3celo
Uniswap/interface
Oct 2021 - Nov 2022
🦄 Open source interfaces for the Uniswap protocol
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:456 reviews, 28 commits, 89 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Connor primarily worked on front-end development tasks for the Uniswap interface. Their contributions involved fixing UI bugs, particularly concerning z-index issues and color displays for different chain types. They also refactored and updated code for new features, such as migrating to GA4 analytics and updating the widget color scheme, as well as integrating font imports for the widget. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on improving the user interface and integrating external services for the Uniswap platform.
uniswapethereumblockchain
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