Danny Suen
Front Office DeFi Analyst • Alpha Research • MEV • On-Chain Intelligence
🌏 Hong Kong SAR • Pulsar Trading
Front Office DeFi Analyst at Pulsar Trading, combining on-chain alpha research, event-driven market analysis, and entity attribution to generate actionable trade ideas. Tracks exchange flows, whale movements, and hacker wallets across EVM and Bitcoin; monitors real-time protocol events and exploits to assess desk risk within minutes. Strong engineering foundation: writes Rust for MEV execution engines, liquidation bots, and DEX arbitrage on HyperEVM. Deep DeFi protocol mechanics (Uniswap v2/v3/v4 hooks, AMM math, Aave, Pendle, LayerZero) with gas-optimized Solidity. Self-maintains custom node infrastructure (geth fork, colocation) for competitive edge in mempool visibility and block propagation.
Professional Experience
MAR 2025 - Present
Front Office DeFi Analyst
Pulsar Trading Alpha Research • Event-Driven • On-Chain Intelligence
- Monitored exchange inflows/outflows and tracked specific entity wallets (SAFU fund, whale addresses) across EVM and Bitcoin — delivered actionable whale flow signals to CEX market makers for spread and risk adjustment
- Performed entity attribution and wallet clustering — identified and tracked competitor MEV operators, hacker wallet movements, KOL copy-trade wallets, and emerging token launch activity for desk positioning
- Built proprietary real-time on-chain alert system integrating Nansen smart money labels, Arkham entity tags, and direct block subscription — surfaced whale swaps, anomalous transfers, and exploit events with sub-second latency
- Led incident response for time-critical on-chain events: root-caused Hyperliquid withdrawal failure during BTC dump and delivered gas-per-block timeline analysis to traders within hours
- Assessed desk risk during protocol exploits — analyzed Balancer V2 impact on Berachain LP positions, tracked team fork response and fund release timeline; reviewed KETH exploit exposure across Aave lending positions
- Developed DEX arbitrage execution engine on HyperEVM in Rust and liquidation bot on BSC — full stack from contract interaction through gas-optimized Solidity to production execution
- Developed multichain cross-DEX price oracle with nanosecond-level performance for optimal quoting and routing decisions across Hyperliquid and EVM venues
- Researched and executed alpha farming opportunities — identified usdai, xpl, and degen yield loops; deployed auto-deposit systems capturing fills at genesis block
- Deep DeFi protocol integration across Uniswap V2/V3/V4 hooks, Aave, Pendle, LayerZero, Hyperliquid, HypurrFi — with on-chain verification and APY decomposition for desk decision support
- Self-maintains custom node infrastructure with optimized block propagation, colocation with validators, and forked geth for competitive mempool visibility
- Tech stack: Rust for MEV engines and performance-critical paths; Golang for backend services; Solidity/assembly for contract-level optimization
AUG 2024 - MAR 2025
Backend Engineer
Block AI Limited On-chain Monitoring Platform
- Founding team member responsible for backend and DevOps engineering initiatives
- Architected multi-cloud low latency solutions across Oracle, OVH, and AWS infrastructure
- Deployed enterprise-grade Ethereum node infrastructure with secure VPN connectivity
- Developed sophisticated on-chain monitoring systems with customizable alert conditions including entity labeling, wallet clustering, and behavioral anomaly detection
- Implemented real-time market analytics engine calculating funding rates, open interest, and derivative ratios
- Built production Kubernetes cluster and comprehensive CI/CD pipeline from ground up
- Led technical knowledge transfer and established system design best practices across engineering teams
- Executed autonomous project management for critical DevOps and backend infrastructure initiatives
MAR 2023 - AUG 2024
Backend Engineer
Dayta AI Limited AI Analytics Platform
- Engineered backend for enterprise SaaS AI Analytics Platform (Cyclops) in Golang and Python — built APIs and event-driven pipelines processing high-throughput analytical workloads
- Conducted security audits and compliance initiatives, contributing to ISO 27001 certification — developed internal analytics for audit trail and access patterns
- Optimized and maintained 30+ production microservices, executing large-scale service refactoring with data migration across PostgreSQL and cloud storage
- Managed GPU-enabled cloud infrastructure (K8s, AWS) with automated spot instance scaling via custom Golang services for ML inference workloads
FEB 2022 - MAR 2023
Analyst Programmer
Aloha Fintech / ABCC.com Crypto Centralized Exchange
- Engineered backend systems for Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange in Golang — built high-throughput transaction processing pipeline handling real-time order matching and settlement
- Designed secure state machine architecture for financial operations — enforced transactional integrity across deposit, withdrawal, and trade settlement workflows
- Integrated blockchain deposit/withdrawal infrastructure — developed on-chain transaction monitoring and confirmation logic across multiple asset networks
DEC 2020 - JUL 2021
Part-time Technical Assistant
City University of Hong Kong
- Conducted research on government-funded Smart City technology initiatives — analyzed privacy and security trade-offs in Web3 application architectures
- Developed research standards for IoT data privacy, blockchain identity verification, and Web3 implementation best practices
Technical Proficiencies
On-Chain Intelligence & Research
Entity Attribution
Wallet Clustering
CEX Flow Analysis
Whale Tracking
Token Supply Dynamics
Vesting & Unlock Analysis
Smart Money Monitoring
Mempool Surveillance
Bitcoin UTXO Tracing
Nansen
Arkham
Real-Time Alert Systems
Exploit Incident Response
Alpha Research & Event-Driven
Trade Idea Generation
Event-Driven Analysis
Protocol Risk Assessment
APY Decomposition
Yield Strategy Discovery
Lending Protocol Analysis
DEX Liquidity Mechanics
Cross-Chain Capital Flows
Stablecoin Yield Arbitrage
LLM-Assisted Research
On-Chain Verification
Trading Desk Communication
Time-Sensitive Investigation
DeFi Protocols & Smart Contracts
Solidity
EVM Assembly
Gas Optimization
Inline Assembly
AMM Math (v2/v3/v4 hooks)
Uniswap V2/V3/V4
Algebra
Aave
Pendle
Curve
LayerZero Cross-chain
FlashSwap
Flash Loans
Smart Contract Security
Trading Systems & MEV
DEX Arbitrage Engines
MEV Strategies
MPC Integration
Real-time Price Oracles
Execution Optimization
On-Chain Monitoring & Alerts
Cross-chain Transfer Monitoring
Multichain DEX Routing
Nanosecond-level Latency
Competitor Analysis
Contract Reverse Engineering
Exploit Analysis
On-chain Attacker Tracking
Trading Infrastructure
Low-level Systems & Performance
Rust
Golang
Python
C/C++
Shared Memory (shm)
Zero-copy IPC
Ultra-low Latency
Concurrent Programming
Memory Management
gRPC
WebSocket
Kafka
Redis
PostgreSQL
Node Infrastructure & DevOps
Custom Geth Fork
Block Propagation Optimization
Colocation Setup
Node Monitoring
Ethereum Nodes (Geth/Erigon)
Multi-chain Nodes
RPC Optimization
Mempool Monitoring
Network Peering
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
AWS/Oracle Cloud/OVH
CI/CD
Linux
Education & Certifications
B.Eng. Electronic Engineering, City University of HK
JLPT N2 Japanese
ISO 27001 Security (participated)