I’m Paul (Bayo) Sodimu, a software engineer focused on building systems that coordinate value, trust, and execution at scale.

For over 13 years I’ve shipped production systems across fintech, law, and telecom. Since 2021 I’ve focused on blockchain infrastructure. I work on Mento, a stablecoin protocol that runs on Celo, Polygon, and Ethereum. There I help design and build infrastructure for internet-native money.

I led Mento’s engineering team of six after the spin-out from cLabs.

I designed and built Mento’s on-chain circuit breaker (write-up).

I build agent systems. I made Skein, a kit for running many coding agents in parallel on one repo with a single merge gate. At Mento, I’m building an AI agent team that works inside the engineering org.

What I’m Interested In

  • Software as an economic actor
  • Machine-evaluable agreements and dispute resolution
  • Programmable money and stablecoin infrastructure
  • AI as a participant in coordination, not just a tool
  • Decentralized systems that reduce trust, not just replace it

Beyond that: Stoicism, systems thinking, heavy lifting, and deliberately placing myself in unfamiliar environments. I keep a reading list if you’re curious.

Get in Touch

I’m open to full-time and contract roles.

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