Urban Vidovič

Research & Development Engineer · Maribor, Slovenia

[email protected] · PGP key · github.com/pseudobun · linkedin.com/in/urbanvidovic

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Software engineer focused on decentralized identity, verifiable credentials, and Web3 product engineering, with a security-minded approach to systems and infrastructure. COO & co-founder of Lutra Labs and Research & Development Engineer at Blockchain Lab:UM, where I build standards-based identity platforms, DeFi protocols, and developer tooling end to end — from smart contracts and backends to dashboards and native apps.

Experience

COO & Co-Founder · Lutra Labs

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Co-founded Lutra Labs and lead operations alongside hands-on engineering across the product stack.
Ship products end to end: LutraID (OID4VCI / mDoc digital identity), Swaylend (lending protocol on Fuel, written in Sway), Replicant Network, and endorse.fun.
Own delivery from smart contracts and Rust/Node backends to Next.js dashboards and internal tooling.

Research & Development Engineer · Blockchain Lab:UM

May 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Build decentralized identity and verifiable credential systems aligned with the latest W3C standards (EduCTX, Masca MetaMask Snap).
Design and ship EVM smart contracts, Web3 infrastructure, and backends, plus the web and Moodle integrations on top of them.
Drive applied R&D across identity, credentials, and security from prototype to production.

Full Stack Engineer · Blocksi SaS

Oct 2020 – Apr 2021 · 7 mos

C++ Windows service blocking DNS requests at the kernel level.
Node.js backend (HTTP API + sockets) for a teacher dashboard: screen sharing, remote tab control, site allow/block lists.
React, Vue, and Python Flask frontends, plus a Flutter (iOS/Android) app for managing students and network access.

Backend Engineer · H-Bit d.o.o. (NiceHash)

Aug 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

C/C++ backends for mining pools, rig communication, and pool/algorithm validators.
iOS app for managing mining rigs, exchange, and the hashpower marketplace.

IT Technician · Simtel d.o.o.

Nov 2018 – Jan 2019 · 3 mos

Managed and installed internet and television hardware.

Selected projects

LutraID — Lutra Labs. Compliant platform for issuing and verifying digital documents (OID4VCI, mDoc).
Swaylend — Lutra Labs. The leading lending protocol on Fuel Network, written in Sway.
Masca — Blockchain Lab:UM. MetaMask Snap bringing decentralized identity (DIDs, VCs) to the wallet.
Replicant Network — Lutra Labs. Decentralized platform for AI model crowdfunding, development, and deployment.
endorse.fun — Lutra Labs. Endorse creators and builders onchain via ENS, Farcaster, or Lens.
EduCTX — Blockchain Lab:UM. Issue and receive educational verifiable credentials on W3C standards.
polycat — Personal. Cross-platform Kalshi ↔ Polymarket arbitrage bot with a Rust runtime and TUI.
Tossinger — Personal. Native iOS/macOS app to quickly save content into a personal collection.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science · Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor

Oct 2020 – 2023

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science · Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor

Oct 2017 – Sep 2020

High school graduate · Prva Gimnazija Maribor

Sep 2013 – May 2017

Skills

Languages & runtimes: TypeScript / Node.js, Rust, Solidity / Sway, Swift, C / C++, Go, Python

Frameworks & tools: Next.js / React, Vue, Flutter, Foundry / Hardhat, Git

Domains: Decentralized identity, Verifiable credentials, DeFi, Web3 infrastructure, Security, Native iOS / macOS

Languages

Slovene (Native) · English (Advanced / C2) · German (Intermediate / B1)