Co-founder / 2022 — present
Payment infrastructure and wallet development.
Card, bank, and crypto payments. One non-custodial wallet. I build the infrastructure and product experience that help people get paid across borders.
Visit DecafHi, I'mSCOTTMARTIN
Building money that moves like people do.
I'm a software engineer and co-founder of Decaf, building payments and non-custodial wallets for 180+ countries. I studied actuarial science and finance at UNSW, did exchanges at Purdue and LMU, and now build from Mexico City.
- 180+ countries connected through Decaf
- 8+ years of software engineering
- Actuarial science & finance, UNSW
- Exchange: Purdue ’16 · LMU ’18
- Co-founded Decaf, 2022
- Solana Breakpoint winner
01 — The route
WOLLONGONGMEXICO CITY.
32,136 kmWollongong → West Lafayette → München → Ciudad de México
Departures
salidas · abfahrt
- 2015: unsw sydney — Actuarial science & finance. Complete.
- 2016: purdue — Exchange — United States. Complete.
- 2018: lmu munich — Exchange — Germany. Complete.
- 2019: flixbus — Software engineer, marketing automation. Complete.
- 2020: hali halisi — Builder — accessibility PWA. Shipped.
- 2021: breakpoint — Solana hackathon. Won.
- 2022: decaf — Co-founder — Mexico City. Boarding.
02 — Price the risk
PRICE THE RISK.
I grew up in Wollongong with the surf on my doorstep, then studied actuarial science and finance at UNSW in Sydney.
Along the way I did exchange semesters at Purdue in Indiana and LMU in Munich, and served in the Australian Army Reserve.
Pricing risk taught me to think in probabilities. Software let me build on them: three years of marketing automation at FlixBus, an accessibility app for the Deaf community, and developer tools for Solana.
Today I'm in Mexico City, co-founding Decaf and curating the Global Shapers Mexico City Hub.
- Studied
- Actuarial science & finance, UNSW Sydney (2015–18)
- Exchange
- Purdue University (2016) · LMU München (2018)
- Service
- Australian Army Reserve, during uni
- Previously
- Software engineer, FlixBus
- Now
- Co-founder, Decaf · Curator, Global Shapers Mexico City
- Based in
- Mexico City — from Wollongong, Australia
- Off duty
- Chasing surf
03 — Write the code
WRITE THE CODE.
Accessibility, developer tools, community — and the engineering years in between.
01 / Accessibility★ AT Accelerator — winner
Hali Halisi
A progressive web app connecting the Deaf community to sign-language interpreters. Winner of the African Assistive Technology Accelerator program.
React · PWA · Node.js · MongoDB · Socket.io
02 / Developer tools★ Winner
Breakpoint ’21
Arweave Parallel Uploader — developer tooling that parallelized NFT creation on Solana. Winner at Solana Breakpoint 2021.
Solana · Python · Smart contracts
03 / Community★ Curator
Global Shapers
Working with members of the Mexico City Hub on community projects, as part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers network.
Leadership · Community · Social impact
04 / Marketing tech★ 2019 — 2022
FlixBus
Three years building enterprise marketing automation that managed tens of millions of dollars in spend across global markets.
Python · JavaScript · AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · PostgreSQL
Toolkit — 8+ years
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- React Native
- Tailwind CSS
Backend
- Node.js
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- REST & GraphQL
Blockchain & fintech
- Stellar
- Solana
- Payment APIs
- Non-custodial wallets
Infrastructure
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
04 — Move the money · Now
MOVE THE MONEY.
180+
countries connected
through Decaf.
- AD
- AE
- AF
- AG
- AL
- AM
- AO
- AR
- AT
- AU
- AZ
- BA
- BB
- BD
- BE
- BF
- BG
- BH
- BI
- BJ
- BN
- BO
- BR
- BS
- BT
- BW
- BY
- BZ
- CA
- CD
- CF
- CG
- CH
- CI
- CL
- CM
- CN
- CO
- CR
- CV
- CY
- CZ
- DE
- DJ
- DK
- DM
- DO
- DZ
- EC
- EE
- EG
- ER
- ES
- ET
- FI
- FJ
- FM
- FR
- GA
- GB
- GD
- GE
- GH
- GM
- GN
- GQ
- GR
- GT
- GW
- GY
- HN
- HR
- HT
- HU
- ID
- IE
- IL
- IN
- MX
- IQ
- IS
- IT
- JM
- JO
- JP
- KE
- KG
- KH
- KI
- KM
- KN
- KR
- KW
- KZ
- LA
- LB
- LC
- LI
- LK
- LR
- LS
- LT
- LU
- LV
- LY
- MA
- MC
- MD
- ME
- MG
- MH
- MK
- ML
- MN
- MR
- MT
- MU
- MV
- MW
- MY
- MZ
- NA
- NE
- NG
- NI
- NL
- NO
- NP
- NR
- NZ
- OM
- PA
- PE
- PG
- PH
- PK
- PL
- PT
- PW
- PY
- QA
- RO
- RS
- RW
- SA
- SB
- SC
- SE
- SG
- SI
- SK
- SL
- SM
- SN
- SO
- SR
- ST
- SV
- SZ
- TD
- TG
- TH
- TJ
- TL
- TM
- TN
- TO
- TR
- TT
- TV
- TZ
- UA
- UG
- US
- UY
- UZ
- VC
- VN
- VU
- WS
05 — Say hola
SCOTTMARTIN
Software engineer
Co-founder, Decaf
Actuarial & finance, UNSW
Sydney → München → CDMX