Molly Mackinlay

Directed engineering and product teams responsible for the integration layer between IPFS and Filecoin and for releasing developer tooling that enabled real-world storage workflows. Delivered client-side libraries, API specifications and integration guides that reduced friction for application developers to store and retrieve data via Filecoin-backed services, supporting growing demand for storage deals. Coordinated releases and repository stewardship for components used by miners and storage providers, validating interoperability and operational procedures required for large-scale miner deployment. Decisions on client interfaces, SDK design and stability patches directly affected how quickly service providers could onboard, thus influencing network capacity growth and the rate of deal origination. Published technical documentation and led developer outreach that shaped where ecosystem engineering effort concentrated. By lowering engineering barriers and stabilizing client stacks, these concrete contributions accelerated product integrations, increased developer confidence in using FIL as a settlement layer for storage, and indirectly influenced on-chain activity and token utility.