Tech Lead, LI.FI  ·  Founder, VRcompare

Web3 engineer and XR industry founder

Building Composer at LI.FI — one transaction for entire DeFi workflows. Cataloguing the XR hardware industry at VRcompare. Glasgow, Scotland · working remotely.

Rory Brown
LI.FI Composer — shipped January 2026 30+ yield protocols · 20+ EVM chains VRcompare · est. 2020 250+ devices · 100+ manufacturers · 150k+ monthly views
A Brief Introduction

Eight years building software — infrastructure at LI.FI and an independent XR hardware database.

I lead engineering on Composer at LI.FI — a primitive that lets developers compose entire DeFi workflows into a single transaction. It's infrastructure work: routing, execution, and the systems that sit underneath the wallets, exchanges, and DeFi apps that use LI.FI to move value across chains.

Separately, I run VRcompare, the internet's largest database of VR and AR hardware. I designed, built, and have operated it since 2020 — an independent company and a comprehensive reference for the XR hardware industry. First Class BSc (Hons) in Computer Science, University of Strathclyde.

Flagship feature
LI.FI

LI.FI Composer

LI.FI  ·  2024–Present  ·  Remote

LI.FI is a cross-chain liquidity and orchestration layer used by wallets, exchanges, and DeFi applications to move value across EVM chains, Solana, Sui, Bitcoin, and other non-EVM ecosystems.

I lead engineering on Composer, which shipped in January 2026. It's a scriptable EVM execution engine that lets developers bundle multi-step, arbitrary DeFi flows — swap, bridge, deposit, stake — into a single atomic transaction. One-click vault deposits, liquidity migrations, and bridge-and-stake flows, all built on the same reusable primitive.

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Spec sheet
30+
Yield protocols
20+
EVM chains
JAN
2026
Shipped
1 tx
Atomic execution
Input
USDC · Base
01
Swap
02
Deposit
03
Send
Output
Vault · one tx
Sub-project · Mar 2025

Sui integration

Led LI.FI's expansion onto Sui: transaction generation plus swap and bridge coverage across a range of DEXs and bridges. First non-EVM Move-based chain supported by the platform.

Sub-project · Jan 2025

Ledger integration

Bespoke swap and bridging integration embedded directly into the Ledger wallet companion app, built to Ledger's security and UX constraints.

Parallel track
A founder story — since 2020

VRcompare

250+
Devices tracked
100+
Manufacturers
150K
Monthly views
2020
Founded
VRcompare on desktop VRcompare on mobile

VRcompare is the internet's largest database of VR and AR hardware. I designed, engineered, and deployed the platform from scratch — a full-stack React application with a bespoke CMS that serves detailed headset data to consumers, press, and businesses across the XR industry.

Sole engineer, designer, and operator. Product direction, feature development, and editorial — I decide what ships and personally curate every new headset added to the database. Commercial too: brand partnerships, sponsored content, and direct sales across the XR industry.

Visit vr-compare.com →

One of the most informational websites for AR and VR — helping people all over the world.
— Mark Cowles, VR-Expert  ·  Partnered with VRcompare
Work

Experience

  1. 2024 —

    Tech Lead — Composer

    LI.FI · Remote · Current

    Leading engineering on LI.FI's transaction orchestration engine. Previously led the Sui and Ledger integrations.
  2. 2020 —

    Founder — VRcompare

    Self-employed · Parallel

    Designed, built, and operate the internet's largest XR hardware database.
  3. 2023 — 24

    Chief Technology Officer

    PropEco

    Micro-SaaS property intelligence for the UK market — geospatial and public-record datasets at per-property resolution. Owned platform architecture, engineering, and infrastructure.
  4. 2022 — 23

    Freelance Engineer

    Independent

    Full-stack web and mobile contract work across a range of clients.
  5. 2021

    Software Engineer

    Animated Insights

    Frontend for a digital-twin building management platform — real-time 3D visualisation of internal building systems for granular operator control.
  6. 2019 — 21

    Earlier

    Foundations

    Software Engineer Intern at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2020); Computer Science Tutor (2019–2021).
Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

University of Strathclyde · 2017 – 2021

First Class Honours

Stack — categorised
Languages
TypeScript · Rust · Solidity · Python · Java · C# · SQL
Web3
EVM · Viem · Ethers · Foundry · Sui / Move · smart contracts · cross-chain infra
Backend & infra
Node.js · Postgres · Prisma · MongoDB · Redis · NATS · BullMQ · Docker · AWS · REST · OpenAPI · Grafana · Sentry
Frontend
React · Next.js · React Native · Vite · Tailwind · GraphQL · React Query · Zustand · Vitest · Three.js · WebXR · Unity
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