Rust Core Engineer at Parity Technologies, working on core Rust development within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2023, and a member of Parity’s Rust Development team. Known professionally as Cisco Aguirre, he has represented Parity at industry events including Polkadot Decoded, where he presented on XCMv5, and sub0 2025 in Buenos Aires, presenting on building across the Polkadot Cloud.

Francisco was part of the inaugural cohort of PBA Campus, the Academy’s flagship in-person program, held in Cambridge in 2022. Before joining Parity, he worked as a Full Stack Developer at Xmartlabs, a Uruguay-based software studio partnering with startups and enterprises to design and launch digital products, and as a software developer at eagerWorks. His background spans Python, Ruby, and Rust, with his focus now centered on Rust and blockchain development.

He holds a degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad de la República in Uruguay. Curious and detail-oriented by nature, Francisco describes himself as a lifelong learner, Rust evangelist, and blockchain enthusiast, always looking for ways to optimize process and code.