Chennai, India · Open to Leadership Roles · Remote & Relocation

Dhivakar Rajaram

Blockchain  ·  Engineering Leadership  ·  Systems & AI

From research to reality.

4+ Years experience
38+ Public Builds
5 Store Platforms
IIT PG AI & ML
"Engineer.
Leader.
Builder."
Chennai, India

I am a Blockchain Engineer and Engineering Leader with 4+ years building in startup environments — taking products from raw research all the way to production while owning architecture, team, and delivery simultaneously.

My core expertise spans blockchain protocol engineering, privacy systems (EVM, Monero-LWS, Bulletproofs++), applied cryptography, and systems design. Beyond protocol work, I've led cross-functional teams, driven product strategy, and made the architectural calls that determine whether something ships or stalls.

I hold a PG Diploma in AI & ML from IIT Guwahati. Alongside my engineering leadership roles, I operate Dhiva-Labs — an independent software laboratory. Through Dhiva-Labs, I have designed, engineered, and shipped 38+ finished open-source projects across 5 distribution platforms (Snap Store, Chrome Web Store, Google Play, Ubuntu APT/PPA, and GitHub). I'm actively seeking leadership roles: Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, CTO or founding-engineer positions where I can own more than a backlog.

Blockchain Architecture Privacy Systems Bulletproofs++ EVM / LWS / Monero Solidity C++ Python Go Rust Dart / Flutter TypeScript WASM Local AI / RAG DevSecOps & Security AWS / Infra Team Leadership
01

Technical Leadership

I've owned architecture end-to-end across multiple production blockchain systems — not just contributing, but setting direction, making hard calls, and being accountable for outcomes.

02

Team Building

Hired, mentored, and grown engineering teams at startups. I know how to create rhythm, unblock people, and keep quality high without burning the team out.

03

Research to Production

I've taken cryptographic research papers — Bulletproofs++, account abstraction, privacy protocols — and turned them into shipped, production-grade systems. Not many engineers do both.

04

Startup DNA

Four years of zero-to-one product building means I thrive in ambiguity, move fast without losing rigour, and understand that the best engineers are also product thinkers.

The work

Apr 2026 — Present India
Founder

Dhiva-Labs

Founder & Principal Engineer

  • Founded an independent engineering lab spanning software, hardware, embedded systems, AI, and creative tech projects.
  • Setting the lab's technical direction — from firmware-level embedded work to high-level product architecture.
  • Building a portfolio of original products and open-source contributions driven by curiosity and real-world usefulness.
Dec 2025 — Present British Virgin Islands · Remote
Current Role

Zodiako Ltd

Blockchain Developer

  • Core blockchain engineer on an international-scale product — owning protocol and smart contract work end to end.
  • Working across the full delivery cycle: architecture decisions, implementation, review, and deployment in a distributed team.
  • Applying deep experience from previous blockchain builds to ship with speed and confidence.
Jan 2023 — Nov 2025 Dubai · Remote
Tech Lead

Vee4 Software

Blockchain Developer & Tech Lead

  • Led the full product engineering lifecycle across EVM, LWS, and privacy-based blockchain systems — from initial research through to production deployment.
  • Owned architecture decisions, team leadership, sprint planning, and cross-functional coordination with product, design, and mobile teams.
  • Implemented Bulletproofs++ for zero-knowledge range proofs and ERC-4337 Account Abstraction — both research-heavy projects shipped to production.
  • Built and managed AWS infrastructure, Nginx, and CI/CD pipelines; mentored junior engineers on protocol design and best practices.
Feb 2022 — Dec 2022 Chennai, India
R&D

Blockhash Technologies

R&D Blockchain Engineer

  • Translated cryptography and blockchain research papers into a production privacy-first messaging application — designed and built from scratch.
  • Defined and enforced end-to-end security architecture at the protocol layer.
  • Led a small engineering team, establishing research processes and delivery rhythm in an early-stage startup.

Dhiva-Labs

"Let's Build Something Remarkable."

Dhiva-Labs (dhivalabs.com) is my independent software laboratory. I build, experiment, and ship software across AI/ML, developer tools, blockchain, cryptography, and systems engineering.

Every app, every line of cryptographic code, and every firmware module is engineered by one person from first principles — resulting in 38+ finished open-source projects published across 5 store platforms.

AI & Systems Engineering Local-first AI gateways, offline RAG servers, custom LLM routing
Developer & Security Tools DevSecOps vulnerability scanners, Git GUIs, API mock engines
Applied Cryptography & Blockchain Bulletproofs++, zero-knowledge proofs, Monero-LWS tools, EVM smart contracts
Linux & Mobile Desktop Apps Privacy web browsers, system utilities, Nearby Share cross-platform clients
Hardware & Embedded Systems Firmware in C++20, CHIP-8/GameBoy emulators, microcontrollers
Languages
C++20 Python Go Rust Dart TypeScript Solidity
Platforms
Linux Desktop Android Chrome Extensions CLI / TUI
Distribution (5 Stores)
Snap Store Chrome Web Store Google Play Ubuntu APT/PPA GitHub Releases

38+ Shipped Builds

All open-source, production-grade, and free to use.

From the lab

Built at work

W–01
Vee4 · 2023–25

Privacy Chain Protocol

Research-to-production implementation of Bulletproofs++ for zero-knowledge range proofs on a custom blockchain — reducing proof size and verification cost.

Bulletproofs++ ZK Proofs C++ Cryptography
View details →
W–02
Vee4 · 2023–25

ERC-4337 Wallet Infrastructure

Account abstraction architecture enabling smart wallets with gasless transactions, social recovery, and seamless dApp UX — shipped to production.

Solidity ERC-4337 EVM Account Abstraction
View details →
W–03
Blockhash · 2022

Blockchain Chat App

A privacy-first decentralised messaging application built from scratch — end-to-end encrypted at the protocol layer, no central relay, custom backend.

C++ Custom Protocol E2E Encryption P2P
View details →
W–04
Vee4 · 2023–25

AI/ML Integration System

Designed and deployed an AI/ML pipeline integrated with blockchain infrastructure — bringing intelligent automation into on-chain decision flows.

Python AI/ML AWS Smart Contracts
View details →

Let's build something.

Whether you're hiring for a leadership role, building a product that needs a technical co-founder, collaborating with the lab, or just want to talk tech — reach out.

Tech Lead & Engineering Manager roles CTO / VP Engineering Founding Engineer positions Blockchain / Web3 teams Lab collaborations via Dhiva-Labs
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Lab Website dhivalabs.com ↗
Location Chennai, India · Remote & Relocation open
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