Résumé — Dhivakar Rajaram

Professional Summary

Research-driven Blockchain & AI Engineering Leader with 4+ years of startup experience leading zero-to-one product development. Adept at translating complex research into secure, scalable, production-grade systems. Experienced in distributed system design, privacy-preserving cryptography, local AI/RAG architectures, and technical leadership across cross-functional teams. Founder of Dhiva-Labs (dhivalabs.com), an independent software laboratory with 38+ finished open-source builds published across 5 store platforms.

Work Experience

Founder & Principal Engineer

Dhiva-Labs (dhivalabs.com)

Apr 2026 — Present Chennai, India

Founded an independent software laboratory building open-source applications, AI gateways, developer tools, and systems engineering.
Engineered and shipped 38+ finished open-source software projects across 5 distribution platforms: Snap Store, Chrome Web Store, Google Play Store, Ubuntu APT/PPA, and GitHub Releases.
Shipped flagship projects including DL Prism (local-first AI gateway), markdrop (Markdown & Claude MCP connector), dl-sentinel (DevSecOps security scanner), CloneStudio (Linux OS migration tool), and BranchPilot (visual Git GUI).
Bridging deep protocol research, zero-knowledge proofs, and embedded C++ systems with production-grade user software.

Blockchain Developer

Zodiako Ltd

Dec 2025 — Present British Virgin Islands · Remote

Contributing to blockchain product development for international-scale deployments.
Working across protocol design and smart contract implementation in a distributed team.
Bridging engineering rigour with product delivery timelines in a fast-moving startup context.

Blockchain Developer & Tech Lead

Vee4 Software

Jan 2023 — Nov 2025 Dubai · Remote

Led end-to-end blockchain product development from research and architecture to production deployment.
Designed systems across EVM, LWS, and Monero-based (privacy) blockchain environments.
Implemented privacy-preserving cryptography including Bulletproofs++ for zero-knowledge range proofs.
Integrated ERC-4337 Account Abstraction for advanced wallet workflows and gasless UX.
Built backend services in C++, smart contracts in Solidity, and WASM / JS / TS frontends.
Applied AI/ML techniques for automation, analytics, and system optimisation.
Owned AWS infrastructure, Nginx, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation.
Mentored engineers and collaborated cross-functionally across product, design, and mobile teams.

R&D Blockchain Engineer

Blockhash Technologies

Feb 2022 — Dec 2022 Chennai, India

Conducted blockchain, cryptography, and privacy research and translated papers into production systems.
Designed and built a privacy-focused blockchain chat application from scratch.
Defined and enforced end-to-end security and privacy architecture at the protocol layer.
Developed secure backend servers supporting real-time encrypted messaging.
Led a small engineering team and worked with Android, iOS, and product teams.

Technical Skills

Blockchain Architecture (EVM, Monero-LWS) · Solidity & Smart Contracts · ERC-4337 Account Abstraction · Privacy Protocols · Bulletproofs++

Cryptography Zero-Knowledge Proofs · Range Proofs · UKEY2 Encryption · Privacy Systems

AI & Systems Local AI Gateways · Offline RAG · Computer Vision · Deep Learning · DevSecOps Scanners

Languages C++20 · Python · Go · Rust · Dart · TypeScript · JavaScript · Solidity · WASM

Platforms Linux Desktop · Android · Chrome Extensions · Snap Store · AWS · Docker

Leadership Tech Lead · Zero-to-One Delivery · Research-to-Production · Architecture Ownership · Team Mentorship

Education

PG Diploma in AI & Machine Learning

IIT Guwahati

2023 — 2024

B.E. — Electronics & Communication Engineering

SMVEC

2017 — 2021

Achievements

Winner — RoboWars, IIT Madras (Shaastra)
Winner — RoboWars, NIT Trichy (Pragyan)
Quarterfinalist — Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge
Finalist — Multiple national-level hackathons

Leadership & Innovation

Shipped 38+ open-source projects across 5 distribution platforms via independent laboratory Dhiva-Labs.
Led national-level hackathon teams, consistently delivering beyond problem statements.
Built a real-time video conferencing system with automated agenda and meeting-minutes generation.
Developed AI-driven financial misinformation detection and monitoring systems.
Designed ML-based crime pattern analysis and hotspot prediction platforms.

Featured Projects

DL Prism Local-first AI gateway & proxy router with policy routing, failover, cost budgets, and CLI suite (Go).

CloneStudio Beginner-proof Linux migration tool with encrypted, resumable transfers over Wi-Fi, cable, or USB (Dart/Flutter).

dl-sentinel Developer security scanner for secrets, dependencies, code flaws, infra, and smart contracts (TypeScript).

markdrop Everything-to-Markdown converter, browser extension, and Claude MCP connector (Python/Web).

Privacy Chain Protocol Bulletproofs++ zero-knowledge range proof implementation on a custom blockchain (C++/Solidity).

Blockchain Chat App Privacy-first decentralised messaging application with protocol-layer E2E encryption.