Résumé — Dhivakar Rajaram

Professional Summary

Research-driven Blockchain & AI Engineer 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, applied AI/ML, and technical leadership across cross-functional teams. Currently running Dhiva-Labs, an independent engineering lab focused on cutting-edge blockchain and AI infrastructure.

Work Experience

Founder & Principal Engineer

Dhiva-Labs

Apr 2026 — Present India

Founded an independent engineering lab focused on secure, scalable blockchain and AI systems.
Driving research-to-product pipelines with focus on privacy-preserving protocols and applied cryptography.
Developing internal tools, open-source contributions, and consulting-ready system architectures.
Bridging deep protocol research with production-grade engineering delivery.

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

Cryptography Zero-Knowledge Proofs · Range Proofs · Privacy-First System Design · Distributed Consensus

AI / ML Deep Learning · Computer Vision · NLP · Model Integration · Data Analytics

Languages C++ · Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · Solidity · WASM

Infra AWS · Nginx · CI/CD · Docker · Linux Systems

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

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

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.
Strong focus on mentoring engineers, architectural ownership, and long-term scalability.

Featured Projects

NeuroCom EEG-based brain-to-brain communication system using signal processing and ML.

Privacy Chain Protocol Bulletproofs++ implementation for zero-knowledge range proofs on a custom blockchain.

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

Crypto Forecasting Tools Data-driven market trend prediction models using time-series ML.

Credit Card Customer Analytics ML-based customer segmentation and behavioural analysis system.