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Chain History

Full profile ledger — every career block, education entry, project, and open-source contribution in chronological order.

EXPERIENCE#2000

Senior Software Engineer

bloXroute Labs·May 2023 – Present

Led Ethereum Validator Gateway development. Built Ethereum Relays and Block Builder infrastructure. Designed Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) architecture on Binance Smart Chain from scratch. Collaborated directly with validators on integration and operations.

GoEthereumPBSMEVBSCRelays
EXPERIENCE#2001

Software Engineer

Flashbots·Dec 2021 – Jun 2023

Built auction services and Go-Ethereum (mev-geth) internals. Led engineering on Flashbots Protect and Bundle Relay. Contributed to block builder and MEV-Boost Relay. Worked with Research team to measure and reduce negative MEV externalities.

GoEthereumMEVgethPBS
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EXPERIENCE#2002

Senior Cloud Software Engineer

ArangoDB·Oct 2021 – Dec 2021

Delivered fully managed cloud platform for ArangoDB graph databases (Oasis). Built high-performance distributed microservices in Go. Deployed containerised services across AWS, GCP, and Azure AKS.

GoGCPAWSAzureKubernetesDocker
EXPERIENCE#2003

Senior Backend Engineer

Voi·Oct 2019 – Oct 2021

Built Go microservices on GCP for e-scooter and e-bike rental platform. Led core ride-experience project end-to-end from design to production. Integrated platform with multiple vehicle transport partners.

GoGCPMicroservicesgRPCPostgreSQL
EXPERIENCE#2004

Software Engineer

Kindred·Nov 2016 – Oct 2019

Expanded platform capacity with 25+ providers and 500+ games. Architected Bingo and Casino tournament tooling. Built MVC REST web services to standardise third-party gaming provider integration.

JavaRESTMySQLMVC
EXPERIENCE#2005

Lead Engineer

BlueJeans Network·Oct 2014 – Oct 2016

Designed API backend and Attendee services for BlueJeans PrimeTime Events using Spring Boot. Built real-time chat via Node.js and WebSockets. Developed Indigo, a live data processing tool using Kafka on AWS. Led Performance Resiliency Engineering with load and chaos testing.

JavaSpring BootNode.jsKafkaMongoDBAWS
EXPERIENCE#2006

System Engineer

Nokia·Sep 2013 – Oct 2014

Developed core LDAP directory server for Nokia One-NDS, powering real-time subscriber data across 2G, 3G, and LTE networks. Implemented backend services and APIs in Python and Java.

PythonJavaLDAPTelecomLTE
EXPERIENCE#2007

Senior Software Engineer

Huawei·May 2008 – Dec 2013

Advanced from Associate to Senior Software Engineer. Built firmware communication tools and testing suites for CDMA and LTE data cards. Developed AT command executors, WiFi hotspot interaction tools, and firmware configuration utilities. Led RF field testing and feature validation.

CPythonCDMALTEFirmwareQA
EDUCATION#2008

M.Sc. Software Engineering

Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sweden·2021 – 2023

Master's degree in Software Engineering with focus on distributed systems, software architecture, and engineering methodologies.

Distributed SystemsSoftware Architecture
EDUCATION#2009

B.E. Electronics & Communication Engineering

Anna University, India·2003 – 2007

Bachelor of Engineering with focus on electronics, communication systems, and embedded systems.

ElectronicsCommunication SystemsEmbedded
PROJECT#2010

MEV-Boost Relay

Flashbots

Open-source PBS relay connecting Ethereum validators to block builders. Contributed relay logic, builder registration, and payload delivery.

GoEthereumPBSMEV
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PROJECT#2011

bloXroute Block Builder

bloXroute Labs

High-performance Ethereum block builder responsible for builder API, bundle simulation, and MEV-aware block ordering.

GoEthereumMEVPBS
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PROJECT#2012

BSC PBS Architecture

bloXroute Labs

Designed Proposer-Builder Separation from the ground up on Binance Smart Chain — full system architecture and implementation.

GoBSCPBSArchitecture
PROJECT#2013

Flashbots Protect

Flashbots

Led engineering for Flashbots Protect RPC — front-running protection for Ethereum users via private mempool routing.

GoEthereumPrivacyRPC
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PROJECT#2014

Commit-Boost Infrastructure

Commit-Boost

Active contributor to the emerging commit-boost standard for restaking and validator commitment protocols on Ethereum.

RustEthereumPBSRestaking
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OPEN SOURCE#2015

bloXroute-Labs/relayproxy

bloXroute Labs

High-performance MEV relay proxy for Ethereum block builders.

Go
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OPEN SOURCE#2016

flashbots/mev-boost

Flashbots

MEV-Boost middleware connecting Ethereum validators to the MEV-Boost relay network.

Go
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OPEN SOURCE#2017

flashbots/builder

Flashbots

Flashbots block builder based on go-ethereum with MEV-aware block ordering.

Go
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OPEN SOURCE#2018

flashbots/rpc-endpoint

Flashbots

Flashbots Protect RPC endpoint — front-running protection via private mempool routing.

Go
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OPEN SOURCE#2019

bloXroute-Labs/el-reward-calculator

bloXroute Labs

Execution layer reward calculator for Ethereum validators.

Rust
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OPEN SOURCE#2020

Commit-Boost/commit-boost-client

Commit-Boost

Standardised PBS sidecar client for Ethereum validators.

Rust
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