Akhil Chainani
Senior Software Engineer at Chainlink Labs
West Windsor, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolAkhil Chainani is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building scalable systems across startups and hyperscale cloud teams, currently leading technical efforts at Chainlink Labs. He blends strong backend skills in Java and C++ with data analysis experience cultivated during internships at Sandia and roles at AWS, often translating complex requirements into reliable automation and tooling. As a co-founder of AK ECOM and a contributor to projects at the Illinois Applied Research Institute while studying at UIUC, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with academic curiosity. Unusually for an engineer at his level, Akhil also brings frontline emergency medical experience as a certified EMT, which informs his calm, pragmatic approach to high-pressure incident response and system reliability.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Not Applicable, High School Diploma Not Applicable at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School NorthBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Hindi
Github Skills (19)
solidity10
computation10
oracle10
ethereum10
blockchain10
golang10
chainlink10
verifiable-credentials7
decentralized-identifiers7
sdk7
smart-contracts7
relay6
multisig5
testing5
evm4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
smartcontractkit/ccip-owner-contracts
Aug 2024 - Feb 2025
A set of smart contracts used for administering Chainlink contracts, most notably CCIP
Contributions:48 reviews, 14 PRs, 64 pushes in 6 months
smart-contracts
akhilchainani/cs498DVAssignment
Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:106 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 3 months
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