Nikhil Suri
Head Of Product & Engineering at Wormhole Foundation
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikhil Suri is a Head of Product & Engineering with nine years of experience building resilient, high-impact software across FinTech, B2B SaaS, global transportation, clean energy, and blockchain. Based in San Francisco and educated at Harvard (BA Computer Science), he blends product leadership with hands-on backend engineering—most recently scaling governance and interoperability features for the widely used Wormhole blockchain protocol. Prior stints at Jump Crypto, PayPal, and Uber sharpened his expertise in low-latency systems and secure financial infrastructure, while early roles in clean energy and agtech reflect a habit of tackling domain complexity. He’s known for translating ambiguous product needs into auditable, production-grade systems and for refactoring core protocols to improve safety and developer ergonomics. A former varsity water polo athlete, he brings a disciplined, team-first work ethic that accelerates cross-functional delivery. Nikhil pairs entrepreneurial curiosity with a track record of shipping mission-critical code and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Campolindo High SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science at Harvard University
Hindi, Chinese, English
Github Skills (11)
go10
solidity10
blockchain10
cosmwasm10
protobuffer9
protobuf9
rust9
api8
apidoc8
githubaction-workflow5
github-ci5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wormhole-foundation/wormhole
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
A reference implementation for the Wormhole blockchain interoperability protocol.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 178 reviews, 14 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nikhil primarily focused on back-end development within the Wormhole blockchain interoperability protocol. They made significant contributions related to governance mechanisms, including injecting CosmWasm governance messages and integrating governance actions for the Wormchain module. The user also refactored code, updated protobuf definitions, and implemented query plugins for interacting with the blockchain. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the core functionality and security of the Wormhole protocol.
golangrustblockchaininteroperabilitywormhole
wormhole-foundation/wasmd
Jan 2023 - Nov 2024
Wormhole fork of wasmd
Contributions:5 reviews, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 9 months
rustwormholewasmwebassembly
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