Rajath Alex
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRajath Alex is a protocol-focused software leader with eight years of experience designing and shipping secure, high-value blockchain systems from research to production. Currently Head of Protocol at Polymarket, he has driven core protocol engineering at Eigen Labs and Llama, where he built multi-chain protocols and real-time blockchain data infrastructure that secured millions in on-chain assets and passed multiple security audits. His work bridges applied cryptography, consensus algorithms, and distributed systems—designing reward systems, task-execution frameworks for AVSs, and large-scale blockchain indexing/ETL pipelines. Comfortable both leading teams and diving into implementation, he’s repeatedly delivered audit-hardened systems and integrated with blue-chip partners like LayerZero. Based in New York with an MS in Computer Science from NYU, he pairs academic rigor with pragmatic product execution in the crypto stack.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at New York UniversityBachelor of Technology - BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology, TiruchirappalliKing Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, UKAl Ain Juniors School, Al Ain, UAE
Github Skills (24)
blockchain9
ethereum9
chain7
forge6
solidity4
retrieval4
payload4
smart-contracts4
aip3
ecosystem3
escrow2
llama1
contract1
python1
web3py1
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
0xrajath/B-Raft
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:36 commits, 1 branch in 1 month
llamaxyz/llama-periphery
Jan 2024 - May 2024
🦙 Peripheral smart contracts for operating Llama instances 🦙
Contributions:26 reviews, 9 PRs, 65 pushes in 4 months
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