Abhiraj Mengade
Software Engineer & Entrepreneur building Skyllai. Co-founder at MontaQ Labs. Previously @ Oracle OCI.
I hold a B.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Karnataka (2024) and a B.Sc in Data Science from IIT Madras. I also graduated from the Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA) 2024 Singapore Cohort with Distinction (96.5/100).
Work
Skyllai | Founder | 2026 – Present Building the future of education.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | MTS | 2024 – 2026 Multi-ASN architecture, Zero-Trust security (Calico/OPA), and service deployment workflows.
Unit Network | Consultant | 2025 Engineered Substrate-based Rust pallets for the Unit blockchain.
Deep Forest Sciences | Consultant | 2023 Designed the Chiron language (EBNF parser); built automated Alembic database migrations.
Hexagon AB | Intern | 2022 Built an interactive Ashby Material Chart module for materials analytics.
Teinstein Company | Intern | 2021 Developed a Python package for financial modeling: Black-Scholes, spot rate analysis, hypothesis testing.
Projects & Hackathons
Khoj | AI, AR, Polkadot Geo-location AI treasure hunt. Top 10 Finalist at ETHIndia ‘24; Polkadot Track Winner. Backed by Polkadot Fast Grants.
Summa | Rust, Polkadot PVM, HE SHE library on PVM — Twisted ElGamal, Bulletproofs range proofs, DLEQ proofs, UTXO shielded notes.
Relay | $40k Prize & $30k Grant Web3 payments. 1st place at Polkadot Bangkok Hackathon; recipient of a $30k Web3 Foundation grant.
SubLua | Polkadot Open-Source Bounty Lightweight Substrate SDK; pure C/Lua. Funded by the Polkadot Open-Source Bounty.
PRIVØRA | Near AI, Rust Privacy investment platform. ZypherPunk Hackathon winner, Near AI track ($5k).
Flow | Next.js, Move Top 3 at Moveathon Global: Europe Edition ‘25.
GreenTrust | Next.js, Rust, Polkadot Organic farming certification platform. Top 3 at Polkadot Global Europe ‘23, Paris.
Chargeswap | $5k Filecoin Grant EV battery swapping platform. ETH-India ‘22 winner; recipient of a $5k Filecoin grant.
MontaQ Labs | Web3 Foundation Backed Web3 protocols & infra startup. Backed by the Web3 Foundation.
Open Source & Research
IOTA Rust SDK | Full C#/.NET 8 bindings Full C#/.NET 8 bindings via FFI; automated patching of 500+ codegen bugs.
NEAR Rust SDK | Core Rust trait implementation Implemented missing standard traits; fixed secp256k1 error bug.
DeepChem-DEL | Framework for DEL Modeling Co-authored open-source DEL modeling & benchmarking paper published in ChemRxiv.
Leadership & Community
Curator | Polkadot OS Bounty Reviewing and curating open-source project proposals.
Education | ArQ & PBA-X TA Mentored 200+ students as a TA for PBA-X. Organized 15+ Web3 events via ArQ across India & China.
Hobbies & Interests
Reading, Photography (Pexels Portfolio), Swimming, Skiing.
Travel
Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, India.