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Riteish Nikhoria

@riteishnikhoria

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I am a senior blockchain developer specializing in secure smart contracts for DeFi.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior roles building secure, scalable DeFi and cross-chain smart contract systems, with opportunities to lead technical design, audits, and mainnet launches in security-focused, innovative teams.

I am a Senior Blockchain Developer with over six years of experience designing and implementing secure smart contracts for DeFi, NFTs, and custom blockchain solutions. I focus on pragmatic, secure architecture using Solidity, Rust, Hardhat and Foundry.

I have architected ERC4626-compliant vaults, Merkle tree reward distribution systems, and integrated ODOS for optimized liquidity routing. I built cross-chain solutions including a Solana OFT using LayerZero and implemented tax-enabled Token2022 tokens and CLMM pools on Raydium.

I lead projects from ideation through design, audit and mainnet launch, and I have managed engineering teams while integrating security tooling such as Venn, Hypernative, HexaGate, OpenZeppelin Defender and formal verification practices. I also reduced gas costs by ~30% through audits and optimizations.

I strive to build scalable, secure DeFi primitives and account-abstraction UX (EIP-4337), while exploring zk and Layer2 privacy and scalability solutions. I value clear communication, strong security hygiene, and delivering production-grade protocols.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Blockchain Developer

Current

MahaDAO

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Architected and implemented smart contracts and ERC4626-compliant vaults, integrated ODOS for liquidity routing, and built Merkle tree-based reward distribution systems while deploying across multiple L1/L2 networks.

Solidity Foundry Hardhat ERC4626 Merkle Trees TypeScript ERC 4626

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Nethermind

Mar 2024 - Sep 2024 (6 months)

Designed a concentrated-liquidity lending & borrowing protocol built on Compound V2 and inspired by Uniswap V3, enabling single-transaction liquidity adjustments to improve capital efficiency.

Solidity DeFi Uniswap Compound Python Smart Account

Senior Smart Contract Developer

IOTA

Jun 2023 - Feb 2024 (8 months)

Led R&D for Account Abstraction wallets (EIP-4337), optimized bundler selection and relaying, and reduced gas costs by 30% while implementing multi-domain AMM arbitrage and scalability improvements.

EIP 4337 Solidity Bundler Cross Domain

Smart Contract Developer

Spectra Finance

Aug 2022 - May 2023 (9 months)

Led design and implementation of DeFi primitives including rewarders, staking, AMMs and a hedge protocol; managed a team of 5 and integrated OpenZeppelin Defender for secure upgrades and access control.

Solidity Staking OpenZeppelin Defender Team Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Energie

Mar 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Researched DeFi lending, derivatives, and cross-chain DEXes, embedded security best practices and audits, and improved frontend UX and performance—raising user satisfaction by 20% and cutting page load times by 30%.

DeFi Research Security Auditing Threat Modeling CI CD Incident Response

Blockchain Engineer

Techracers

Mar 2018 - Feb 2021 (2 years 11 months)

Developed ERC-20/721 contracts, staking and on-chain betting systems, optimized betting algorithms reducing computation time by 40%, and supported infrastructure for 50,000+ daily active users while lowering operational costs by 30%.

Staking Smart Contract Optimization On Chain Settlement CI CD