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Vraj Desai

Vraj Desai

open to opportunities

For the last 18 months I was co-founder and CTO of MetEngine, a DeFi product on Solana that automates copy-LPing and yield strategies. We took it from an idea to 10K+ users and $114M+ in volume processed, and raised a pre-seed along the way. Before that, at WalletConnect, I worked directly with Jupiter, Backpack, and MetaMask on their WalletKit and Solana integrations.

I'm looking for my next role: something technical and customer-facing, where I build and work closely with the people using it. Get in touch →

work

MetEngine · Co-Founder & CTO

Feb 2025 – Jun 2026

stack Node.js · ClickHouse · Redis · AWS · Solana

  • Built an automated copy-LPing engine on Solana that drove $4.3M+ in yield for 8.5K+ users and scaled total volume past $114M+.
  • Led the backend end-to-end: high-throughput data pipelines and real-time analytics on Solana (Node.js, ClickHouse, Redis) in production on AWS, with a real-time indexer across Meteora and other DeFi protocols.
  • Built x402-metered data APIs serving Polymarket, Hyperliquid, and market-making feeds, plus a Chrome extension with richer trading analytics.
  • Raised $375K pre-seed from Colosseum, Balaji Srinivasan, and MonkeFoundry; drove the product 0 → 1 across architecture, hiring, and go-to-market.

WalletConnect · DevRel / Solutions Engineer, WalletKit

Nov 2024 – May 2025

clients Jupiter · Backpack · MetaMask

  • Worked directly with Jupiter, Backpack, and MetaMask on their WalletKit integrations and Solana support.
  • Technical point of contact for wallet clients: triaged issues, reproduced bugs, and turned customer feedback into product fixes.
  • Wrote docs, integration guides, and sample apps; onboarded wallets to WalletConnect Certified.

Huddle01 · DevRel Engineer

Apr 2023 – Aug 2024
  • Drove 200+ projects to integrate the SDK through docs, sample apps, and hands-on support; contributed to the core SDKs.
  • Built FarHouse, an audio-spaces client on Farcaster with in-app tipping, reaching 30K+ MAUs; grew the Discord community from 2K to 13K+.

Google Summer of Code '22 · Open-Source Contributor, Oppia Foundation

2022
  • Merged 30+ PRs improving accessibility in the Oppia Android app.

projects

Stackit · Theme-based investable baskets of tokens with fund analytics and referrals.

Won 2nd prize at Solana Hacker House; received a Superteam grant.

Farview.id · Personalized profile pages for Farcaster & Base users, with 6K+ users and 12K+ Frame interactions.

Won the Social track at Base Onchain Summer Buildathon; Base builder grant.

achievements

  • 2nd prize, DeFi track, Colosseum Breakout Hackathon, out of 1,412 projects from 10K+ builders; selected for Colosseum Accelerator Cohort 3 (YC for Solana).
  • ETHGlobal finalist and winner of 30+ hackathons; builder grants from Base and Superteam.
  • Speaker at 25+ conferences; mentored at ETHIndia and HackFS.

skills

Languages:
TypeScript, JavaScript, Solidity, Python, Rust (familiar)
Backend & Data:
Node.js, REST APIs, data pipelines & real-time analytics, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Redis, Supabase, Firebase, AWS
Solutions & Integration:
API & SDK integration, integration debugging & support, customer onboarding, technical docs, sample apps & demos, community & speaking