Hello, I'm

Utkarsh Raj.

Engineering Undergraduate at NIT Trichy. Founding Software Engineer & Full-stack specialist building scalable decentralized systems and AI-native solutions.

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Work Experience

Ridevaam (London AI Ride-hailing Startup)

October 2025 - Present
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Founding Software Engineer

Spearheaded the development of the rider and driver mobile applications using React Native as a Founding Engineer. Architected complex real-time features using Firebase, including custom hooks for trip handling, precise ETA calculation, and intelligent driver matching algorithms. Implemented dynamic pricing logic influenced by weather, traffic, and timing variables. Integrated Stripe payment gateway via Firebase Functions for auto-scaling capability. Executed a complete database migration from Supabase to Firebase and deployed AI agents for automated messaging and scheduling.

Crabs

3 Months

Full Stack Developer

Developed the frontend UI and led a critical database migration from Firebase to PostgreSQL for improved data integrity. Architected a robust Express.js backend API, implementing secure JWT authentication systems and optimizing the request-response lifecycle between client and server interfaces.

Featured Projects

Second Brain RAG
A sophisticated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) knowledge base application.
  • Developed a system allowing users to ingest and retrieve knowledge from YouTube, X (Twitter), and Instagram links.
  • Implemented RAG architecture using MongoDB Vector Search for highly efficient semantic search and contextual data retrieval.
  • Integrated Google Gemini model to generate AI-powered summaries and query-based responses over stored content.
  • Built on a scalable Express.js backend with a responsive React + Tailwind CSS frontend.
Next.jsExpress.jsMongoDB VectorGoogle Gemini AITailwind
CedraNexus
A decentralized AI art generation and marketplace on the Cedra Network (Web3).
  • AI-Powered Creation: Users generate unique artwork from prompts and mint directly to Cedra blockchain with IPFS metadata.
  • Key Ring Wallet System: Solves burner wallet issues by encrypting private keys locally for secure asset reselling.
  • Live Ledger Dashboard: Real-time tracker showing market lifecycle (Listed/Sold states) for sellers and escrow.
  • Built using Move smart contracts, Next.js 14, and the @cedra-labs/ts-sdk.
Next.js 14Move (Smart Contracts)Cedra NetworkIPFSTypeScript
Code Live Demo
Cloud-Code
Real-time collaborative cloud code editor orchestrated via Kubernetes.
  • Engineered a real-time editor enabling instant collaboration using Node.js and Socket.io.
  • Designed a microservice architecture orchestrated via Kubernetes (K8s) for isolated user execution environments.
  • Containerized runtime sandboxes using Docker, dynamically provisioned through AWS Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs).
  • Implemented secure execution backends for running user code in lightweight containers with load-based scheduling.
Kubernetes (K8s)DockerAWS (ASGs)Node.jsSocket.io
Code
Imagera SaaS
Full-stack AI image generation SaaS platform allowing personalized model training.
  • Developed application to train personalized image generation models on Fal.ai using user-uploaded datasets stored in AWS S3.
  • Integrated Fal.ai APIs for automated model training and dynamic prompt-based inference.
  • Implemented Clerk for secure authentication and Razorpay for handling subscription workflows.
  • Containerized and modularized using Docker and Turborepo for scalable microservice deployment.
Next.jsTurborepoDockerAWS S3Fal.aiClerkRazorpay
Code

Technical Expertise

languages
JavaScriptTypeScriptC++SolidityRustPython
frontend
Next.jsReactReact NativeTailwind CSSZustandShadcn
backend
Node.jsExpress.jsFirebase (Functions/DB)SupabasePostgreSQLMongoDBRedis
devops
DockerKubernetes (K8s)AWS (S3, EC2, ASG)TurborepoCI/CDGitHub Actions
web3
EthereumSolanaDeffiIPFSWagmiThirdwebFoundry
ai / ml
RAG ArchitectureVector SearchAI AgentsMCP

Honors & Awards

  • Winner

    Hackbangalore

  • Winner

    Transfinite

  • Winner

    Hedera Builder Forge

  • Top Recognition

    Colosseum Hackathon

  • Top Leaderboard Ranker

    Advent of Code 2026

  • Proposed Post-Quantum Wallet

    MIT Hackquest

    Designed for private key management.

  • Participant

    ETHGlobal, Cedra, Redacted events

Open Source Contributions

Active contributor to various technical communities and projects.

Alby/go Alby/hub Arklab