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Dhaval Davra, Lead Blockchain Engineer
Dhaval Davra
🇮🇳India (UTC+05:30)
Created AtUpstaffer since June, 2026
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Dhaval Davra — Lead Blockchain Engineer

Expertise in Smart Contract Audit/Security, DeFi Ecosystem (5.5 yr.), Smart Contract (5.5 yr.), Blockchain Project/Product Manager (3.0 yr.), Solutions Architect (5.0 yr.).

 Last verified on June, 2026

Core Skills

Solidity
Solidity
5 yr.
Hardhat
Hardhat
Foundry
OpenZeppelin

Bio Summary

  • Lead Blockchain Engineer with 6+ years in software engineering and 5+ years specializing in Solidity and DeFi protocol architecture on EVM-compatible chains.
  • Expertise in designing and deploying upgradeable DeFi vaults (ERC-4626), AMMs, DEXs, order-book trading systems, and yield-farming automation.
  • Proficient with Hardhat, Foundry, OpenZeppelin, Slither, Chainlink oracles, ethers.js, and Web3.js for secure, gas-optimized smart contract development and audits.
  • Experienced in leading distributed teams, enforcing protocol security strategies, and coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering workflows for production-grade blockchain solutions.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages Solidity
JavaScript Libraries and Tools Ethers.js, Web3.js
JavaScript Frameworks Node.js, React
Databases & Management Systems / ORM MongoDB, PostgreSQL
Collaboration, Task & Issue Tracking Asana, Jira, Slack
Blockchain and Decentralized Software ERC-1155, ERC-20, ERC-721, Ethers.js, Foundry, Hardhat, OpenZeppelin, Uniswap
Version Control Git

Work Experience

Solution Architect & Team Lead - cSigma Finance (cSigma Finance)

Duration: Jul 2023 – Present
Summary:
  • Development and architecture of DeFi and tokenized-asset protocols including vault systems, capital deployment engines, and permissioned investment workflows
  • The project focuses on creating secure, upgradeable, and gas-optimized DeFi vaults and tokenized yield products
Responsibilities:
  • Lead and mentor a team of 6 engineers across smart contracts, backend, and frontend.
  • Own architecture reviews, code-review standards, delivery planning, and production deployments.
  • Architect DeFi protocols including pool architecture, vault systems, and capital allocation engines.
  • Define and enforce protocol security strategy including PR quality gates, internal security reviews, audit readiness, upgradeability patterns, and governance/access controls.
  • Optimize gas efficiency and on-chain performance across core contracts.
  • Coordinate with product, backend, and DevOps teams for seamless protocol launches and upgrades.
Technologies: Solidity, ERC-4626, Hardhat, Foundry, OpenZeppelin, Slither, ethers.js, Web3.js, React, Next.js, Node.js

Blockchain Architect (DexCheck)

Duration: Sep 2022 – Jul 2023
Summary:
  • Design and implementation of blockchain event-tracking architecture and analytics pipelines for historical and real-time token and trade data
  • The project provides data indexing and consistency workflows for decentralized exchange analytics
Responsibilities:
  • Designed blockchain event-tracking architecture and analytics pipelines.
  • Defined indexing boundaries and data-consistency workflows.

Lead Smart Contract Developer (Don-Key Finance)

Duration: Nov 2020 – Jul 2023
Summary: Development of yield-farming strategy contracts and DeFi automation infrastructure for on-chain capital allocation, enabling automated and efficient yield farming strategies.
Responsibilities:
  • Built yield-farming strategy contracts.
  • Developed DeFi automation infrastructure for on-chain capital allocation.

Smart Contract Developer (UniWSwap)

Duration: Nov 2020 – Jul 2023
Summary: Design and development of decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM) liquidity pools based on Uniswap v2 and v3 protocols, including a staking portal for core trading and liquidity infrastructure on EVM chains.
Responsibilities:
  • Designed and built Uniswap v2 and v3 based DEXs and AMM liquidity pools.
  • Developed staking portal for liquidity providers.
Technologies: Uniswap v2, Uniswap v3, Solidity, EVM chains

Blockchain Developer & Auditor (TreeDeFi)

Duration: Mar 2021 – Sep 2022
Summary: Development of marketplace, farms, pools, lottery, and play-to-earn infrastructure, including contributions to real-world asset (RWA) style NFT tokenization with ownership and lifecycle tracking.
Responsibilities:
  • Developed marketplace, farms, pools, lottery, and play-to-earn infrastructure.
  • Contributed to RWA-style NFT tokenization with ownership and lifecycle tracking.

Lead Smart Contract Developer (Alethea AI)

Summary: Development of token and NFT utility contracts with secure Solidity implementations and integration with EVM protocols.
Responsibilities:
  • Developed token and NFT utility contracts.
  • Implemented secure Solidity code and EVM protocol integrations.
Technologies: Solidity, EVM

Smart Contract Developer (Meme Crafter / Wife Planet Coin)

Summary: Delivered NFT marketplace, tournament, and staking contracts, as well as token, presale, and commission contracts with frontend integration.
Responsibilities:
  • Delivered NFT marketplace, tournament, and staking contracts.
  • Developed token, presale, and commission contracts with frontend integration.

Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communication
    Government Engineering College, Surat

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