Abhinav Gautam
Web3 and Blockchain Engineer focused on architecting scalable decentralized protocols, high-performance trading systems and robust smart contracts. Proficient across the Solana ecosystem and modern full-stack frameworks, with a strong background in low-latency transaction execution, core framework security and processing high-volume on-chain data for DeFi environments.
Education
Central University of Himachal Pradesh
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
Government College Kullu (HPU)
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
CGPA: 7.98
Skills
OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS
otter-sec/anchor — Merged PRs
Contributed critical security and logic patches to the Solana Anchor framework. Implemented validation for associated token init account types, supported explicit bumps with initifneeded, rejected unchecked close/realloc constraints and fixed TypeScript encoding for undefined options.
apache/datafusion-ballista — Merged PR
Patched a REST API panic in the distributed query engine by resolving logic errors in job timing calculations.
microsoft/apm — Merged PRs
Implemented air-gapped/GHE support and fixed policy inheritance logic for Microsoft’s application performance monitoring tools.
google/s2geometry & google-cloud-rust — Merged PRs
Resolved C++ alignment issues and optimized CI workflows; added timeouts and rate-limiting for the Google Cloud Rust SDK.
Homebrew/homebrew-brew-vulns — Merged PRs
Improved security auditing tools by sanitizing terminal escapes and fixing OSV range validation logic.
ecosyste-ms/packages — Merged PRs
Contributed to package ecosystem tracking infrastructure and parsing dependencies for open-source software security registries.
git-pkgs/git-pkgs — Merged PRs
Optimized Git repository packaging utilities and automated release generation workflows for developer tool tracking.
PROJECTS
VortexPerp — Live — GitHub
Decentralized perpetual futures and margin trading protocol. Architected smart contracts and optimized front-end execution systems to handle complex spot/margin trading logic and ensure low-latency on-chain trade execution.
StableSetu — Live Link — GitHub
Solana-based USDC invoicing platform for freelancers. Features on-chain settlement and merchant invoice creation, built with the Anchor framework and React to enable seamless, low-fee stablecoin transactions.
SolPeek — Download APK — GitHub
React Native mobile app for exploring Solana wallets. Integrates Mobile Wallet Adapter, Jupiter swap and real-time RPC data fetching via Zustand to provide high-performance asset management across the Solana network.
GPU Budget Negotiation Arena — Live — GitHub
An interactive multi-agent negotiation platform where AI agents bargain for limited GPU resources under budget constraints. Developed using LLMs to simulate complex trade-offs and resource allocation strategies while evaluating agent performance through custom evaluation metrics.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Selected for Solana Fellowship Program 2026
Recognized for technical proficiency in the Solana ecosystem.
Open Source Impact
Successfully merged code into repositories maintained by Anchor, Google, Microsoft, Bazel and Apache.
Academic Excellence
Maintained a 7.98 CGPA throughout Bachelor of Computer Applications.